Learn Stainless Steel Coloring Techniques on Balustrade, Railings & Post - By AMbros Custom
Hey, guys, this is a basic colouring technique you can use onto stainless steel. In the upcoming time, I am definitely going to use this technique in my stainless steel project. In the past, I have made my own design of stainless steel post, Balustrade & railing for my home. I mostly use my trusty stick welding machine which works perfectly on stainless steel. I hope you like this video and enjoy that as well. I have so many stainless steel videos onto my channel so make sure to give your little time to visit my channel.
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blew my mind with that brass one
Yeah, I've never heard about this. But it's obvious that color isn't from the heat. Good to know.
I had no idea you could use a brass wire brush to deposit on a heated steel work piece. Great video man thanks for uploading 👍
Didn't know this, wow. THANK you, AMbros
Thank you very much for this tutorial, real something to learn!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I've been looking for just this information....!!!!
Thanks mate 😊
Thank you, the best part of the internet is having the opportunity to learn from people who I'd never have the opportunity to learn from otherwise.
Balustrade little domes! Like a box of crayons!👍
Great, instructional and professional video. Thanks!
My pleasure brother:)
Ooh thanks for explaining, makes it easy to understand.
I just got a free stainless steel zippo lighter and was thinking about personalizing it. Thank you for this video.
Great work here! Thanks for the wisdom/expertise man.
Thanks for the words brother:)
This is WONDERFUL! I had no idea….
Thank you so much for this knowledge. I have a leatherman wave that I want to color and thanks to your video I will be able to now.
If wanting a lot of parts the same color, a toaster oven works well. Raise temp slowly until color wanted is reached. No over shooting the color wanted and all pieces will be uniform color.
Thank you!I had no clue you can do that!
My pleasure:)
wow that bronze color is amazing
I have been colouring ordinary mild steel in my shed recently and I know just how much skill and practice is required to get this level of consistency with a blow torch, in open air, by hand, without a bed of metal chips. Especially on items of varying thickness. That is a serious effort, impressive work mate!
Thanks mate,
For we tinkers, if it doesn't come out consistent it's "art." ;)
What method have you found most effective thus far? Im also working with mild steel and struggling with colouring options that don't involve paint or forcing patina with acidic substances.
@@MonkeOfAMillion I've found that putting small, polished and de-greased parts in an old steel bikky tin full of builders lime into a household oven gives a fairly consistent finish but it's hard to choose the exact colour because you can't see the bits. I set my oven to flat out (about 280 C) and heat for about an hour. The actual colour i get seems to depend on the carbon content, mild steel getting purple to blue shades, high carbon only reaching straw to brown. I then soak the parts in hot clean oil and get a fairly corrosion resistant finish. Polish to a mirror finish and de-grease or it doesn't really work so well.Bury your parts in the builders lime so that they do not touch each other or the tin. Allow to cool right down before getting the parts out, hot powdered calcium hydroxide burns suck.
@@lordchickenhawk Thanks for getting back to me on this - it's super helpful and has inspired me to give heat-treating a go in my kitchen oven tomorrow. I havent heard of the builders lime technique; what is the reasoning behind that? Does it give you a better finish than heating up in the same way before quenching the pieces in oil?
Thank you, great tutorial.
This is a great clip. Thank you so much for sharing.
It is beautiful coloring technique. I am part manufacturer. I got an order of stainless steel parts. I call many plating and surface finish guys in my city. No body got ready to do it in black or any other platting in black. I was hapless. But thanks God I got this video it gonna save me thousands. I am sure lot of other people will benefit also. Thank you.
Appreciate your words brother 🙏.
Thank you for this, I will be using it for my Cybertruck
You have absolutely no idea how much you helped me! I've just got my first Victorinox for Christmas, and I decided to make a mode, using black scales, and yellow stainless steel. Thank you so much! ;)
Appreciate the feedback mate, Happy New year:)
@@ambroscustomdoes the color last for a long time or the piece loses its color after some months?
@@FirstLast-tx3yj it completely depends upon the use. If you do it on handles which are constantly rubbed then it will fade quite quickly. But If you do this on matte or brushed finish then it last longer compared to the buffed surface.
Thankyou from Canada I never knew this procedure.
