Comments for Gulf Coast Blacksmith Association http://gulfcoastblacksmith.com Dedicated to teaching, demonstrating and preserving the traditional art of blacksmithing Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:10:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Projects by Chuck Robinson http://gulfcoastblacksmith.com/projects/#comment-19327 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:10:51 +0000 http://gulfcoastblacksmith.wordpress.com/?page_id=13#comment-19327 Hey Winston,
Rob Gunther said that:
8 oz Shaklee Basic I. (The solution needs a surfactant to maximize contact between the solution and the piece being quenched. Amway Basic H will also work. Your local farmer’s supply should be able to help here, as similar surfactants are used to facilitate the distribution of fertilizer in soil. In response to a question from the viewing stands, Robb said that just about any wetting agent should do, even the stuff photo film developers use. Just follow directions on amount of agent to be added to a given amount of water, then scale up or down to the 5 gallons of water used in this formulation.).

This is a very fast quench to be used to harden low to medium simple carbon steels. Never high carbon. I don’t temper after hardening with super quench because tempering will reduce the hardness of the steel.
Chuck

]]> Comment on Projects by Norbert Delph http://gulfcoastblacksmith.com/projects/#comment-19324 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:20:09 +0000 http://gulfcoastblacksmith.wordpress.com/?page_id=13#comment-19324 Hi Winston. It is a Shaklee product and may have been replaced by an updated formula. I am checking it out and will give you more information soon. The quantity is 8 oz (ounces). Norb Delph, Webmaster.

]]> Comment on Projects by winston http://gulfcoastblacksmith.com/projects/#comment-19321 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:14:22 +0000 http://gulfcoastblacksmith.wordpress.com/?page_id=13#comment-19321 I am a 73 year old that has practiced farriery and blacksmithing since i was 21 and know that quenching after tempering you use salt and soap but what is BOZ SHAKEALEE BASIC 1

]]> Comment on Period Sketches, Paintings and Photos of Blacksmiths by Jinlin, Lee http://gulfcoastblacksmith.com/discoveries-gallery/paintings-and-sketches/#comment-16157 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:43:13 +0000 http://gulfcoastblacksmith.com/?page_id=9048#comment-16157 GREAT!!! THANKS!!!

]]> Comment on Period Sketches, Paintings and Photos of Blacksmiths by wil broese http://gulfcoastblacksmith.com/discoveries-gallery/paintings-and-sketches/#comment-15549 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:11:02 +0000 http://gulfcoastblacksmith.com/?page_id=9048#comment-15549 Splendid collection.
Thank you very much!

]]> Comment on Period Sketches, Paintings and Photos of Blacksmiths by Sid Gale http://gulfcoastblacksmith.com/discoveries-gallery/paintings-and-sketches/#comment-11821 Wed, 18 May 2011 21:53:20 +0000 http://gulfcoastblacksmith.com/?page_id=9048#comment-11821 WOW !!!!! What a collection of blacksmith art. Thank you for taking the time to put this together.
Sid

]]> Comment on Son of the Forge by Sid Gale http://gulfcoastblacksmith.com/discoveries-gallery/the-blacksmith-and-king-solomon/#comment-11819 Wed, 18 May 2011 21:32:03 +0000 http://gulfcoastblacksmith.com/?page_id=9163#comment-11819 Very interesting and appropriate for our website.

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