Does anyone know if black carriage bolts exist... or at least where the heads are black? I would need it for a couple of iron handles. Can't find anything on Google when I search.
Does anyone know if stores like K-rauta and Silvan have that?
I live in Örebro if anyone knows a place nearby.
Thanks
Does anyone know if stores like K-rauta and Silvan have that?
I live in Örebro if anyone knows a place nearby.
Thanks
If you're looking for an old-fashioned look, you can heat them until they glow, then dip them in linolja, I seem to remember it was, (when they are hot and good you can work the surface a little, for the forged look).
Hmm, they probably shouldn't glow, actually, but if you heat them to that point, the shiny surface should disappear, then when they've cooled a bit you oil them, I think, I don't remember the temperatures.
Hmm, they probably shouldn't glow, actually, but if you heat them to that point, the shiny surface should disappear, then when they've cooled a bit you oil them, I think, I don't remember the temperatures.
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You should use something called bluing solution or Gun Blue, one drop and the head of the bolt is black forever!! It is used to antique-treat new steel to a wrought iron "look," and it is also used to blue gun barrels.