Inletting Black
- Thread starter Re3iever
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I bought one of these https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/...ing-dishes-226-g-2-pk-0762104p.html?rrec=true
Dumped out all the glycol and replaced with kerosene and replaced the wick with a cotton lantern wick - works amazing & the screw top keeps it from evaporating - puts out a ton of smoke.....!
Though if you are only doing that one job .... a white board erasable marker (not a sharpie) works just as well - get the big fat ones.
Dumped out all the glycol and replaced with kerosene and replaced the wick with a cotton lantern wick - works amazing & the screw top keeps it from evaporating - puts out a ton of smoke.....!
Though if you are only doing that one job .... a white board erasable marker (not a sharpie) works just as well - get the big fat ones.
When I was at gunsmithing school we used Permatex non drying Prussian blue which is available at any auto supply shop.It s used for fitting metal parts together and is great for wood in letting and not as messy as inletting black.It comes in an 8oz tube
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- Northwest BC (Rural) 103-I-##
To answer the question directly, Track of the Wolf does have it, I bought some from them ten years ago or so and I just checked, still there:
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But yes, lots of readily available alternatives.
NCBB
h ttps://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/377/1/INLET-BLACK
But yes, lots of readily available alternatives.
NCBB
As a side note, on Prussian Blue, that stuff is fun as heck. Because if you can get a co-worker to pick up a tiny bit of it without noticing, pretty soon they have blue marks over about 90 percent of their body! That stuff has hang time! 
And it's a bugger to wash off!
Honestly, I'd avoid the stuff in favor of a candle or home made oil lamp. Heck, even a Bic lighter.
And it's a bugger to wash off!Honestly, I'd avoid the stuff in favor of a candle or home made oil lamp. Heck, even a Bic lighter.
As a side note, on Prussian Blue, that stuff is fun as heck. Because if you can get a co-worker to pick up a tiny bit of it without noticing, pretty soon they have blue marks over about 90 percent of their body! That stuff has hang time!
HA! yea .... that's why I avoid it for wood work - if you get it on a part of the stock you don't want it on........
Interesting comment. The stuff certainly does have a tendency to, shall we say, migrate, but I have never had any difficulty washing it off. Just a little water and dish detergent and-presto-all gone.
Tried the candle and oil lamp but figured it was just a matter of time before I burned the shop down
Tried the candle and oil lamp but figured it was just a matter of time before I burned the shop down
HA! yea .... that's why I avoid it for wood work - if you get it on a part of the stock you don't want it on........
It will inevitably get on other parts of the wood, but is only on the surface and quickly disappears with final scraping or sanding. In my experience, inletting black, soot or lipstick are no easier to remove.
Interesting comment. The stuff certainly does have a tendency to, shall we say, migrate, but I have never had any difficulty washing it off. Just a little water and dish detergent and-presto-all gone.
Tried the candle and oil lamp but figured it was just a matter of time before I burned the shop down
I have a solution for that (burning the shop down) - You can see how my little glycol thing works ...
I have a solution for that (burning the shop down) - You can see how my little glycol thing works ...
Uh ........ yeah. I think I will avoid that. My work bench tends to be a little more cluttered, but the fire extinguisher IS always within reach.
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- Western Manitoba
I am pretty sure the brand name on small jar that I used was "Jarrow Inletting Black" - was likely purchased from Brownells - I applied it with artist paint brush - did it's job very well - and got all over everything. I took a small glass baby food jar, poked a hole in the "screw on" tin lid - stuck through a strip from bottom of T-shirt as wick - filled about half full of kerosene - made really smokey flame - I had to "trim that wick" to get the amount of flame sensible - that smoke / soot on the metal worked very well. I can not find the inletting black little jar - I may have chucked it - in preference to that kerosene lamp thing.
