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Old 09-27-2008, 01:09 PM
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Hello people. I have a Voodoo Ti knob and tried torching it to give it that nice burnt look.
The thing is, I took it to work, fired up the oxy-acetylene torch and went at it. Well, all it did was turn the whole knob black with a crusty soot. It wiped right off, but no purty colors at all.

Should I just use a propane torch? I'm wondering if the oxy-acetylene is too hot.

Thanks for any input.
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I'm interested in knowing as well.
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I used electricity and coca cola to color my titanium knob.

i have a feeling you weren't getting it hot enough
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well what is used to get that color on the knob?
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I would like to know as well. Experts please chime in.
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http://www.wikihow.com/Color-Titanium
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go to home depot and get propane torch in yellow bottle. put knob on tap and clamp in vice. hit knob from top with circular motion . need to get red hot . this is an art. take your time and wear protection. i would be scared of possible explosion (face shield heavy apron and gloves).

this is a one shot process, if it looks like crap polish and start over.
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Not hot enough im guessing
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There was a post here about 6 months ago about successfully doing this. I believe the guy used a "MAP" torch to do it. Not sure if that's right because google doesn't seem to be returning anything promising.


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