cr-rex

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thought I'd share this. I went through the internet to find as much as I could on cleaning this precious metal and came up with very little. So I decided to experiment with some stuff and found success. I'm sure a lot of us are plagued with this issue in some fashion, so I wanted to share something that works with no consequences.

if you guys have any tips outside of wd40 and windex with ammonia, please share.

kensin

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dude. thanks i needed this ! lol

Zepticon

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It can be sanded, buffed and polished like any other metal. The only issue is that it will remove the colored surface oxide. But you can reapply this with a propane torch and careful heating.
But every time you do this you will get less vibrant colors from it

kensin

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so i have ALOT of melted plastic... you think the same method would work ? lol

cr-rex

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THAT is the main issue. No one wants to remove the burnt coloring. Raw titanium isnt as exciting as colored. I tried to make it change colors with the torch and it wouldn't. It got cherry red but even after cooling off, it didnt alter the color at all. It just went back to the way it was.

That's a huge glob lol you're gonna want to chip some of that off first. Soak it in wd40 and poke at it with a plastic tool. After you get it down a little bit, then torch it.

if it were me, I would just torch it as it is. It will become molten and you can use the plastic tool to basically goop it off like pudding. Keep in mind the tool will melt but it's ok.

Zepticon

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The color we want, blue and purple, is in the middle of the heat range. So if you are not careful it goes straight to "straw"/gold. Also, I have a feeling that stainless is more forgiving than titanium.