I watched this video (link below) where by this man after using kasnit on his frizzen, dropped it directly into salty ice water. I would have thought it would be ruined. Has anyone done this where the frizzen survived?
Shouldn't it break?
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By the time he dropped the frizzen in it had cooled enough that it wouldn't hurt it. The mixture he described (without the ice) has been used by blacksmith's for a long time, it's called super quench and if he dropped the frizzen in while it was still red hot it probably would have hardened it without the Kasinet.
Super quench has a couple more ingredients like Dawn dish washing soap and Jet Dry but the main ingredient is salt. It will harden low carbon steel to some extent.
Super quench has a couple more ingredients like Dawn dish washing soap and Jet Dry but the main ingredient is salt. It will harden low carbon steel to some extent.
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For the record, I did everything that the video instructed me to do. The only thing different is I tempered the toe/pivot screw hole area. Thing sparks like the 4th. Gonna order a replacement frizzen just in case.
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The only ingredients needed is salt, clean water, and steel of high carbon content such as 1095. Kasenit and similar products will initially add to the sparking ability but will not last long. A mix of a half box of salt, 13 oz, preferably sea salt, and a gallon of distilled water, or just clean water. Basically brine. Mix well, warm to about 100°F. in a bucket Drop the bright red orange frizzen in. Remove and temper immediately to 375°F for an hour. Temper the tail section to blue and you are done. Cracking and breaking in a quench is caused by uneven cooling which is prevented by the salt. The salt immediately forms a barrier coating that prevents a gas jacket from forming around the steel which would cause uneven cooling upon water contact. Soap and other ingredients I would think would actually hamper the action.
