bluing materials and methhods

[pistolero]

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been a while...

I have been working over an old rifle and want to reblue it... I  have  limited funds  with which to work... therefore, I must get the  most efficient method for the most pratical price.... Now for the question--- Is it wise to use  the commerical cold blue solutions to do a rifle or what is feasible....

Is there a homebrew method or  am I stuck with  commerical bottle of cold blue?

pistolero

[The Shrink]

Pistolero

With limited funds, and if you are the slightest bit handy and have time and room to work, I think your best solution would be to rust blur it, the old way.  Brownells has several options for bluing salts, and I wouldn't try to make my own unless I were a chemist.  I'm not.  Browning, maybe, but not blue.  You need to make a wet box large enough for the barrel and action, what ever you are bluing.  You probably will need to wire in a lightbulb, not hard, for a heat sorce.  You will need several days time to complete the project, but you decide when you are satisfied.  

Oh, it helps to be obsessive compulsive, there can't be a speck of oil on that metal when it goes into the box.

[pistolero]

for wayne  the shrink  or any others in the know.....

I read you reply.  It is a good one... I think that I will do your suggestion, but there are a few questions....

Can hot  nitre bluing be applied  to cold bluing with the exception that time is the factor? From the reading I have done,  There really is not difference.

I have been researching a  product to put into the bath.
I can find  no other than swab on bluings (not wanted). Can you recommend a brand name for salts? I can't find any on the web.

I have been told that to do a good job of bluing, the  action must be suspended over the salt bath. The other is that the action is to be  immersed directly in the bath for a time.....What do you suggest?

As to my conlcusions,, I think that if it were possible, hot nitr can be used in a cold bluing situation.  The only idfference is time.........Correct? If that is the case, here I go!

thank you, wayne, for your help........

Pistolero

[Flint]

Chek the website for Brownells, they sell all the stuff you need, and a lot you don't.

[The Shrink]

Pistolero

Trust Brownells!  Not only do they have the stuff you need, they also have complete instructions and experts who can give you exact instructions and advise for their products.  The answer to you question will be dependent on what products you buy.  Follow those instructions to the letter, and you will be OK.

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