doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com What in caused these colors??

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Fresh from my bench, two weeks ago!

CJ

C.J., do you have other pics of similar work you have done that you could post?

Here is some older stuff Chief

CJ

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You certainly get different colors than many who do this work. Any ideas as to why? The side lever gun at the bottom looks more like the colors many other firms are getting. Reds and yellows seems particularly difficult to get, you seem to have an abundance.Is it in the mix or in the procedure?

Chief,...I can get as much or as little color as I desire but I normaly try to do what looks good on a particular gun, in other words I can manipulate the procedure to replicate original colours.
I've been documenting every step for the past 5 years, before that I didn't because my furnace was not reliable enough, so documenting temp was a waste of time, with my new equipment I know exactly what's going on in there at all times, temp is very important as is everything else,mix ratio,crucible packing procedure,water airation and temp and probably the most important of all, the quench.
Here is one that I did a few yers ago to see how much colour I could get,was a scrap frame It still sits on my bench.

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M.Harney, Thanks for the comments. Do I know you?
SDH