Restauration of antique oriental Damascus / Wootz blades

[Roland_M]

Originally Posted by mariusgmioc

And please let me know if you find a source of Nital in Europe as I normally get mine from the US.

Hi Marious,

it's a commercial link, so I decided, to send you a private message.

If you use nitric, you have to use nitric with at least 65%, better 70% or more. This has nothing to do with the 2-4% you use for etching! This was a very important advise from an analytical chemist.


Roland