Crappy tire bluing kit

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So I have an old winchester 37a I was messing around with and seen a bluing kit at crappy tire last week so I figured for 20$ why not. Has anyone ever got any half decent bluing from one of these. I followed the instructions to a t and did extra prep work but turned out like ****. Time to sand it down and send it for a real bluing but it was worth a try.
 
I've used the Hoppe's kit for touchups, and did my old Iver Johnson Champion .410 and it was not too bad, but not pro quality by any means.
 
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Call William's Arm's and have them mail you some Oxpho Blue paste. So far it's the only one I have had any success with. Degrease well, heat and apply a few coats with light fine wire brushing in between each coat til your happy with depth of bluing. You may have to put your name on a list til it arrives. It's about $18/bottle.
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Oxpho Blue paste, you need to clean it well with acetone, heat the parts in oven to 150f degrees and wipe the stuff on, wash off dry and use wire wool to buff, use multiple coats to get a deeper finish, use oil on a rag to wipe parts after final rinse, done a couple rifles and many smaller parts with good success and its pretty durable
 
I work at Crappy Tire - I handle all the firearms and accessory orders for my store.

If you came in looking for gun blue I would send you up the road to the LGS to pick up a bottle of Birchwood Casey's Super Blue. The crap we sell is "crap". Fine if you have zero other options to cover a spot to prevent rust long enough to get better quality stuff, but the junk from Outers is "in case of emergency" only.

If you have the time and inclination, a good rust blue job is very doable at home and provides superior results to anything "quick and cold" out of a bottle.
 
galamb said:
I work at Crappy Tire - I handle all the firearms and accessory orders for my store.

If you came in looking for gun blue I would send you up the road to the LGS to pick up a bottle of Birchwood Casey's Super Blue. The crap we sell is "crap". Fine if you have zero other options to cover a spot to prevent rust long enough to get better quality stuff, but the junk from Outers is "in case of emergency" only.

If you have the time and inclination, a good rust blue job is very doable at home and provides superior results to anything "quick and cold" out of a bottle.
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Witch Canadian tire you working at?
 
Surprisingly I've had good results from that Outer's blue from CT. One thing I've noticed when using these cold blue kits, prep work is paramount. If you think it's degreased, do it again. Warm the parts up lightly, you don't want it sizzling when you apply the blue. Just warm to the touch or it'll just dry off before it has time to blacken the steel. Try to apply in one or two quick even passes. If you try to go over the blue with more solution once it starts to blacken, you will f**k it up and have to redo.

I bought the G96 Blue Creme, don't like it at all. I can't get an even finish with the stuff unless the one I got is old and dried up. My bottle is like a very soft soap than a smooth cream paste.
 
Having used most of the common cold bluing solutions except Oxpho blue, I've come to the conclusion that different steels take the bluing to varying degrees. I had a Chinese SKS-D bolt carrier turn out almost as good as hot bluing. In low light you'd never tell it was cold blued. Two different Russian SKS bolt carriers would not take any cold blue. It came out looking like dull black chrome every time. Prep and technique was the same. With various small parts I've had varying degrees of success. Some turned out good, some looked worse than before. BTW the Chinese bolt carrier was done with the cheap Outers brand kit that crappy tire sells. Its worth a shot, it may turn out alright. If not then a different refinish is just another project away.
 
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