Gun Bluing

[dangerranger]

All I needed was the Laurel Mtn Solution and 3 gallons of distilled water. So it was very cheap. DR

[50BMGBOB]

I keep looking at a hot blue set up for my current twin Gatling gun project. I am thinking a matt finish and trying to decide if it would be better to blue or just park them. Both will be shooters, not just show pieces but I still want them to be sharp. With 20 of everything to blue/park, cost of the set up and learning is less than paying for someone else. I have the Park equipment and have done that, I just have never done hot bluing yet.

[mrlonewolf]

I have noticed a few highly respected CGN fellow gunsmithing contributors names /handles in here.

Question is.

How serious are you????



Willing to pass the torch to our next generation....

[timmyboy450]

If these guns have any value - monetary or sentimental - what so ever, do not, repeat, do not, use that vile, nasty, stinking, disgusting, foul, reeking, crap known as cold blue that has the nauseating stench of a diseased tom cat pizzling on rotten eggs.

Also, depending on what the pistol is, it may be a lot more valuable if you just leave it alone.

What he said! Dont wanna turn gold into coal.

[kcstott]

I have noticed a few highly respected CGN fellow gunsmithing contributors names /handles in here.

Question is.

How serious are you????



Willing to pass the torch to our next generation....

I've got a reputation, But I don't know about respected. I'd be very much interested. All I would need to now is what your class would cost and how much time do i need to set aside? I'm dead serious

[carnelianbay]

Clod blue is designed to be quick, easy, and cheep. three words that don't exist in any context of good craftsmanship.

Fair enough. That said, what are your thoughts about cold bluing (rust blue) a new AK receiver in order to achieve a battlefield pick up look to match a kit?

[kcstott]

Cold blue and rust blue are two totally different things. If you want to make it look like a battle field pick up Burry it in the back yard for a month and water it well.

[50BMGBOB]

Serious? I have bought a lathe and a mill and I am learning to use those. I am up to over $7,000 in tools for this project and not done yet. I would be interested depending on how much and how long. I am up North so I can't guarantee. I have thought about investing in the equipment even if just to try and see what kind of results I can get.

[carnelianbay]

Cold blue and rust blue are two totally different things. If you want to make it look like a battle field pick up Burry it in the back yard for a month and water it well.

Yep, mucked up that one, notice my edit before your response.

I plan to give rust blue a shot.

[kcstott]

Keep in mind rust bluing will give a very nice finish. A battle field pick up is going to need some patina, be splotchy and dinged and dented. I think i'd clean and finish the whole thing then distress it.

[carnelianbay]

There’s something about the Yugo kits I have that is very appealing. I hate to throw painted or parkerized receivers on them. Maybe just 2 or 3 rust blue cycles and a lot of protectant is what I'm thinking.

[Gunsmith Dan]

Slow rust Bluing give some of the best looking and hardest blued finish you can apply to a firearm .... but it is VERY time consuming and attention to detail is required ( on average would take from 1 week to 2 weeks if you worked on the firearm everyday).

Hot Caustic Bluing is almost as hard and looks nice and black but the real benefit is the polishing before bluing. Hot caustic bluing is the only blued finish that you can polish a firearm to a mirror polish and the Hot blue will not change the level of polish when applied. If you ever had a original Browning High Power you would know what type of high polish blued finish I am talking about.