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I has anyone used Birchwood casey rebluing products? I was watching a youtube video, and it looks time consuming but easy. What were your experiences & results? Would you do it again? Do you have any advice for anyone willing to try it at home?
 
I've reblued lots of guns with there products and it's decently easy just alittle time consuming as you have to strip the old blue off and polish the parts,I will do it again in about 2 days as I have a project on the go.and a tip when you rinse the degreaser off use hot water and get it as hot as possible then apply the bluing it sinks in much better in my mind.

Good luck
 
I've tried the Birchwood Casey liquid and the Outers liquid cold blue from Canadian Tire. I had better results with the Outers (darker finish). My brother has used the paste one from Birchwood Casey and says it works way better. When I used the liquid ones, surface tension seemed to pull the blueing solution away from all the sharp corners, while the paste will stay where you put it. Neither seem to be real durable and wear quickly when using a holster lots, the gun I replied is a Norinco 1911 that I use for IPSC. I've touched up a few spots on rifles and they seem to be holding up fine.
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In my opinion you far better off doing the prep work yourself (as you would need to for cold bluing anyways) and getting someone to hot blue it properly. The cost of hot bluing is mainly the prep work, and the results are superior to any cold blue. Remember with either route the prep work is everything, bluing doesn't hide imperfections.
 
dont use any of that birchwood casey garbage if you want a pro look out of cold bluing I reccomend integrity rust blue from pj's gun metal products good prep work and a very good degreasing I use a TSP water solution hot water
prep work is time consuming but doing it right the first time will save you the effort in the long haul
 
Cold bluing sucks, great for touch ups, but to refinish, its garbage. Its about 100x more prone to rusting after you use cold bluing. Do it right, send it off or do it yourself, easy peasy.

Find your self an old BBQ, get a stainless steel container the size of a rain gutter, plop it on the BBQ. Buy your salts, prep the piece with 400 grit sand paper, give it one last cleaning with acetone, let it completely dry off for about 5 min's, and then blue it. Poof, done! wont run you a pricy bluing setup. Ull also need 2 cote hangers, and a temperature gauge to monitor it. DON'T GET ANY FINGER PRINTS ON IT! unless you want to that is... I prefer sand blasting and duracoating, unless its an older gun, then u gotta respect the classics!
 
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If you want to try another way, try rust bluing. Comes out brown, like old guns. All you need is a box to fit the stuff in, a hot lamp, a container of water and your set.
 
Ive had pretty good results with cold bluing, as mentioned its all in the prep work, and apply the bluing to hot parts. Its takes a few coats but overall it comes out pretty good. Over a few years it does wear a bit, but then so do a lot of guns over time.
 
Rust blue works well and is easy to do and tougher than hot blue. You need to build a hot box to rust in but light bulbs for heat and a small fan is all you need other than a plywood box. The Mountain Forge brand of rust blue even works through finger prints. Prep, coat, let rust, card off rust, boil to turn black (or scald in an ABS pipe tank), repeat until you have the finish you want. If you are well set up you can do a gun in a day. All cold blue sucks except for the odd screw etc. Of course there is Ceracote instead.
 
Ian Robertson said:
Rust blue works well and is easy to do and tougher than hot blue. You need to build a hot box to rust in but light bulbs for heat and a small fan is all you need other than a plywood box. The Mountain Forge brand of rust blue even works through finger prints. Prep, coat, let rust, card off rust, boil to turn black (or scald in an ABS pipe tank), repeat until you have the finish you want. If you are well set up you can do a gun in a day. All cold blue sucks except for the odd screw etc. Of course there is Ceracote instead.
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Anyone in the Ottawa area do a good job of it?
 
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