DIY:Torch Your Stainless Steel Atomizer Cap Bronze or Blue Color - YouTube found this link on YouTube and was wondering is I could do this on a stainless mech mod battery tube.
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OMG! I was JUST about to post regarding this. I torched my Igo-L Drip tip. It went through a couple stages. First, blue them purple then bronze... So I tried my hand at the cap. It looks amazing. It fades from bronze on top to a purple on the bottom. Nice and even.
So I tried the center part of my Kamry K100.. FAIL. It looks great. Swirled purples and blues, almost like an oil slick. HOWEVER, the heat expanded the metal and the top part where the 510 connector goes popped out. It's press fit in there, and it no longer fits. I am glad that the mod was cheap.
I may try to solder it, or a thin application of JB Weld, but I am not sure it will work.
So I tried the center part of my Kamry K100.. FAIL. It looks great. Swirled purples and blues, almost like an oil slick. HOWEVER, the heat expanded the metal and the top part where the 510 connector goes popped out. It's press fit in there, and it no longer fits. I am glad that the mod was cheap.
I may try to solder it, or a thin application of JB Weld, but I am not sure it will work.
I got sigeli and igo l and wanted to try but I wanted some input from somebody who has done it
Like I said... it worked great on the Igo-L cap and drip tip... just make sure you pull all of your o-rings off before applying heat. Go sort of slow and watch it. The torch for 10 seconds or so while turning slowly, remove heat, examine quickly so it doesn't cool too much. I think it goes Purple>Blue>Green>Bronze>Black... or something similar. I am not sure what happens if you get it glowing orange... it may change the structure of the metal.
I thought it was backwards from that. At least that's what the vid showed. But I'll have to just do it and see what happens.
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Good luck with the coloration... Here's how mine came out. It's late, so I had to use the flash. I might take another pic outside tomorrow in the sunshine.
Good luck with the coloration... Here's how mine came out. It's late, so I had to use the flash. I might take another pic outside tomorrow in the sunshine.
Nope the months my kids were born. And that's what I want but I'm gonna polish it really good when I'm done.
Any of the colourisation affects the structure of the metal. That's how you temper steel -- get it to a specific colour and then quench it.
Tempering Tools :Farm Blacksmithing
Almost certainly, the colour is due to the thickness of the oxide layer refracting light, so the colour will get darker the more you heat it. If you heat it too much, you'll get black.
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