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Offline Swampman

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Cold Bluing
« on: September 24, 2010, 10:43:59 AM »
I know most folks think it ruins a gun, but I use it on small touch-ups and moving parts when I give a gun a through going over.  What's your opinion?
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Re: Cold Bluing
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2010, 03:34:08 PM »
  I cold blued the barrel on an old Remington 22 I have. And i mean old. I thought it came out pretty decent.
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Re: Cold Bluing
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2010, 04:06:31 PM »
I have redone a couple guns with it.  It never seems to get a dark or consistent a coloration, but for touch-ups it seems to work ok.  I picked up one of the new Presto Gun blue pens for touch ups of small scratches and it works really nice.  Doesn't seem to affect too much area around and has blended better than cold blue from a bottle.  8)
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Re: Cold Bluing
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2010, 04:59:48 PM »
Got a small scratch on the barrel on my brand new CZ 452.
Birchwood Casey and a Q-tip made it go away completely.
Same thing on my new Benelli shotgun did not go away completely, but it did darken it up.
Did an NEF barrel with it; kind of gray, compared to the receiver.
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Re: Cold Bluing
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2010, 08:13:13 PM »
I've used Brownells OxphoBlue for years and it works great. Heat helps the material bite into the steel and a sqirt bottle keeps from contaminating the whole bottle. I use makeup removal pads in a forecepts to apply and they work great (cheap too!!). Burnishing the steel after the coat is dried using steel wool will make the finish much more even and darker. Several coats are nearly always needed for best results.. I much prefer the liquid to the paste.. Also this stuff doesn't smell like some does..
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Re: Cold Bluing
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2010, 06:50:01 AM »
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Re: Cold Bluing
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2010, 05:41:22 AM »
I've used a variety of cold blue for touch-ups over the years and was not greatly impressed with any of them, they all seem to work OK for small touch-ups but none really worked well for bluing a complete barrel.
Recently I've tried the "Blue Wonder" system and have been very favorably impressed, it looks nice and, so far, it seems durable. You do have to follow the instructions exactly but given that, it does a nice job.
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Re: Cold Bluing
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2010, 04:07:35 PM »
I use G96 Gun Blue Creme. I've done a couple Pardner barrels and they came out very nice. I put the paste on with a cotton ball and leave it on for 24 hours... then I scrub the barrel in hot water with 0000 steel wool and Dawn dish detergent. The finish is very even and dark with no splotches or variation in the color. I know the directions say to rinse after 5 minutes but I tried that and the blue was light. 24 hours seems to work great... one coat and it looks really good. Works for me. ;D



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Re: Cold Bluing
« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2010, 04:10:26 PM »
Have to give that a try that on one.  8)
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Re: Cold Bluing
« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2010, 04:27:25 PM »
I've aquired a fair number of sporterized military surp rifles that needed some TLC.  So, most of them have been redone with cold blue.  Some turned very nice, some so so.  Blue Wonder has been the most reliable for doing a decent to very good job on barrels, receivers, trigger guards.....smaller items like screws and such I prefer to dip in Oxpho Blue.  Oxpho Blue can give good results on barrels and ect too, just prefer the Blue Wonder.  I've tried other brands of cold blue, but found they just didn't work as well or weren't as durable.
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Re: Cold Bluing
« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2010, 02:14:00 PM »
When most folks say that cold bluing ruins a gun I think they are talking about the collector value of a gun goes south when it is refinished. I do agree with the Blue Wonder working very well. I can not comment on anything else.
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