self bluing stuff??

[Altahick]

ok i have a makarov 9mm and i was thinking about either rebluing it myself with that crap that comes in the bottle, or haveing it chrome plated, or matte black, i no it would probly look best either chrome or matte black, but the self bluing junk is prety cheap, i was wondering if it would be worth it to do this and also wat do i have to do to prep the gun before i do this, i no it will probly say on the directions but i want to hear it from u guys, thanks

[grammaton76]

I've heard the do-it-yourself bluing is never very satisfactory, although it's a lot better than the bluing "touch-up pens".

[bu-bye]

I would not try and blue a whole gun or even a slide. I would only do small parts like slide release, hammer, pins with the cheap bottled stuff. An uneven coat will show on large flat surfaces.

I'd send it off to get finished

[big jon]

reblue

I have reblued parts not whole guns? il tell you what i do know,you have to clean the part extreemly well.then i put the part in boiling water, hot enough
so when you remove it the water on the pat will evaporate,then you blue it with the bottle stuff.all ways try to maintaine the same temp for all te parts your blueing..when you done oil everyhing...good luck

[shopkeep]

Just strip down the handgun and use Duracoat. It'll look great and last for years to come.

[ligamentum flavum]

i've used Blue Wonder to reblue a magazine well I fitted to my 1911. It looks pretty good and matched the factory blue very well.

[CALI-gula]

Just strip down the handgun and use Duracoat. It'll look great and last for years to come.

Oh c,mon. It's only a Makarov 9mm.

USE KRYLON!!

(Just kidding, just kidding).

[glen avon]

cold blue sucks in all its forms.

at best, a cold blue job does not suck to look at from a distance.

it never looks good.

it offers no corrosion protection.

bluing is best done professionally.

you could rust blue at home, it's labor intensive, but rust blue is tough and looks great.

you can park at home too.

hard chrome on a mak? it doesn't get any more utilitarian than that. I would do it in a heartbeat.

[phish]

I'd gouge my eyes out before I tried to blue any of my High Standards.

I've had "okay" results from Blue Wonder. I tried it on a steel punch, but it started to rust after a couple of days. I found out I was using the wrong oil to wipe the finished part.

For utilitarian stuff, duracoat or gunkote. For "bling" stuff, I'd just send it out to have it re-blued.

I don't know how good Gunkote's blue looks, maybe I'll buy a small bottle to try out on some scrap metal.

[Altahick]

thanks for all the replies, its not like im trying to turn it into a show piece or anything, its just a mak, but i just wanted it to look somewhat nice, so u guys say duracoat is prety good stuff??

[phish]

If you like DIY projects, sure, Lauer's Duracoat starter kits are great and you can select the color that you want. All you have to do is follow Lauer's instructions, and you should get great results.

[big jon]

dura coat

i got a kit from my brother for my b-day it realy came out great and durable holds up to all the shooting and cleaning

[glen avon]

now that I think about it, there is a cold black oxide kit available, from caswell IIRC. check the AKfiles.

[Altahick]

well, ive heard good stuff on duracoat, i did some searching, i think my mak would look prety awesome like matte black, or something im not sure on the color yet, but im gona go ahead and duracoat it, so hope it turns out good, ill take some pics and post em up, thanks for the advice