Kasenite case hardening

Andrew Mawson · 2005-10-25T20:00:16+00:00

Needed to case harden some parts today - first time in a while. Dugout my tub of 'Kasenite substitute' Dagarnite which I bought over ayear ago at one of the shows - I think from Chronos but maybe not.Now with genuine Kasenite you can heat the part to cherry red, dip itin the Kasenite tin, and when you pull it out the Kasenite will havefused round it and you can carry on with the torch to let the carbonbe absorbed. So I did this without reading the label (as per normal) and nothing stuck to the part . . humph ! In desperation whileholding torch in one hand, tongs with part in second hand I used mythird hand to pick up the pot and read the destructions. "fillcontainer to 75% heat part put it in, carry on heating for 1/2 hour .. mmmm OK I got an acceptable result in the end using a tuna tin butnot as convenient.Now I remember someone commenting that in the absence of the rightstuff sugar could be used at a pinch - it is after all mainly carbonand was used by WW2 POWs to make wire cutters hard - and thinks I - itgoes sticky when hot! So I just tried an experiment, and mixed castorsugar with the Dagarnite and used it with the 'dip method' - it doesactually work and now adheres to the red hot metal but is not as goodas genuine Kasenite.....so to the crux of the matter - who's got a few drums of thegenuine stuff lying arround that I can liberate?AWEM

Oct 25, 2005 40 Replies

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houstonceng 18 years ago

As far as I can tell, this is the genuine McCoy (aka Kasenit) manufactured by the Compnay of the same name. The tin's label matches one I've had - now nearly empty - from way back.

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