HOW do you blue? mine turned out great!

[canadian hunter312]

i stripped the old blueing off an old crosman 150 air pistol using no name brand CLR and used some blueing from canadian tire. i made sure the metal was clean and then i heated it with a torch for a few seconds. my grandfather who has no experience with guns told me this so i figured what the hell since he knows his stuff. something about it would make the finish better. no idea where he got this from.

so i followed the directions after that and put on 2 coats. i was very impressed with the finish until i took it outside and it didnt look dark enough. 2 more coats of the blueing and it was getting darker but at that rate i was going to have to put on 5 more coats

my dad started asking what i was doing after the 2nd coat. after the 4th he hands me a tube of birchwood casey blueing paste with a smile on his face. one coat and its dark how i want it.

this stuff is awesome. just spread it on the metal, let it sit for 1 minute and wipe it off with a rag. no rinsing at all.

ill post a pic tommorow

 

[sunray]

Put a light coat of gun oil on it.

 

[Danny Boy]

I used Birchwood Casey paste to touch up on my barrel that came in contact with acid. It worked great for a few months and I added another coat on to make it a darker blue. Since the two coats over the last 18 months. The blue stays on.

I may need to do another coat in a year or two.

Danny

 

[PerversPépère]

Oil and sit

Once you have done the blueing job and it looks good, just oil it well and let it sit for a few days.
I don't know exactly why but blueing jobs get better when they are left alone for a few days under a good coat of oil.
Maybe there's a slower secondary reaction between base metal and the upper blued metal layer that keeps going on under the oil protective layer.
PP.

 

[canadian hunter312]

it does look better now after its been oiled and sitting for a couple days. but, when i was stripping with CLR i splashed some on the barrel while i was doing the rest of the gun. i totally stripped the barrel but now i can see where that splash was even though i stripped and blued the whole thing the same.

i guess nothing ever turns out perfect for me