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Milsurprussell

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Hello everyone, new to gunnutz.
Im fixing up an old CIL 410 break barrel, it was a barn gun. It had a lot of rust on the receiver and the barrel. I have taken the rust completely off with only shallow pitting showing. I tried the rust blueing method by mixing peroxide , vinegar and salt, and then dipping it into boiling water. The process worked , but took a few passes and didn't get the result I was hoping for. I had to use the cold bluing on top to darken it up more.

I'm curious to what other people are doing without getting into harsh chemicals. Feedback greatly appreciated.

Cheers
 
Milsurprussell said:
Hello everyone, new to gunnutz.
Im fixing up an old CIL 410 break barrel, it was a barn gun. It had a lot of rust on the receiver and the barrel. I have taken the rust completely off with only shallow pitting showing. I tried the rust blueing method by mixing peroxide , vinegar and salt, and then dipping it into boiling water. The process worked , but took a few passes and didn't get the result I was hoping for. I had to use the cold bluing on top to darken it up more.

I'm curious to what other people are doing without getting into harsh chemicals. Feedback greatly appreciated.

Cheers
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How many rounds of the home brew bluing did you do? What did you do carding wise and how aggressive were you with it?
 
Milsurprussell said:
Hello everyone, new to gunnutz.
Im fixing up an old CIL 410 break barrel, it was a barn gun. It had a lot of rust on the receiver and the barrel. I have taken the rust completely off with only shallow pitting showing. I tried the rust blueing method by mixing peroxide , vinegar and salt, and then dipping it into boiling water. The process worked , but took a few passes and didn't get the result I was hoping for. I had to use the cold bluing on top to darken it up more.

I'm curious to what other people are doing without getting into harsh chemicals. Feedback greatly appreciated.

Cheers
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Slow rust blueing is the best method when dealing with a pitted / roughly prepared barrel. BUT... with the right (true) chimical stuff. The peroxide/ vinegar method is just ok to make videos on Youtube. Any ''gun blue'' stuff is a (very dangerous ) scam with harsh chimicals inside. And it turns gray-green color after few months. Do you a favour: Buy a small bottle of the real stuff and enjoy the result of a real slow rust blueing. :)
 
ARGH said:
Slow rust blueing is the best method when dealing with a pitted / roughly prepared barrel. BUT... with the right (true) chimical stuff. The peroxide/ vinegar method is just ok to make videos on Youtube. Any ''gun blue'' stuff is a (very dangerous ) scam with harsh chimicals inside. And it turns gray-green color after few months. Do you a favour: Buy a small bottle of the real stuff and enjoy the result of a real slow rust blueing. :)
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thanks for the info! cheers
 
Welcome and best of luck with your project. Made rifle stocks,built custom guns but have never tried my hand at Blueing. Cheers from SEOntario
 
Milsurprussell said:
Hello everyone, new to gunnutz.
Im fixing up an old CIL 410 break barrel, it was a barn gun. It had a lot of rust on the receiver and the barrel. I have taken the rust completely off with only shallow pitting showing. I tried the rust blueing method by mixing peroxide , vinegar and salt, and then dipping it into boiling water. The process worked , but took a few passes and didn't get the result I was hoping for. I had to use the cold bluing on top to darken it up more.

I'm curious to what other people are doing without getting into harsh chemicals. Feedback greatly appreciated.

Cheers
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I just ended up using the birch wood liquid blue, did 3 heavy passes with carding in between. Gun isn’t worth that much to get too picky
 

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