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Message started by verslagen1 on 11/08/13 at 10:56:28

Title: Header coloring
Post by verslagen1 on 11/08/13 at 10:56:28

I had to look this up...

Temper Color

the iridescent color that appears on the smooth surface of hot steel as a result of the formation of a very thin oxide film. The thickness of the film depends on the reheating temperature; films of different thickness reflect light rays in different ways, which accounts for the different temper colors. Typical temper colors for carbon steel are straw (220°C/428°F), brown (240°C/464°F), purple (260°C/500°F), dark blue (300°C/572°F), and light gray (340°/644°F). The same temper colors appear on alloy (especially highalloy) steels at higher temperatures. The colors are also affected by the holding time of the steel at a given temperature, the illumination, and other factors. Before the advent of pyrometers and suitable testing and measuring instruments, the temperature of reheating was judged according to the temper color.

Title: Re: Header coloring
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/08/13 at 11:13:49

& after having read that, IM not sure what I learned..

Title: Re: Header coloring
Post by verslagen1 on 11/08/13 at 12:16:19

If it's yellow... let it mellow.
If it's brown... flush it down.

Title: Re: Header coloring
Post by LANCER on 11/08/13 at 14:41:17

53405756494442404B14250 wrote:

If it's yellow... let it mellow.
If it's brown... flush it down.

And now for the local news ...

Title: Re: Header coloring
Post by Serowbot on 11/08/13 at 17:09:47

Mine's got the full rainbow.... it happened in the first few days I owned it,.. whilst I wrassled with the leaky pet problem...
I left it on,...
...(makes me look like a badass)... ;D...

Title: Re: Header coloring
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/09/13 at 11:35:53

http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt82/serowbot/rerun/oh-1.jpg

Gonna take Juuust a bit more than a discolored header to make you look ANYthing close to "Badass"..

Title: Re: Header coloring
Post by Ragnar444 on 11/09/13 at 12:00:10

I've given up trying to be a bad ass. Too many people would just point and laugh. >:( Is there a substance you can buy to remove the coloring, seems like I saw a product that claimed it could.

Title: Re: Header coloring
Post by verslagen1 on 11/09/13 at 12:56:37

look up blue job

Title: Re: Header coloring
Post by Ragnar444 on 11/09/13 at 13:09:06

Thanks Versagen1. I may need to get my eyes checked. At first I thought you typed something rude. ;D

Title: Re: Header coloring
Post by verslagen1 on 11/09/13 at 13:21:26

dam, coulda worded that better...

getta blu job ;D

Title: Re: Header coloring
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/09/13 at 17:00:18

Why bust a gut over a blu pipe? It looks good, once ya get used to it,

Title: Re: Header coloring
Post by swedishbiker on 11/10/13 at 02:27:06

Color tells what temperature you have.