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Baking Soda Wash After Acid Dip on Damascus Barrels
Unread 03-17-2012, 05:22 PM   #1
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Default Baking Soda Wash After Acid Dip on Damascus Barrels

I have always been instructed to use baking soda to neutralize the acid wash on Damascus barrels, but the soda itself is too abrasive on the finish when I rub the barrels down, in my experience. Could I dissolve the baking soda in a tub of water and wash the barrels in that after rubbing the barrels with OOOO steel wool? Would it accomplish the same thing?
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