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Temporary Branding - 1/31/2008 10:43:02 AM

LadyPact

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I was at a great collection of presenters this past Saturday. One of them was on temporary branding. Just to give a little background, it was a rather simple method. A metal coat hanger, immersed in boiling water, for a make-shift branding iron. (These, of course, were made into various shapes beforehand.) The brand, using this method will only burn two or three layers of skin, leaving no permanent scar, if using just one application. Mulitple brands to the same spot will, of course, go through more layers of skin, and leave a permanent scar.

I fully admit, I'm very tempted to do this with My sub. (After talking more with the presenter, to ensure I'm covering all of the safety bases.) Not that I'm adverse to cutting as a method of putting My initials on him for a time, but I thought this might be an alternate idea.

I was wondering if anyone else out there has any experience with temporary branding. I'd very much like to hear your thoughts on the matter.

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RE: Temporary Branding - 1/31/2008 10:49:52 AM

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Lady Pact,

Please let me know how it turns out. I have been seriously considering doing the same thing - but with the heel of my metal stiletto - since in his case - it would be far more appropriate!

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RE: Temporary Branding - 1/31/2008 7:18:13 PM

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LadyPact,
not sure if it was mentioned in your seminar but please make sure to take caution with the hanger in your hand. the heat will travel up the metal well past the part that was in the boiling water.

one interesting method of preventing/limiting this is to Twist the metal on the way up the handle. (which is why many hand forged iron pieces were twisted(along with asthetics of course)

though while not as sexy perhaps holding the hanger with an oven mitt may add to the fear in your sub;)
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edited for spelling and clarity of thought

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RE: Temporary Branding - 1/31/2008 8:46:07 PM

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Thank you for reminding Me of the tip. Trust Me, I'll be wearing gloves.

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RE: Temporary Branding - 1/31/2008 8:51:39 PM

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Geez. i'll caveat off the bat that i don't actually have the background to back this opinion with facts & figures, but i would bet that the technique described varies widely in "temporariness" from one person to another. There are a lot of variables- how long you hold the "iron" in the water, the actual temperature of the water (pure H20 boils at 212F, but you can feed more heat into it while some of it evaporates), how long it's out of the water before being applied, how long it's applied... And then you get into the way different people heal... Don't do anything that would really upset you if it became permanent, is my advice.

i generally heal well (or at least i used to

), and a very stupid, and relatively minor burn that i got in high school from a candle lasted for years... and at the time, i never would have expected it. Meanwhile, i've caught some fairly ugly cuts (old car restoration = rusty metal + force) that vanished without a trace. Body art is still more art than science.

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RE: Temporary Branding - 2/1/2008 4:48:11 AM

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My hubby and I love to play with cautery pens. We gave a demo on this at an event last summer and there was a couple there who did the kind of branding you're talking about, although they used mineral oil rather than water to heat the wire for their brand. It was a lovely brand, but it wasn't very temporary. If I recall correctly, she'd had it for quite a while.

Most brands will fade pretty substantially, some will even disappear completely, but I always assume that any branding marks are going to be permanent. There are a lot of variables - the brandee's skin type (brands on pale skinned folks tend to be more temporary than on darker skinned folks), general health, how deep the brand is, the temperature of the branding device, and more. Hubby is a pale, norwegian type. Some of the brands we've done on him have been gone in a few months, some have lasted for more than a year, some appear to be permanent. Location can affect how long a brand lasts. We used the cautery pen at a party a few weeks ago and the brand on hubby's chest is fading fast - it's pink and pale. The brands on his butt are red and still very visible.

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RE: Temporary Branding - 2/1/2008 5:34:44 AM

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I discovered light metal contact after it's been left in hot oil works decently as a temporary brand. (Entirely by accident I swear) There was no blistering or skin issues and it remained for rough 8-10 weeks before it was pretty much gone. That was with very light contact. As I stumbled upon it I don't know if that was fluke or what other safety concerns need to be addressed with it.
I've been burned plenty of times since with metal from hot cooking oil and have never received serious injury but some marks last longer than others, so pressure and time held probably make the big difference.
Skin type probably matters a lot too, as I have never scarred from burns, even harsh ones, but any form of cut often leaves a scar for potentially a year or more later if it does not heal clean right away. I imagine that will vary for some people in the other direction as well.

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RE: Temporary Branding - 2/14/2008 9:26:02 PM

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This was hot, hot, hot, hot!

Oh yeah, the metal that I used to brand him with got kind of warm, too.

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