Hot Bluing - Rust Protecting Steel Parts
Channel: The Amateur Machine Shop
Date: 2021-06-23

I try hot bluing for the first time. The quick change lathe tooling I built was starting to rust so thought this would be a a great process to protect the steel parts. Click "SHOW MORE" to jump to particular segments of the video.

Video Segments
0:00 - Introduction
0:00:13 - Dealing with Rust
0:00:28 - "My Mechanics Insights"
0:00:41 - First Steps - Preparation
0:01:00 - Heating First Part
0:02:22 - Quenching in Oil
0:02:50 - Heating Second Parts
0:03:23 - Things to Consider
0:03:52 - Quenching in Oil
0:04:21 - More Parts...
0:04:52 - Results
0:05:20 - Conclusion 

My Mechanic Insights
"How to Turn Steel Black - All you need to know about Bluing"
https://youtu.be/5Sty5upsadY

Princess Auto - Infrared Digital Thermometer
https://www.princessauto.com/en/non-contact-infrared-digital-thermometer/product/PA0008987653

Canadian Tire (almost always half price if you wait for a sale)
https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/mastercraft-digital-temperature-reader-0574554p.html#srp