oxpho blue

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Hello,

I am going to reblueing a gun soon and I had a few questions. First of all, I have heard that oxpho blue is very good, but I don't know where I can get it. Is it much better than the birtchwood casey stuff?

Also, I know you are supposed to polish the metal before blueing but what is a good compound to use for polishing?

Third, which parts should I blue? The gun has pretty much lost all of its blueing so I didn't know whether certain parts were blued before or not. Do I just blue all the visible part or every metal part? Just a question.

Thanks for any help!
Evan
 
Of the cold blue solutions Oxpho is 1 of the best.
You did not mention what the gun was, but somethings you may want to consider before possibly screwing up a decent gun.
If it is old eneough to have most of the blue worn off, is the gun of any collector value? I see guys that have no idea what a guns value is devaluate the hell out of them by "enhancing" the guns condition.
Some older guns (pre 64 winchesters) do not take cold blue well, usually turning purple.
If the gun has value to you, why not have it done properly (hot blued) rather than bandaid it with cold blue that is not nearly as durable?
Just some thoughts to ponder.
 
Hi,

It's just an old Winchester model 12 shotgun. I am planning on keeping it around for as long as I can for skeet shooting and such. I understand what you are saying about the value factor, but I need something to play with so I picked this one. I do have an old double barrel shotgun that is very very rusty, I found it in my grandma's basement. I still need to register it but it is too hard to find a serial number and I don't know the make. It would be nice to some day restore it, but I don't know if that would be possible based on the shape it is in (complete rust).
 
evster, you may want to try "touching up" a small area out of veiw, Winchesters , especially older 1s are real funny to blue, you could well end up with a grape colored shotgun.
The older side by may not have a serial number at all, many were made way back when without this detail.
 
Hi there. I see a lot of discussion about cold blueing / hot blueing on this site. You may want to consider rust blueing (blacking) instead. Unfortunately the process takes a lot more time, but is very simple and involves no nasty chemicals (well, not as nasty as cold/hot blueing). I have done a couple of shotguns and am in the process of finishing a couple of rifles; looks 100x better than even the nicest hot blue. Apparently you can purchase the rust blueing solution somewhere, I made my own. If you want more info, let me know.

p.s. Your old SxS shotgun was rust blued, they all were/are.

Cheers
 
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