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- Sadly south of highway 40
I'm goin to get into hot bluing so I won't have to outsource guns that I'm working on wheres the best place to find tanks or if anyone's done it how do you make them?
Hot blue tanks
- Thread starter elijah_lee
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- Sadly south of highway 40
Darn I wish You were closer to Ontario haha anybody else?
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- Behind a large rock
Thought you said you're a gun smith???
I believe Canada ammo has bluing tanks. There are other sources but I'm sure you know that...
I believe Canada ammo has bluing tanks. There are other sources but I'm sure you know that...
- Location
- Sadly south of highway 40
I alway outsource my bluing work and I smith I just like to look to see what other people have done before I go deep into researching it, easer to ask you guys see what you've done
- Location
- Sadly south of highway 40
And it doesn't matter your not one to judge your just like me a guy behind a keyboard,I've never heard of you and you've never heard of me so were both not the best but I can damn sure hold my own at a workbench.now does anybody know where to get ####ing hot blue tanks
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- Behind a large rock
I answered the question above.
You're correct in that I've never heard of you all I've done is read your posts, relax.
Really any stainless tank should do. I think hot bluing tanks can even be carbon steel but I might be way off.
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- Sadly south of highway 40
I have a steel shop here I just need to go over to my other gunsmithing buddy he's got the tanks and maybe I'll make a carbon copy of them out of stainless steel sheet
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- Behind a large rock
And there we have it. Thanks.
- Location
- Sadly south of highway 40
Ok sooo I'll use some form of carbon steel and I might look into canada ammo
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- Behind a large rock
Theirs seem to be stainless. They are advertised as "bluing tanks"
https://www.canadaammo.com/product/detail/stainless-steel-parkerizing-bluing-tank-with-drain/
https://www.canadaammo.com/product/detail/stainless-steel-parkerizing-bluing-tank-with-drain/
Here is a cut and past from Brownell's
Ideal for cleaning solutions, boiling water, cold or hot rinse tanks, oil tanks…but DON'T USE IT FOR BLUING SALTS!! Bluing Salts in the presence of stainless steel and gun steel frequently can create "galvanic" action (electric current flow) between the two dissimilar metals resulting in a "false plate" of either chemicals (streaking the bluing with random iridescent blues/greens/purples) or stainless steel (giving patches of random silver specks/spots). So - use for all other tanks to prevent rusting and mess; but keep your bluing salts contented and bluing right in our Black Iron Bluing Tanks!!
R
Ideal for cleaning solutions, boiling water, cold or hot rinse tanks, oil tanks…but DON'T USE IT FOR BLUING SALTS!! Bluing Salts in the presence of stainless steel and gun steel frequently can create "galvanic" action (electric current flow) between the two dissimilar metals resulting in a "false plate" of either chemicals (streaking the bluing with random iridescent blues/greens/purples) or stainless steel (giving patches of random silver specks/spots). So - use for all other tanks to prevent rusting and mess; but keep your bluing salts contented and bluing right in our Black Iron Bluing Tanks!!
R
Stainless tanks are great for Parkerizing or for hot water bluing.
Hot water or rust bluing are the easiest real bluing processes to get set up for.
In my experience, it is not worth the time, effort and expense of getting set up for hot caustic bluing unless you are going to be doing a lot of it. For the occasional home gunsmithing project, it doesn't make sense to do it yourself.
On the other hand, parking, hot water bluing, rust bluing and browning are all much more suitable for hobby gunsmithing.
Hot water or rust bluing are the easiest real bluing processes to get set up for.
In my experience, it is not worth the time, effort and expense of getting set up for hot caustic bluing unless you are going to be doing a lot of it. For the occasional home gunsmithing project, it doesn't make sense to do it yourself.
On the other hand, parking, hot water bluing, rust bluing and browning are all much more suitable for hobby gunsmithing.
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- Sadly south of highway 40
I've seen some really nice rust blued guns but what would I need to set up for it (pardon my ignorance)
For hot water bluing, a wash tank with degreaser, and a hot water boiling tank are needed. Could be the same tank. Degrease the prepped steel, boil, swab on bluing solution, boil, card, boil, reapply solution, boil, card, repeat until desired colour is obtained. This produces a very high quality professional blue. Rust bluing is similar, but the parts are placed in a controlled humidity cabinet between boilings and solution applications.
Hot caustic boils at about 290 degrees F. It is nasty stuff.
Hot caustic boils at about 290 degrees F. It is nasty stuff.
