Blueing with touch-up blue...

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Hi!

I have to refinish a Cooey rifle. I plan cleaning the metal with oily extra fine
steel wool, then degreasing and applying touch-up gun blue over the existing
finish... Which of the blueing stuf do you recommand as being the most lasting
one, liquid, cream or paste? Which common manufacturer should be the best one?

Thanks sharing your experience,

Jocelyn.
 
Great another Cooey being made newer.

The steel wool has worked great for me. The finer the better 0000 extra fine if you can. The oil can cause you grief if cold brewing, make sure you use a cleaner before ( I think the litle bottle you buy for $5.00 is Methyl Hrydrant).
I believe the cold blue tells you to rinse with water between applications. I thought that was dumb and didn't do it the first couple times and it rusted the gun. The next few I did this and rubbed and I mean rubbed it dry and it worked. I tried all the blueings over time and the Brownells oxo ? worked great.

Polish and re polish.

Send a picture when done!
 
I used Birchwood Casey on my Husky and it worked out pretty well. I buffed it with a felt wheel and an abrasive (green) to take the old blue off and polish out any blemishes. Before I blued it the thing shone like it was hard chromed. Get the best finish possible before you blue and you'll be happy with it.
 
Cold Blue

Cold blue is ok for small jobs, most Gunsmiths use it only for screw heads &small parts, muzzle ends etc. One thing the cold blue instructions never tell you is that steel wool is oiled so it won't rust in storage. Degreasing the barrel or part does no good if you don't degrease your steel wool also.
Buy some TSP (Trisodium Phospate) cleaner at any paint store or CanadianTire, there is also a biodegradeable TSP which won't hurt the enviroment. Boil your steel wool in TSP to degrease then skake off the water, place the steel wool on a cookie sheet & put it in an oven on about 150 degrees for an hour or so until it is dry.
Now your steel wool has no oil & won't leave streaks in your bluing. You can also boil your gun parts in TSP as the hot water & TSP will leach out any oil that is in the metal better than using a rag / wipe method.

Oily & stained stocks can be degreased with TSP & there is also wood bleach that you can use to clean up an old stock with. Once its degreased & bleached, mix up some double boiled linseed oil with walnut stain & hand rub it with a lint free cloth until you get the desired darkness, no need to use lacqure, the linseed oil / walnut stain you have left over is ideal for rubbing down the stock every once & a while to help keep the wood from drying out.
Never use gun or petroleum oil on wood stocks as it softens the wood fiber into mush over time.

Hope this helps,


Good luck with your Project!

Jeff
Valley Gunsmithing,
Petawawa, ON
 
thegundealer is online. thegundealer.net They'll probably ship to you. I used Birchwood Casey perma blue paste on my TC Renegade black powder and it turned out great. But like mention the best finish is all in your prep work. Good luck!
 
Project done (quite heavy pics)

Corney,

Here is the result, quite pleased with it, hope the owner will be too!

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I'll let the linseed set a few more days and it'll be OK to go...

Jocelyn.
 
Thats what I'm talking about:)

I have redone about half dozen cooeys and each one I do gets better.

That looks good right from the start.

Some say it takes the value away. They are not worth much to start with and if your going to own it to shoot might as well be pretty.
 
Well that turned out very nice ,good job ! I have re-blued (cold) using Birch.Case. and as you can see by the job you did ,it`s all in the preperation.The stock also came out very nice.

BB
 
HobbyShooter.......You really smartened up that barrel just fine for cold blue and the stock is hardly recognizable from before.Looks good to me and your friend should be pleased too.If not,get a new friend.Taking a rusty old barrel and making it look good is no easy task.I've done a few over the years and know how much elbow-grease it takes to clean up a barrel that sad to start with.Good going.
 
Nicely done. That old Cooey has had some new life put into it. I've done a few, and my choice for the cold blue is Brownell's Oxpho. I find it goes on better if the metal is heated, so I use a heat gun on it. I like tung oil for the furniture, but it can be a bit labor intensive if you get carried away with the wet sanding and filling the grain.
 
Hobbyshooter, what blueing kit did u end up using? I have an old cooey 12 gauge I want to refinish and I am trying to find a good product and a place that sells them. The rifle looks great by the way.
 
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