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Old 05-05-2005, 07:45 AM
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new best friend - steel blue

Just thought I would hare this. I was at the Novi show and picking up supplies from Koval's and saw a bottle of the Steel Blue. I have never bought it before figuring it is much cheaper just to use a marker or some spray paint. I bought some this time ($8.95)and am I ever glad I did. It is so much easier to do layouts and design changes. It goes on nicely, dries quickly and comes off easily with acetone. I have started using it for my center grind line, my bolster design and to ensure I have ground the next grit clean.

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Old 05-05-2005, 08:33 PM
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Steve,
Ive not tried the spray type, but have the brush on layout fluid. It is the cats whiskers for all the applications that steve mentioned!

Ive started painting 2 coats on my blades prior to heat treating, and it may just be me, but it sems to help keep the blades scale free, not 100% scale free, but it seems to make a big diffrence.

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Old 05-05-2005, 10:11 PM
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Ive been using this stuff for a while now and couldnt agree more with you.

Mike, Never thought of that. I might have to give that a try.

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I have tons of lay out blueing left over from a turbine outage here at work .. it works great but is messier than a sharpie
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