re blueing at home?

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I have an 870 wingmaster reciver that i got for a good price, but the finish on it is pretty worn. is it posible to reblue it at home and have it look decent?
or is it going to cost me $175?
thanks,
Joe
 
Have a look at Blue Wonder. I tried it recently, it was easy and looks excellent. It was only a few months ago I did it so the durability is yet to be seen. But so far so good.
 
I saw a demo on Blue Wonder a couple of years ago when it was first introduced, and they were working on a gun that was a real beater. It did a very nice job.FS
 
Wasn't there a tutorial on doing slow rust blueing on here a couple of months ago?

If you can find it you'll have a better looking blue job than cold blue or hot blue. Cheaper and by far the most durable too.

Come to think of it, I think I have a guide somewhere here on this massive, crap-filled hard drive. I'll see if I can dig it up for you.
 
I have done a little bit of rust blueing, I am still in the experimentation stages. But if you are interested I can try to find the documents I had explaining what to do. And try to help you along.
 
Would not use cold blue unless you were certain it wouldn't detract any value. Follow the directions on the bottle with the following tips.
1. Make sure finish of metal is satisfactory as scratches & blems do not cover up at all. 000 steel wool ...etc. Rust must be all gone for sure.
2. Clean pieces extremely well. Using rubber gloves so no finger prints occur, clean the pieces before the first blueing only with Brake Spray Cleaner & let dry. This ensures no oils etc are left.
3. If you want less of a shiny blue look then a day before using let a small pinch of 000 steel wool disolve in the cold blueing solution. It will give it a grungy brown colour but this fine. Test first of course on a unimportant item to ensure desired result.
4. Use a small sponge to spread bluing & do it in one direction if possible ensuring to overlap strokes.
5. When rinsing with water between applications of the Cold Blue, use water which is as hot as possible. Boiling or near boiling is best but make sure to use proper safety gear & method. This sounds amusing due to the nomenclature of 'cold bluing" but is in fact much cooler than the liquified hot salts used in manufacturing.
6. Repeat blueing at least 5 times.

Hope this helps a bit to achieve what you are after.

Cheers
Jaguar
 
Blue Wonder....cold blue

I have used this on several occasions with great results on a couple my mid 1800's rifles and some touch-up on a few newer firearms. Just recently I tried it on a Savage 219B single shot rifle barrel in 22 Hornet. I even went to heating the barrel as a last step prior to the application of the bluing. After four applications I still had only a very weak grey colour...so I quit. I believe it may be such a high grade of steel or possibly the addition of other metals which made this barrel so hard or dense that it wouldn't "take" the bluing. Has anyone else had this problem and is there a method to get a darker finish? Will one of the other cold blue solutions work better? If this was a higher valued rifle I would have it rust blued professionally but that process would cost as much as the rifle is worth. Ideas? Dave
 
There is a simple solution to the home bluing problem and it works great. A gunsmith uses a hot tank system. About $300.00 for chemicals and a couple hundred bux in tanks plus the $100.00 to bring the salts up to 300 degrees and you is bluing same way the factories do. Cold blues are messy and look horrible and rust blues are even messier and look just as bad unless u are willing to put 10 or so hours into the job. But there is a cheap mans way to blue that works wonderful every time. You see the gunsmith is not charging you to blue the gun. Thats simple. He is charging you for the polishing involved. Buy yourself 10 sheets of 320 wet and dry paper and 10 sheets of 400 wet and dry. Use kerosene varsol or water to keep the paper from getting plugged up. Make all your polishing marks go in one direction usually length ways when u get all the pits sanded out go to the 400 weight and get a god shine on it. Take it to a gunsmith and for forty dollars he will dip it in his tank and you will have a durable hot blue. The nicer you polish it the better it will look. :eek:)
 
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