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    Default Reducing Scale formation while heat treating - info needed

    Some time ago a member posted something about ways to reduce scale formation while heat treating steel. I seem to remember something about encasing objects in stainless and tried searching but no luck.

    Does anyone remember this post, or who posted it, or have any info about this?

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    Can't help on the post Bob but I thought it was like clay that it was covered in.
    I am probably way off though.

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    Hi Bob,
    Rays the man with the foil

    https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...56#post1672156

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    I did some tempering of some firing pin springs and the information I found said to wrap the springs in steel wool and then al foil. Seemed to work ... springs came out clean as a whistle.
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    Hi BobL,
    Knifemakers do this a bit for the very same reasons. There are are a number of knifemakers here on this forum and possibly one who maybe able to supply the stainless steel foil to wrap the material in.

    Corin is your man.


    http://gameco.com.au/index.php/austr...d-consumables/


    Gameco stocks 309 high temperature stainless steel tool wrap. Perfect to wrap you finished blade or high tolerance tool to protect it from scale and decarburization caused by free oxygen during the heat treating process.


    Hope this helps

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    Corin is your man (Gameco), he has the stainless foil in stock and satanite clay as well.

    Bob you can run your forge really rich too which leaves no scale (i pressume you are using the gas forge?). In fact it is so clean you can do bareback (no flux) damascus in the right reducing atmosphere of a gas forge. Corin has a video somewhere....found it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4AuZTyEo2o

    Some guys make a slurry with the satanite and coat with that, it can crack and come unstuck though.
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    Thanks Guys - It sounds like Corin is the man.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ueee View Post
    Corin is your man (Gameco), he has the stainless foil in stock and satanite clay as well.

    Bob you can run your forge really rich too which leaves no scale (i pressume you are using the gas forge?). In fact it is so clean you can do bareback (no flux) damascus in the right reducing atmosphere of a gas forge. Corin has a video somewhere....found it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4AuZTyEo2o
    Thanks for that link Ueee,
    OK I get it,
    I'm using mains gas not propane, but I can easily get that temp and that colour of flame so I will give it a go and see what happens.

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