Blueing Fluid Metaalzwarten Bruinen Blauwen

This equipment is Noise Category 3: Can be used at all hours. No limits.

This equipment is safety category 5: Equipment that is relatively fragile or expensive

• In person instructions is not mandatory.
• Reading the wiki, and following the instructions, is mandatory.

Blauen (US) Brunen (DE), Blackening (UK) van staal.

blueing manual

SAFETY

This is fairly nasty stuff (contains fluoride/fluoric acid and a half dozen other nasties) - follow the instructions to the letter. Read the 4 safety sheet from beginning to end.

And yes - that means full on gloves, long sleeves, apron, etc. Consider having Propylene Glycol ready to treat spashes.

The 4 bottles are intentionally kept in their own safety container. Keep it that way.

General process

• clean with acetone in UltrasonicCleaningBath
• optional - clean with special degreaser
• optional - see manual for conditioning on chrome steel and similar
• blue it
• wash well
• optional - oil it

MDS / SDS / MSDS

These sheets must be present at the space at any time these chemicals are at the space. Do not remove. Keep them in the large white box with the bottles.