You always hear to be careful with your high carbon steel knife around the ocean, so I test to see if salt water will make a good solution for forcing a patina. Since salt is an electrolyte, will it speed up the process and rust a knife faster? In the future I will try sea water and see if it works differently than just a salt water mixture.
Next in the series: Salt Water Part II
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Series Description:
For those who don't know, a patina is a form of rust that protects steel from more damaging forms of rust, like pitting. It is good practice to form a small layer of rust on your high carbon steel tools for this reason.
Since there are so many ways to force a patina, this series will show different ways to achieve this and see which is the fastest, most efficient method. I will demonstrate how to force a patina using common household materials. I will show what can replace commonly used acids, such as ferric chloride or muriatic acid, and show what shouldn't even be considered.
A great solution should result in an even, dark patina in a relatively short amount of time (ideally 20 minutes to an hour). I will document the process so that if anyone would like to repeat a method, they can easily refer back to my videos.
So will it rust?
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