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My first attempt at blueing. Slide and Frame.
I used this method, (video below) we'll see how it holds up. The guy in the video is all over the place but the instructions on the bottles are pretty clear. The instructions say to wipe the solutions off in one clean stroke. That would be easy on a barrel, not so easy around plunger tubes and tactical rails. Once I got the hang of wiping in even strokes things started looking better. Had I done that in the first browning step with the Mark Lee's express brown I don't think I would have had any splotching. I used my oven and a Harbor Freight heat gun to warm the parts. The guy in the video clearly gets his too hot. I also boiled the parts after the browning step and it turned jet black most of which came off with the steel wool leaving a nice dark base. Next time I'll do two coats of the brown, wipe cleaner, and boil.
I used this method, (video below) we'll see how it holds up. The guy in the video is all over the place but the instructions on the bottles are pretty clear. The instructions say to wipe the solutions off in one clean stroke. That would be easy on a barrel, not so easy around plunger tubes and tactical rails. Once I got the hang of wiping in even strokes things started looking better. Had I done that in the first browning step with the Mark Lee's express brown I don't think I would have had any splotching. I used my oven and a Harbor Freight heat gun to warm the parts. The guy in the video clearly gets his too hot. I also boiled the parts after the browning step and it turned jet black most of which came off with the steel wool leaving a nice dark base. Next time I'll do two coats of the brown, wipe cleaner, and boil.
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