Warangan query

SidJ · 1st November 2022, 02:36 PM

Thanks both
I think the realgar works as it makes the blade go black. My question is it normal for all the black to simply wash off after say 5 applications of warangan and revert to s silver state?
Should I be rinsing the blade after 2 or 3 applications by way of a brush and letting each get to a sticky state? Or should I keep applying coat after coat?
I dont have access to lab arsenic or it would be my first choice.
What about ferric or Nital? Can these be used? If not why not? Same principle I would have thought. Not sure if arsenic is an essential ingredient.

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1st November 2022, 02:36 PM	#4
SidJ Member Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 207	Thanks both I think the realgar works as it makes the blade go black. My question is it normal for all the black to simply wash off after say 5 applications of warangan and revert to s silver state? Should I be rinsing the blade after 2 or 3 applications by way of a brush and letting each get to a sticky state? Or should I keep applying coat after coat? I dont have access to lab arsenic or it would be my first choice. What about ferric or Nital? Can these be used? If not why not? Same principle I would have thought. Not sure if arsenic is an essential ingredient.