Need advice on treating aluminum

schreiber · Post by **schreiber** » Mon Apr 23, 2001 2:09 pm

Ok, so I was sitting around about a year ago, hitting myself on the head with a brick, and I thought, "Helmut, you need to be on the field in head to toe maille."

I have become somewhat obsessed with the idea of having a second armor in the "maille pyjamas" style.

Note, however, that I didn't hit myself the extra time that it would have taken me to want to do it out of steel.

Now I know some of you are cringing, but I can put up with going "click" instead of "tsching" when I walk. I do, however, want it to look good.

In an effort to keep from looking like a walking coke can, I thought I might firescale it somehow. Is this possible? I'd love to have an armor that I can just hit with a torch periodically to keep it looking good.

Also, any ideas as to where I can get punched or generally unbroken aluminum rings would be appreciated.

HELMUT

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Bridging the gap between his contemporaries, Helmut wore boxer- briefs.

albatros · Post by **albatros** » Mon Apr 23, 2001 3:08 pm

as far as I know you cannot fire scale aluminum, it will get dull with heat treating though takes the shine right out of it. Just dont melt it!!

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Klangiron Skullthumpa · Mon Apr 23, 2001 3:47 pm

I've never done it myself but I've heard that you could douse it with Hydrogen Pyroxcide to dull it down, but I suggest you test it first.

schreiber · Post by **schreiber** » Mon Apr 23, 2001 4:34 pm

I guess what I'm looking for is a sort of blackened effect. I'm not keen on using an aniline dye or something like that. I was actually hoping I could burn something on that would last a long time and turn it a dark color.

HELMUT

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Bridging the gap between his contemporaries, Helmut wore boxer- briefs.