[yama660r]

Tim,

Since my last post, I set up almost exactly to the directions from the Caswell manual. I used distilled water for everything except the rinsing process following the netrualizing process. 12.6-13.6 volts, 6-7 ampheres was drawn for 60 minutes. Still I get the same Gray color.

The total square footage is .58 sq. ft. What type of alloy it contains, I'll have to do some research on that. Although I read in one forum, a fellow did the same Tannery casting/forging, he reported that his workpiece came out black. I noticed one thing in his process was that after he rinsed the the workpiece, he put it in the dye, then he let it heat up to 140-150 degrees. What I did was I heated my dye to 140 degrees then I put my piece in and let it sit 10 to 15 minutes. Could that be what I'm doing wrong? Should I put it in the dye, then let it rise to 140-150 degrees? I really don't know what other possible process to change or alter. Most of the AR-15 Lower Receivers manufactured are Anodized, so I know it can be done. Thanks for all the Insights and Knowledge.

Yama