Can you parkerize brazing/silver solder

[hunter64]

Just wondering if you could parkerize brazing or silver solder?

 

[GrensVegter]

In short no parkerizing will only work on ferous metels, so this excludes aluminum brass etc and some steels with a high nickel content.

 

[hunter64]

Darn it. I have an older beater .22 that my son loves to shoot but all the bluing is off of it and it looks like heck. The tube under the barrel has been brazed by my dad when I was a kid and I was thinking of parkerizing the .22 to make it look better. Thanks for the info.

 

[RifleDude]

Darn it. I have an older beater .22 that my son loves to shoot but all the bluing is off of it and it looks like heck. The tube under the barrel has been brazed by my dad when I was a kid and I was thinking of parkerizing the .22 to make it look better. Thanks for the info.

Why not paint it? There are some excellent durable paints available. It's been done quite a lot. A nice flat black or dark grey paint looks a lot like parkerizing

 

[sunray]

"...parkerizing the .22..." Unless you're doing it yourself using one of the stove top methods, it'll cost you more than the rifle is worth. For a beater .22, I'd just use cold bluing. It's not as pretty or durable, but it'll do. Engine paint is the next best thing. It's cheap and Crappy Tire carries it.

 

[X-man]

Gun-kote, Armacoat, Duracoat are all epoxy type paints that are designed to refinish firearms. Worth checking into, especially for a plinker .22 Any of them should hold up much better than a home cold blue job.

 

[TheFrenchCanadian]

"...parkerizing the .22..." Unless you're doing it yourself using one of the stove top methods, it'll cost you more than the rifle is worth. For a beater .22, I'd just use cold bluing. It's not as pretty or durable, but it'll do. Engine paint is the next best thing. It's cheap and Crappy Tire carries it.

Wll cold blue work on non-ferrous metals??

Just a question for my own edification .

TFC

 

[Martin]

No, it won't. But painting is really an alternative to blueing. Some paints deliver an amazing finish! Even black barbeque paint is good to try it.

 

[teamonetl]

gun-kote is excellent, especially since it doesn't add much to the tolerances, as opposed to any of the paints. Best to give the item a bead blast first, that will really make it look like parkerizing.

 

[sixty9santa]

Bead/sand blast it, then parkerize and finally apply desired coating.

 

[Craftsman 441]

Get a 6oz aerosol of Durabake in Parker Grey from 3ws.blackcatcoatings.ca/ It'll cost you about $35.00 plus shipping from St.Albert, Alberta.

Clean the gun, spray it and stick it in the oven. It's too easy and you get a finish that looks like a parkerizing job (or whichever colour you chose), it costs less and is simple to apply. Good father/son project, too.

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