Hi, I have been working with stainless Damascus for a few yrs now, I just thought you might like to know ferric chloride is not meant to be used on stainless. You will get a better result in 10 minutes by using hydrochloric acid, rather than an hour using ferric chloride.
I am in the process of purchasing your course. I think you are a great teacher and a really down-to-earth guy. I have a quick question about sizing rings. I noticed that you have a lot of rings on your Esty site, and they are very beautiful by the way. Are those rings ones that you had made for yourself and display, or do you make a standard size that most people wear? I was wondering, do you wait to someone places an order, then take a photo, or do you make them for yourself first to take a photo. I can't wait to get started, and wanted to know to make sure that I am not putting the carriage before the horse. I figure that it is not likely you are going to have tons of orders when starting out, but at the same time you want to show what you can do too. Again thank you for your time, and please keep up the great work.
I learned from Alec Steele that if you put Damascus in instant coffee water that it helps bring out the darker metal. Might be worth a try but great video!
Yeah, I've tried that on stainless Damascus and it won't stain, go figure... To get some color into it I heat it up and quench it in vegetable oil. For lots of color (make it dark) I do the same but with used motor oil. After quenching I go over it lightly with fine sandpaper (at least 1000 grit, 2500+is better, keeps it shiny) just to brighten up the highlights and give it contrast.
Can you send me the voltage chart from this video and how to link the battery bank? Not asking for any trade secrets but as a new to ring making person I have soon many ideas and no idea hoe to create some of them
I realize this video is 7 months old, so I don't know if you still care, but since you don't seem to have done much anodizing since then, I thought I still write a comment. The dama-steel shouldn't interfere with the anodizing at all. The only thing that might happen is that your steel corrodes a bit. The most likely explanation to why your anodizing didn't work is that you simply acidentally reversed the polarity of your circuit. Anodizing only works one way. If that wasn't the issue, I've got no idea, unless your batteries were almost empty
