My fun with rusting a tsuba
Jun 28, 2012 5:12:43 GMT
Post by chrisperoni on Jun 28, 2012 5:12:43 GMT
I decided to try antiquing my musashi tsuba following the instructions from a post on the old forum:
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Started by sanding off the cheap black paint, then several cycles of hydrogen peroxide/salt solution & boiling water as explained above to black rust it. I wasn't in love with the blackening because there were a few spots it just wasn't taking on. So I decided to scotch brite it off and start over... except I really like this finish as is now!
The pitting looks really cool (to me at least) and the flats feel super smooth. I left the inside of the lobes blackened because it makes the flats pop- gives it more shadow. I think I might just stick with this lol. If I still like it this much tomorrow then I'ma keepin' it.
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marzukia on Aug 4, 2010, 3:47am wrote
Basically I mixed 6% hydrogen peroxide with lots of salt and microwaved this until it's hot. I scrubbed the tsuba with steel wool vigorously until it's mostly bare steel and boiled it for a bit to remove all the oils and get it really hot. I took it out, dunked it in the hot solution, and let it marinade for a bit (it starts rusting right away, there's a lot of fizzing and gas). I think it works better if you coat it and then let it sit out in the air for a few minutes. Then I washed off the loose rust under a tap and put the tsuba back in the boling water to heat it up again. I just repeated the dunking a few times until I got nice dark red rust all over the tsuba (I reheated the solution when it got cold). I boiled the tsuba until all the red rust turned completely black (I threw a teabag in the water as well, just to see what happens). Finally I dried it off and rubbed some choji oil into it with a soft cloth.
Basically I mixed 6% hydrogen peroxide with lots of salt and microwaved this until it's hot. I scrubbed the tsuba with steel wool vigorously until it's mostly bare steel and boiled it for a bit to remove all the oils and get it really hot. I took it out, dunked it in the hot solution, and let it marinade for a bit (it starts rusting right away, there's a lot of fizzing and gas). I think it works better if you coat it and then let it sit out in the air for a few minutes. Then I washed off the loose rust under a tap and put the tsuba back in the boling water to heat it up again. I just repeated the dunking a few times until I got nice dark red rust all over the tsuba (I reheated the solution when it got cold). I boiled the tsuba until all the red rust turned completely black (I threw a teabag in the water as well, just to see what happens). Finally I dried it off and rubbed some choji oil into it with a soft cloth.
Started by sanding off the cheap black paint, then several cycles of hydrogen peroxide/salt solution & boiling water as explained above to black rust it. I wasn't in love with the blackening because there were a few spots it just wasn't taking on. So I decided to scotch brite it off and start over... except I really like this finish as is now!
The pitting looks really cool (to me at least) and the flats feel super smooth. I left the inside of the lobes blackened because it makes the flats pop- gives it more shadow. I think I might just stick with this lol. If I still like it this much tomorrow then I'ma keepin' it.
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