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Removing coating after hardening A2 tool steel

Thread starter Scott51
Start date Sep 27, 2002

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Sep 27, 2002

Scott51

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I looking for a method to remove the black film coating (carbon?) from A2 tool steel after it has been hardened to Rc50 without destroying the substrate. I know grit blasting or using scotch brite works, but I'm hoping there is a chemical I can use instead. Is anyone familar with how to accomplish this?