3 worn out keris

apolaki · 5th February 2020, 11:20 PM

Hello!

I bought regular vinegar jug at store. It says "diluted with water to 5% acidity"

How many cups should I add and how much vinegar should I pour afterwards for this bath for the rusted keris?

I am assuming I shouldn't just submerge the keris in straight vinegar even though it says already "diluted with water to 5% acidity."

Thanks again!

David · 6th February 2020, 01:43 AM

Actually i believe that vinegar diluted to 5% acidity is fine to use without further dilution.
Perhaps someone else knows different. I have always used pineapple juice on keris. I have used vinegar on Moro Kris however and have never found straight vinegar right out of the bottle to be too strong when etching the blades.

Rick · 6th February 2020, 02:16 AM

My Wife has been using a washing soda solution that has electrical current run through it from a trickle charger. It works very well and fairly quickly.
She has been de-rusting cast iron pans.
I know that the technique has been discussed in detail in the forums.

Apolaki, your blade in bugis dress seems very similar in technique to this example that I got some years ago.

Paul B. · 6th February 2020, 12:21 PM

Missing ganja?
Pamor similar to Sisik sewu?

Rick · 6th February 2020, 04:19 PM

Mine?
Gonjo iras; I don't know this pamor.
Apolaki's keris looks to be an iras also

Paul B. · 6th February 2020, 07:31 PM

Yours Rick.
The gandik elevation reaches as far as the edge of the 'ganja', that's why I suppose it is missing but of course I could be wrong.
Or is the pejetan hole blocked as is the case with gonjo iras blades? Can't see clearly.

Rick · 6th February 2020, 07:49 PM

We have been down this road before.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...highlight=iras

6th February 2020, 02:16 AM	#3
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	My Wife has been using a washing soda solution that has electrical current run through it from a trickle charger. It works very well and fairly quickly. She has been de-rusting cast iron pans. I know that the technique has been discussed in detail in the forums. Apolaki, your blade in bugis dress seems very similar in technique to this example that I got some years ago. Attached Images

6th February 2020, 07:31 PM	#6
Paul B. Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 205	Yours Rick. The gandik elevation reaches as far as the edge of the 'ganja', that's why I suppose it is missing but of course I could be wrong. Or is the pejetan hole blocked as is the case with gonjo iras blades? Can't see clearly. Last edited by Paul B.; 6th February 2020 at 07:44 PM.

5th February 2020, 11:20 PM	#1
apolaki Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 160	Hello! I bought regular vinegar jug at store. It says "diluted with water to 5% acidity" How many cups should I add and how much vinegar should I pour afterwards for this bath for the rusted keris? I am assuming I shouldn't just submerge the keris in straight vinegar even though it says already "diluted with water to 5% acidity." Thanks again!

6th February 2020, 01:43 AM	#2
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,218	Actually i believe that vinegar diluted to 5% acidity is fine to use without further dilution. Perhaps someone else knows different. I have always used pineapple juice on keris. I have used vinegar on Moro Kris however and have never found straight vinegar right out of the bottle to be too strong when etching the blades.

6th February 2020, 12:21 PM	#4
Paul B. Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 205	Missing ganja? Pamor similar to Sisik sewu?

6th February 2020, 04:19 PM	#5
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	Mine? Gonjo iras; I don't know this pamor. Apolaki's keris looks to be an iras also

6th February 2020, 07:49 PM	#7
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	We have been down this road before. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...highlight=iras