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If I'm not mistaken, it sounds like sulphur is a key component in toning. If I were to place a SAE in a container with gunpowder as the medium and close it up would the toning be black or colored?

The key ingredients of gunpowder being Potassium Nitrate, Charcoal and suplhur.

Disclaimer: Gunpowder should only be handled by a trained adult wearing proper safety equipment. Kids, do not attempt this at home.

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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,148 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A good amount of sulfur would likely turn it black
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  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    >If I'm not mistaken, it sounds like sulphur is a key component in toning

    Yep. And gunpowder would be an interesting experiment. Although black powder might actually be a bit better.
  • MrSpudMrSpud Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭
    I believe I heard that sulphides tone better than plain sulfur.
  • So it's time for a song

    remember the Beverly Hillbillies tune

    The Beverly Coinbillie

    Come listen to a story bout a guy who got a deal
    Obvious AT, but he thought he saw a steal
    So he bid and he bid and he won it on EBAY
    Even though the price went way up and away
    Sucker Money that is..........Fools Gold

    While his coin friends said that it aught to be a slab
    Little did they know it was fresh from the lab
    California is the place you want to sell
    But it soon came back with the grade from hell
    BodyBagged that is............ AT style

    The Beverly Coinbillie


  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That's a classic! But you need to add a verse about the coin blowing up!

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  • Ok LMarcoVan, a finish verse for you


    The Beverly Coinbillie

    Let me finish with my story bout the guy who got the steal
    The graders saw the coin and said the toning wasn’t real
    When he got it back he was a sorry cryin dude
    Out of the coin came a bubblin crude
    Crud that is…… AT style

    So he saw it turn to ugly and he wasn’t feelin well
    Put in his plaint to ebay and paypal
    Thought they’d give him what he thought he had due
    But they said, “we’ve been paid” , so the F*** with you
    Screwed again, ebay style
  • GonfunkoGonfunko Posts: 1,481 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Ok LMarcoVan, a finish verse for you


    The Beverly Coinbillie

    Let me finish with my story bout the guy who got the steal
    The graders saw the coin and said the toning wasn’t real
    When he got it back he was a sorry cryin dude
    Out of the coin came a bubblin crude
    Crud that is…… AT style

    So he saw it turn to ugly and he wasn’t feelin well
    Put in his plaint to ebay and paypal
    Thought they’d give him what he thought he had due
    But they said, “we’ve been paid” , so the F*** with you
    Screwed again, ebay style >>



    ROFLOL! ROFLOL! ROFLOL! ROFLOL! ROFLOL! ROFLOL! That's great! Any chance you'd be interested in writing a co-parody about AT?
  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭
    sweet ebay


    michael

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