My pleasure brother:)
great simple techniques, thanks for putting out this video
Thanks mate:)
Thanks a lot, finally found something useful without use of chemicals,
My pleasure buddy:)
Love you brother, do this technique work on iron
Yes it works, just prepare the surface well but due to corrosive in nature it might be a problem because iron/mild steel get rusted alot more quicker. So consider that in mind. The brass depositing works great on that.
Thankss brother, you are the best
That's brilliant!
This is an awesome bit of information! Thanks!
totally helpful tips, hope i will not fail when trying this one. thx man 😎👍
Appreciate buddy, good luck. I clear spray coat is good if you do. It remain shiny for longer period of time.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.. I make stainless steel rings including some Carbon steel, and have wanted to color them for ages, this is definitely going to make it a lot easier. :)
For constantly rubbing area I don't recommend buddy, that would eventually going to fade if you didn't do any protective coating over it. For furniture and decorating stuff it's good.
I also make stainless steel rings!
This was really helpful! Thanks for making this video! I'll try the brass on a project I'm doing 👍
Thanks and good luck dear:)
It feels like magic to me 🤪 Beautiful colours 🌈
Really.
You should put a cube of ice in a glass and watch it melt. It's crazy
Beautiful!!
Extremely helpful video on a niche topic. Thank you very much 👍👍👍👍
Glad to hear that brother 🙏.
Thank u. First time i ve seen this process. Respect.
Welcome Andreas. Checkout my other stuff on my channel page.
@@ambroscustomgracias por compartir conocimientos
Thanks a lot for sharing✨
My man this is awesome. I hear "take your (any skill) game to the next level" and its often mediocre tips most people already know but I actually learned a lot today. I consider myself knowledgeable when it comes to working with metals of all kinds. Anyways, thanks man i appreciate you making this.
Appreciate your words brother, it means alot. 🙏
Loved the video very useful thanks.
Wow who would have guessed! Bothe sundar
Exactly what I wanted to know! Thanks.
My pleasure mate:)
One of the best videos that I've seen, great job!
Thanks for the feedback mate 🙏
You sir just used the best backround music I have ever encountered. Good job!
Pleasure is mine.
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Super idea.. Thanks ..
Realy fantastic!!
Great video. Thanks
Wow, thank you for sharing.
My pleasure mate:)
Great tutorial! Beautiful results! 👍
Thanks mate
Good video! Thanks!
Well explained and good techniques. Thank you very much.
Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic many thanks
This video was amazing! Thank you for making this content. I have recently started a knife customization business and this is so incredibly helpful. I would love to see if you could do stuff like this with copper. That's the main medium that I work with right now. Keep up the great work and thank you again!
Pleasure to hear that:)
Copper knives?!
This is awesome! Thanks!
Thanks man:)
Too good ,something innovative ,
youre a genius!
Beautiful work.....as always!
Thanks William really appreciate your words:)
@@ambroscustom Your welcome, my friend. It's always a pleasure to watch you work.
Excellent work!
Thanks Joey..
This video was linked from a post on Cybertruck Owner's Club. Doing this to a stainless hitch on a Cybertruck will look great. Doing this to all, or part of the truck itself (stainless steel body) will be mind blowing.
Thanks for sharing... God bless you
My pleasure brother 🙏. God bless you too. Have a nice day.
Great video!! thanks for sharing!!!!
Appreciate your feedback
Nice job my friend Got me out of a jamb!!! Thank you
Appreciate your words mate:)
Thank you! What is your final protection coating or sealer to protect it to keep from rusting later, especially if it's taken outside in the elements?
This is stainless steel, its rust resistant.
Nice idea!
Until today id didn't even know that I needed to know this. Great video.
Appreciate your words brother 🙏
Thank you brother!
My pleasure bother 🙏.
Thaxk you so much ....very helpfull video indeed i am beyond happy
Thanks for the feedback:)
Your English is awesome!
Appreciate your words brother
thank you brother..
Great technique and very well explained....in english
Appreciate your words 🙏
Great video. Great explanation. Thanks
Glad you like it🙏
wow amazing
I’ve got a bunch of stainless steel rods I wanted to use for balusters. They were previously used for maintenance so they have some wear on them. What would you recommend as the most simple process for getting an even smooth finish across all balusters?
great vid dude thanks for the info.
