Cold Blue touchups - more harm than good?
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bah! heathen!
how is park fugly?
(but yeah they could have done a better job on that enfield, but thats all i could find in a quick search to show Ryan)
i prefer the darker park, or olive park myself but IMO park looks a lot better than blued on anything other than classic fine guns. id parkerize my entire house if i could but i dont have tanks big enough to hold sofas and TVs and somehow i dont think it would take
i have to take some better pics of my old remmy 700P, the park is very olive, i havent seen another like it.
manbearpig could you please change your Avatar... It reminds me too much of my Ex mother in law.
I mostly use stainless rifles, so dont bother "touching up most.
I have some blued items, and when I have got some rust I used 000 steel wool and oil to remove it.
The only tim eI have used "cold" blue is with a n in expensive rifle that I got in poor shape.
I stripped it, deblued the whole thing wiht the Birchwood Casey kit, cold blued it and it worked nicely.
The cold blue holds up *decently* but it is not a real job,it is a handjob.
I have some blued items, and when I have got some rust I used 000 steel wool and oil to remove it.
The only tim eI have used "cold" blue is with a n in expensive rifle that I got in poor shape.
I stripped it, deblued the whole thing wiht the Birchwood Casey kit, cold blued it and it worked nicely.
The cold blue holds up *decently* but it is not a real job,it is a handjob.
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The cold blue holds up *decently* but it is not a real job,it is a handjob.
Gatehouse it right. You must jerk it off with oil and a rag for a long time untill it gets warm. I am not joking, it will keep it from rusting.
i've super blue to do a complete gun. winchesters , with nickle alloy steel can not be hot blued. i found heating the metal in an oven or with a propane torch helps cold bluing solutions to adhere to the metal. as well, degreasing before bluing will help. the rusting that goes on afterward, is usually needing more water to stop the bluing affect, before oiling. bluing is controlled rusting. i've also found , in some cases, that cold blue touch up will recede away from existing blue. some kind of chemical reaction i believe. as well when your about to cold blue, pour some blue into a small very clean container to dip your swab into. after your done do not pour the blueing back into the container, get rid of it , otherwise you'll contaminate the rest of the solution in the bottle, which can bugger up your next bluing job.
I have a Win 94 in 30/30 that I'm going to get parkerized.
Parkerizing = Phosphating
I love it!
Is this your rifle?
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manbearpig
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no, no, just found it on a quick web search for 'parkerizing' in response to:
if i parked an enfield i would try and go for a more olive tone like a parked milsurp stored in cosmoline for decades.
i do think old parked guns look cool as hell though. i cant wait to park some old M44s, i havent seen one parked yet.
if i parked an enfield i would try and go for a more olive tone like a parked milsurp stored in cosmoline for decades.
i do think old parked guns look cool as hell though. i cant wait to park some old M44s, i havent seen one parked yet.
Sure! Win/64 you say that here, but don't tell me you have not thought about it for your belgium made SXS hardware gun
