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Originally Posted by Ian
JT88, it sounds as though your ferric chloride solution is too strong. I would suggest a 1:20 solution of FeCl3 in water and see how that works for you.
A lot of this is trial and error. Fortunately the blade can always be repolished and one can start over.
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Thanks for the response after reviving a long dead thread.
I did dilute it more last night and give it another go, looks pretty decent now. Still a bit of a brown tinge overall, but not too much. Wondering if stop now or keep trying to go darker.
I am still very curious about trying instant coffee, one of the other posters said they would do it after using ferric chloride. Hope they will respond with a process for it.
Has been an exhaustive process, many re-starts. I think the pattern looks better now than when I got it, but less uniform overall.