Very Disappointed with The Epp's Bluing Process

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wow!

ive suppried, that anyone would take on a blueing job on that gun.
FYI any item that you bead blast will come out Matte finish.
we do Nitride, if we do not blast it come out a nice shiney gray/black if we blast it come out a nice dark black.
Same when we phosphate, im sure that its the same with blueing.
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I've noticed a trend where someone complains about EPPS (warranted or not who knows) then the owner, or maybe a worker there, suddenly post something like "I saw the OP at the store, he was an idiot, they did a good job, we are the best ect ect"

Amazingly unprofessional way to deal with a problem, I would never deal with a company who dealt with customer complaints like that.
 
wow, that gun was beyond and normal blueing and polishing. with the surface that badly pitted AFTER blasting, there is nothing you would have had to have spend $$$$$$ to get the surface smooth then finished.

the finish is dark, because of the basting. but judging from the after photos, there was no other way to get any finish to stick to corrosion like that. any polishing would just leave very light areas where the metal is smooth and black pits in the craters left from the corrosion.
 
Like has been said, blasting makes black.

A lot of time with sandpaper and a polishing wheel make blue.

If they got rid of that pitting there would not be a gun left lol.

I sent Epps an old Marlin 30-30 a few years back and was very happy with their medium grade of finish.
 
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Holy Crap !! LOL
I think Epps did an excellent job......considering what they had to work with. Is this a Late April fools thing ? LOL
 
Loyer said:
The gun was a WW1 .455 and in terrible shape. It was very pitted.
Here are some photos of the bluing job. I did neglect to say that I paid for a medium polish as well as the glass bead and bluing.

If there is any sign of blue on the gun it is from the daylight and not seen by eye. The result is flat black.


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"bluing" is just a term used for black ironoxide rusting. It is generaly NEVER blue. You get "blue" bluing from crappy cold bluing. Thats why high end guns are a gloss black. For the surface finish i wont comment as that is between you and the gunsmith and what was written on their work order.
 
I think if the gun was refinished first and giving a nice finish to be blued then it would have come out good filling all the pits theb a high polish then blued u have to think most parts that get blued from Facebook tory are a new finish so yeah ...
 
1rstEncountr said:
I think if the gun was refinished first and giving a nice finish to be blued then it would have come out good filling all the pits theb a high polish then blued u have to think most parts that get blued from Facebook tory are a new finish so yeah ...
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How would you vo about filling in the pits?
 
I learned a couple of things in this little adventure:
1) I didn't know there was "hot bluing" and "rust bluing".
2) didn't know only hot bluing will give the blue/black finish I was hoping for
3) with my poor surface finish, I didn't realize blue was likely impossible from the start.
4) I spent way too much on an old WW1 pistol
 
I think bondo and tremclad would have worked out better, I am thinking a little more explanation to the customer on the outcome would have prevented all this
 
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