Torch it up !! first try :)

[banditruss]

hi all ,after my first two contributions by igual and phatfil i had i quick go well i say a quick go put 1 piece in the oven for 2 hours at 250 (max) should have gone brownish ....still the same when it came out , so had a very quick blast with my plumbing torch....first attempt...hmmm burnt black......ohhhh that'll be because it was chrome plated then lol i felt stupid,so grabbed  2 more  samples and went again with torch ..hmm bit to hot nice bit of purple there though last attempt for today ...not bad close to what i was after ,but does lose some colour when handling so i don't know ..perhaps torch it and lacquer it straight away...well after its cooled any way here a couple of pics as promised of my fails and nearly theres
first pic is first attempt on right with chrome ... and then burnt chrome...whoops then org s/s,then a brass effect into purple (like that one ! bet i couldnt do it again)followed lastly by funnily enough the last attempt not bad close to what i was after ,then second pic of the two better pieces...still got some more to play with but its hard judging time with the torch before it goes to far, even harder on different thickness 








ill keeep on try and post more for those interested ...or to to bore the ones that arent ! lol 

cheers guys 

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Why not try and file the chome away first ? I reckon the light scratch marks will produce almost a swirly effect .

Very good all the same mate, what's next you gonna burn up the dog bones on the bandit

[banditruss]

now theres an idea
hmm could try it on the old ones this has got the raised on now ...streetfighter!! ,can barely touch the ground sat on it lol

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Jun 4, 2015 16:52:33 GMT banditruss said:

now theres an idea
hmm could try it on the old ones this has got the raised on now ...streetfighter!! ,can barely touch the ground sat on it lol

I guessed its raised 30mill won't get started on motorbikes as I'll fill your thread

[phatfil]

torch that leaky b*gger i sent u, i need proof its suffering

[banditruss]

lol when i ge done ill completey torch up for you ..melt the bugger

[banditruss]

hmmm bike talk ....and it was 50mm 

[yourgurnard]

& there's Me thinking that steeping 'baccy was a lot of pissing about!..............

[banditruss]

well phatfil heres what you wanted ...






got 1 purple




one bronze...sort of





overall not working out as pieces seem to have different resitantces..oven method didnt work even though at correct temp so it was down to the torch which altered every bit differenlty ..so wont be trying this method on any of my tanks trying at the moment with brass and copper tryed the method with salt and vinger (no not on my chips) then oven bake ..didnt touch the brass ,copper just went crap but polished up to orginal so trying the ammonia method at the mo will see what happens ...got a feeling non of this methods will work just need to find what i want though shopping !!

[phatfil]

think you need to build a didy brick kiln apply the torch heat at the bottom and use a thermocouple to monitor the temp of the metal in the kiln. for any sort of consistancy, i used a similar approach to soldering 54mm copper tube with heavy T unions and elbows using only a propane gas torch building up bricks around the joint to keep the heat focused on the metal.

[banditruss]

lol you really did wanted it melted down then !!

[phatfil]

Jun 9, 2015 13:16:58 GMT banditruss said:

lol you really did wanted it melted down then !!

twice TWICE in fairly quick succession that atty leaked a full tank of juice when removal from a mod was attempted due to the daft friction oring only seal on the tank section, one slight pull and its juce all over time...   die U b*&%$£d atty die!!

[banditruss]