Which makes sense since blueing is a type of rust to begin with.
FOUND! - Louis Riel's lawyers guns...and other items.
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Which makes sense since blueing is a type of rust to begin with.
That reminds me...
I did some testing a few years back using stainless steel wool (scouring pads). They took the rust off the barrels but because of the shape of the fibers would'nt hurt the bluing. The key was to do it dry though...no lubricant. The wool cuts your skin to hell so use gloves.
I might try this on the exterior but I stll need to make sure I get everything out of the hard to reach places. I do electroplating and electrolosys de-rusting of old 1920's motorcycle parts...I'm going to do some electrolosys testing on some old colt frames that I have and if all works well dunk the Judges guns. The electrolosys doesnt actually convert the rust, it creates tiny hydrogen bubbles within the rust particles and makes them fall off in the bath. It only removes the rust that has formed on the surface of the steel so it won't damage the bluing at all since bluing is a chemical conversion of the surface steel.
I did some testing a few years back using stainless steel wool (scouring pads). They took the rust off the barrels but because of the shape of the fibers would'nt hurt the bluing. The key was to do it dry though...no lubricant. The wool cuts your skin to hell so use gloves.
I might try this on the exterior but I stll need to make sure I get everything out of the hard to reach places. I do electroplating and electrolosys de-rusting of old 1920's motorcycle parts...I'm going to do some electrolosys testing on some old colt frames that I have and if all works well dunk the Judges guns. The electrolosys doesnt actually convert the rust, it creates tiny hydrogen bubbles within the rust particles and makes them fall off in the bath. It only removes the rust that has formed on the surface of the steel so it won't damage the bluing at all since bluing is a chemical conversion of the surface steel.
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Here's a crazy thought.... Rust is a form of bluing.... In order to rust blue, you coat a firearm with a layer of rust then boil it to harden it. Would it be possible to boil the whole gun, harden the rusted surfaces and them card them off with oil (I use Burkes Gun Oil) and steel wool? I'd suspect that the finish would appear very even.....
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I wonder how many historical artifacts of this nature are in a dump, the bottom of a lake, or are now scrap metal because of soccer moms and henpecked husbands? ?
Wonder how many wives are in those spots too,for the same reason!
