another TC hawken question. i like the look of brass on my TC hawken but its heck to keep polished. i just dont like the dull look. and alcohol and/or BP residue turns it a brownish color. the polished look is nice but i want it dark. i used birchwood caseys "brass black"...thats a time consuming PIA project and i cant get screw heads and small parts to take well. and it also seems to wear/rub off. ive done it 100 times and finally just gave up on it. it looks good..but too much work for it not to stay on.

i was just looking around and found solutions of acids that says you can get a range of colors from browns to grays and blacks. sounds like what i want and its only 5$ for a bottle of solution. sounds alot like brass black...but you can dip it or rub it on the brass. the longer and stronger you dilute the diffrent the color. sounds like what i want. i may order it and play with it.

just curious if anyones done anything like that. if not im sure ill be the guinie pig and ill be posting pics later..dont know when..im at college and only home on weekends and got alot of college stuff to keep me busy already...but the stock and brass are on my list thought i know the stocks going to take a long while if i do tung or linseed oil..

the TC hawken is a great looking gun on its own..dont get me wrong. i just like projects like this and like a "custom" look. thats why i wanted to do the stock and brass in the first place. and i hunt with a group of guys and the only guns we got are TC hawkens and renegades. i just like mine to look diffrent.