Templaq pencil

[kbstenberg]

What temperature of a templaq marker should I get when I anneal brass? Kevin

[Chicken Thief]

Look at it, and whenever it changes to a darker colour, stop.
Is that to complex?

You can torch the snot out of it by going bright orange, but less is more.

[13Echo]

I use 650*

[John Boy]

650 is the correct temperature but you will be sorry using the pencil. From experience, the crayon compound doesn't stick to the brass, clean or dirty. Use the liquid

[XWrench3]

the Hornady "annealing kit" uses 475 degree tempilaq. i called and asked them about it, because i thought that was way low. he told me that the reason for using 475 is when you are heating the brass, the brass will heat to a higher temp than the tempilaq will first. by using a higher temperature tempilaq, you would over heat the brass, thus removing all of the temper. since i have done that already all on my own by watching the brass "turn colors", and ruining them, i am in no hurry to repeat that outcome. and brass was fairly cheap then. the way things are going, once fired brass will soon be worth a buck a piece. but even at todays prices, it is to expensive to ruin and throw away.