Always have a jar of clean glass marbles available. If You haven't put enough of whatever You're trying to quench the part in, just drop in some marbles, and there will be more than enough! 🤩
qivarebil
As a machinist of over 25 years from what I can see you do good work, I can tell you take pride in what you make.
phillhuddleston
Oh praise the lord!!!!
Finally a repair, modification and fabrication channel using metrics, speak proper english and contain fantastic projects.
Time for binge watching and binge drinking.
erikjohansson
Thanks for the video. I do like the satin/brushed look of the parts. We are all interested how well this holds up over time.
Dave.
lv_woodturner
My understanding is that Parkerised parts will still rust, just like blued parts will, but that slightly rough surface with a bit of oil soaked in is much more rust resistant.
heds
Hi Preso. I love the finish that parker phosphate gives. I am very interested to see if you get a good rust prevention from that. A follow up video after a few months (even just a 1 minute review) would be really interesting. Cheers, Craig
CraigsWorkshop
Like the surface finish. Hope it outlasts your holiday. Have a good one. Regards
petergregory
A real nice job fella on the surface finish. I use heat and beeswax. Tip from Penns woods USA. Keep on making videos.
victoryfirst
Buddy, that finish looks incredibly awesome to me. I like enough to look into trying this myself. Thanks mate.👍
ironbomb
The only parkerized items with which I have personal experience are an M1 carbine and a USMC combat knife. They both have similar finishes to your tools. Barring mechanical wear you should have excellent corrosion resistance.
BillB
As soon as you described your climate, I just knew that you had credibility. I live in the same climate. Louisiana in the USA is just miserably hot and humid. And all my tools rust. Furthermore, I love your tap adapter. I’m making one of those. 🤙
timmerlives
I have the same problem with rusting ... I stocked up on 303 stainless steel and any shop made tools, handles, knobs, clamps and such are made from that.... Problem sorted and it's a pleasure to machine.
damojfowler
Parkerizing can be done with either Manganese Phosphate or Zinc Phosphate. Manganese Phosphate yields a black color. Zinc Phosphate yields a gray color. I'm not sure which you have.
NBERLS
That's a really good point. I live in Virginia, about 1km from the Chesapeake Bay. Same deal. Warm humid day, inside the cool garage everything is soaking wet. At night, EVERYTHING is dripping.
rionmotley
Greetings from Kentucky, USA. That turned out very nice! I like how it looks a bit “SATIN” on the video. That’s very cool! Very nice job for a DIY’er. Thanks for sharing.
rauldemoura
Ive used this a lot on my bike, but you still have to oil it to keep the rust at bay. Its good to paint over, adhesion is very good, if painting no oil.
petemacrae
All of the Parkerized finishes I've seen on old military rifles (M1 Garand and M1 carbine) have has the flat finish but with a greenish tinge. For 70 year old rifles, the rust resistance has been very good. A light wipe down with an oily rag followed by a dry rag might also help.
BryanTorok
I use my PID controller w 4×8 aluminum plates on a 20ton Rosin press. Works good on my titanium dab nail too. Never thought of heating water with it.
Agent-vjns
My guess as to why the finish feels slightly rough is the treatment just before the Parkerizing must have etched the metal to make it more porous for adhesion of phosphate. Looks like the black oxide coatings on tools that aren't chromed. Looking forward to the follow-up.
v.e.
Funny you mention how it looks like a bead blasted- blued part. At my step father's shop he had the blueing tanks. We would wait until we had a bunch of parts ready to blue then do large batches like you said. We preferred the parkerized finish on guns(used it for most of the tools he sold as well). Polishing a gun and blueing it did leave that nice mirror like blue. But for a gun you are bush wacking with we figured the parker finish was more durable. Not to mention the sun doesn't glare off it. The finish you have there looks very similiar, although that bit of crystalizing looks a little different and pretty neat. I wonder if it will knock down with use. Great video
