Norinco 1911A1 Cold Blue Slide

as for the barrel, 5 minutes with the buffing wheel and jewelers rouge. (only did what you can see)

i contemplated polishing the entire gun if the cold blue didn't turn out. the steel seems pretty good imo, if you took care of it i doubt rust would be an issue. even if you neglected it and rust did form, i don't think it would take much to buff it out.
 
Paulinski said:
Came out nice. We need another slow boat from China filled with 1911A1's and 1911A1C's ;)
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And a whole bunch of NP-29's in the shipment, too........... :cool:


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When polishing the barrel to get it to look like that..... would something less aggressive like Flitz work for a newbie who doesn't want the polishing to happen too fast?

Also do you have to polish in a certain direction to avoid streaks or lines, or does it even matter? Does the polishing actually wear away at the chrome finish? I would love to do this to my barrel, but am a bit paranoid that I would wreck it somehow.
 
CanuckShooter said:
When polishing the barrel to get it to look like that..... would something less aggressive like Flitz work for a newbie who doesn't want the polishing to happen too fast?

Also do you have to polish in a certain direction to avoid streaks or lines, or does it even matter? Does the polishing actually wear away at the chrome finish? I would love to do this to my barrel, but am a bit paranoid that I would wreck it somehow.
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i don't see why not. flitz, never-dull and other polishing products all work pretty decent these days.
the only part of the barrel i touched was what is visible through the ejection port on the slide. the finish leads me to believe you will put a lot of time into polishing it by hand to achieve the shiny look.
i think i have less than $15 into a buffing wheel, polish stick and chuck for the buffing wheel to adapt to a drill, all at canadian tire.

good luck and post the pic's
 
Since we are talking refinishing a Norc, is there a parkerizing solution available to do the same thing as aka-jdub did? I was thinking of bead blasting to remove the existing finish and then parkerizing, is that reasonable? Or just clean/degrease and then parkerize?

aka-jdub, the bluing job looks excellent.

Mark
 
I found a local option - Radocy parkerizing solution, available from PJ's Gun and Metal Care Products in Ontario. I have found several references on CGN that had excellent results with it.

ht tp://www.pjsproducts.com/

Mark
 
Personally, I've found that cold blue finish just doesn't hold up very well and doesn't offer very much protection against rust.

You've done such a nice job prepping the gun, why not consider learning how to rust blue? All you need are the chems (there are even recipes on the net for the adventurous), and a small damp box for a pistol.
 
MauserMike said:
Personally, I've found that cold blue finish just doesn't hold up very well and doesn't offer very much protection against rust.

You've done such a nice job prepping the gun, why not consider learning how to rust blue? All you need are the chems (there are even recipes on the net for the adventurous), and a small damp box for a pistol.
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Do you have any links. I was considering the same. I saw a tutorial on how to blue a knife.

It consisted of a propane tank, turkey pot, chemicals and a thermomoter.
 
i agree that cold blue offers zero rust protection, but every gun should be treated as though it has zero rust protection imo.
this brownells oxpho blue does seem pretty tough though. i don't holster so i imagine it will hold up for a very long time. not to mention touch ups are a snap.
 
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