My pleasure brother
Great video! If we use an oven to heat the SS object, how long should we keep the material inside once it reaches the recommended temperature?
Thanks brother, For that you can take a look onto the temperature colour chart. You can search for that also. But not exceed 350°c.
beautiful video thanks
My pleasure:)
Thanks!
It looks as though the subject material has been chrome plated. So are you showing this with the chrome plating or is the material pure stainless steel? Anyway this was a great and easy process. I build cafe racer style cycles as the final product of a restoration. It also answered my observation of how chrome exhaust pipes coming out of the engine head turn kind of yellow and the on into bluish purple over time. With that said the it will work on chrome. I will be utilizing this process over and over Thanks & best regards Chris
Thanks bro great vid as always 😁😁🤘🤘
Pleasure is mine Karl :)
AMbros Custom bro can i ask a question ? If when steel is coloured can you still polish the colour back off if you need to ? Or is it permanent ?
Great work friend...👍👏👏
Thanks Ravi..
Amazing
Very nice tutorial, thanks
Appreciate your words brother 🙏
I want to colorize a SS shark mesh watch band, to a yellowish titanium color, to match a titanium watch case. Thank you for this video. Just got to buy a blow torch.
Bro, you are amazing. I love your work and creativity. I also love your eloquence and linguistic formulation of the Languge. Very beautiful and easy to understand. Greetings from USA 🇺🇸 Best Regards, Malik
Appreciate your words brother, i think it's feedback from people like you who always boost the morale and motivates to do it 🙏.
@@ambroscustom Am Glad to hear that brother. Conversely, it's souls like you that inspire us with your ingenuity to be equally resourceful and ingenious. Cheers.
Which one last longer? For example if I want to change some tools colors to red, blue .... They will scratch easily?
Cool Video 👍👍👍
Awesome
Super 👌
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This is beautiful!!! Have you ever tried using ready made patinas? Do you think heat patina lasts longer than product patina?
No dear, I didn't tried anything. But I think chemical patina last longer.
Can't wait to see Cybertruck being colored with giant torches
Thanks dear good friend
Thank you AMbros awesome video! Very helpful. What type of stainless are these handles that got colored? I'm going to try to use heat to color some 18/0 stainless and am curious if it will behave similarly as in your video. Thanks again!
Using more bricks to making a house around the part helps with even heating and heat retention. I had to re-harden a small anvil once and i mean small like 20kgs tops. Eventually, surrounded it with refractory bricks and got it to temp.
As a Fellow mad scientist," I recommend a heat resistant container for the oil quench as hot parts in volatile oil do ignite volatiles, as I have. but "I Will" be doing some of this to SS as I typically work with other metals. maybe even see if SS after this treatment will take a plating.
an excellent video, well explained and good techniques. i wonder if you could find and use a wire weel made of copper wire to impart a copper finish. could get some crazy outcomes. maybe if you cnt find copper wire wheel you could insead spin the knobs agains a raw copper piece of metal. just a thought.
Thanks buddy, yeah I tried with copper wires but didn't worked. The problem is that those wires have some coating over them and also a bit more thicker strands. I think thinner one might work.
kudos!
Will this affect the durability of the material, i.e. making it prone to oxidization or losing its color over time.
that is rad Thank you sir
Pleasure is mine sir.
very intelligent really
Awesome video. Do the heat induced colours long laster than spray paints on metals?
It depends. Paints can be more chemically resistant in some circumstances. Heat induced patina is hard wearing and rust resistant, especially on stainless steels. It is far harder than paint and depending on the type of metal, infinitely more UV resistant. However it is much, much thinner than paint. On non-stainless steel, a paint job is probably the better rust protection, depending on temperature. On anodized non-ferrous metals like aluminium or titanium, paint is of doubtful advantage. Except that depends on the pigment in aluminium dyes for example. Most red dyes tend to fade easily in the sun for both. Metal colouring gets bloody complicated PDQ when it comes to specific colours on different metals. I tend to prefer the native colours of various metals and their oxides over paint where I can achieve them. Sometimes I use both when you count clear lacquer as a paint.
Nice video, thanks :)
🙏 appreciate your words.
good job
Thanks