Old time dyes: a How_to

[PAMuzzleshooter]

 Ok...thanks guys...appreciate the input.

[1961MJS]

Hi,

Here in Oklahoma, Home Depot sells t-shirt rags, they're good for many things including putting in a funnel and filtering your roon, then you can toss the rag.

Happy New Year, I sure hope 2021 is better.  "Couldn't be any worse." could be famous last words....

Mike

[Smokey Dave]

Don't say, "Couldn't be any worse". I think some folks take it as a challenge!

[PAMuzzleshooter]

Vinegaroon FINISHED!
OK ... got my new gun belt (aka Pale Rider style) roon'd finished and delivered.  Customer loved  it and was very grateful.  matched his holster.  Added top flaps over cylinder to keep conversion cylinder tops from falling off.

[1961MJS]

Hi
The thickest thing I've done in Vinegaroon is a belt and it's black all the way through in 10 minutes.  Keep the baking soda fresh, apparently there's more acid in the roon than there is base in the Baking Soda.
Later
Merry Xmas

Hi again, in order to keep the tooling crisp, I've started leaving the belts etc in the Vinegaroon for 6 minutes instead of 10.  4 minutes in black tea, 6 minutes in the roon, and 6 minutes in the baking soda bath.  Letting the belts dry fully before soaking them in the roon helps also.  Cutting the belt off did show that the roon only penetrated a little way into the belt.  It was a much stiffer belt though, AND I burnished it pretty well before I tooled it.  Those two things may have made a difference.

Later