[Jewelry making - Article 00382] - Re: [Orchid] Annealing stainless steel

[Gary Drake]

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Peg,

    For relief of cold working stresses or deep drawn parts of USS 18-8
    should be heated to 1750 Degrees F followed by rapid cooling. This
    comes from the Fabrication of USS Stainless Steel. Not knowing which
    type stainless your spoon is made from the above procedure will
    probably get you in the ball park. Stainless is tough stuff to form
    whether it is annealed or not. Try bending it back into shape by
    hand and then hammerform it with a nylon or UHMW hammer backed up by
    a steel stake. Don't use a steel hammer. Any hammer marks are there
    to stay they won't planish out like silver. Deep nicks will need to
    be sanded or filed and then polished out. 

Duck
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