Alternate for Cold Blue?

[Jon Road King]

I was told by LGS yesterday that cold blue is illegal in CA now? What is a good alternate?

[TKM]

Does one leg feel a little longer after talking to your lgs genius?

[Kodemonkey]

Still legal. Follow the directions. They MIGHT have been talking about the blue pen. I thought I heard that was banned in CA due to CARB, but Midway USA doesn't show a shipping restriction to California. So that must have been a rumor as well.

I've used the brownells stuff and the Birchwood Casey. I like the Brownells stuff between the too. I seem to get better results on touch ups to my wife's 1911 (until she told me to stop doing it because she put that wear there and she's proud of it - I won't argue).

http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/metal-prep-coloring/metal-bluing/liquid-cold-bluing-chemicals/oxpho-blue--prod1072.aspx

[kcstott]

I was told by LGS yesterday that cold blue is illegal in CA now? What is a good alternate?

You might want to mention whom this drain in the gene pool is??

At least for no other reason but to stay the hell away from idiot like that.


Now the deal is since prop 65 was passed years ago many companies refuse to relabel their product just to ship it to cali. so they don't bother to ship it.

It technically is illegal to sell a product in cali that doesn't have the prop 65 warning on it if it applies.

Problem is no one ever asks the company why?? they just assume Cali banned the ingredients

[maxx03]

Check out this thread. There's some good info in there. http://calguns.net/calgunforum/showt...=758570&page=2

[Jon Road King]

Good info guys, thanks. I'll try that Brownells stuff

[kcstott]

Good info guys, thanks. I'll try that Brownells stuff

Jon
I don't know where you are located But Duncans in San Marcos ca (San Diego) has formula 44 on the shelf. it's 12.99 a bottle but you can get it same day and no shipping.

I personally like Formula 44 over any of the other stuff on the market.

the only other system I can suggest is the black oxide from Caswell.

Mad River Arms set up a Booth at a build party and the stuff he was doing came out better then factory. very impressed with the stuff. and it's just a larger bottle of cold blue with the proper pre and post treatments included.

[Gunsmith Dan]

Try the Brownells Cold Bluing paste, it really colors a nice black and works on a lot more types of steel alloys than any other stuff ...... plus the paste sticks really well so no need to recoat the parts like liquid cold bluing.

[Jon Road King]

Jon
I don't know where you are located But Duncans in San Marcos ca (San Diego) has formula 44 on the shelf. it's 12.99 a bottle but you can get it same day and no shipping.

Thanks for the tip, I'll stop by after work on Monday and give it a try.