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Originally Posted by pluckit
(Post 3897204)
I just got back from Bass Pro Shops and when I was there I picked up some G96 Brand Liquid Gun Blue. I use to use Hoppe's gun blue but they don't make it anymore and I am not happy with Birchwood Casey Gun Blue so I thought I would give this stuff a try. I'll let you know how it works.
This gun was completed with Perma Blue. When I got the barrel from Green Mountain is was completly white no blueing at all - just metal.  What I did to apply the blue was to warm the barrel by pouring boiling water through it, blow it dry with compressed air. And while it was hot applied the blue using 0000 steel wool soaked in the blueing that I had heated in the micro wave. I put 4 applications on the barrel using this process. It came out very well and lasted well - in fact it is still lasting. If you use this method after you have applied a coat of bluing let it dry... it will look terrible because the blueing will cause the steel wool to rust and it will leave a dirty rusty looking residue on the barrel. When it is dry and cool polish the finish with steel wool. The more coats you put on the deeper and darker the blueing will appear. When you have the depth of blueing you want, apply a lot of a good quality gun oil to neutralize the blueing compound on the barrel and polish the oil out with steel wool. |
I've never tried applying heat. I'll give it a try and see how it comes out.
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Originally Posted by sabotloader
(Post 3897788)
I have used a lot of different types of cold blue, probably used more BC Perma Blue than anything else.
This gun was completed with Perma Blue. When I got the barrel from Green Mountain is was completly white no blueing at all - just metal. What I did to apply the blue was to warm the barrel by pouring boiling water through it, blow it dry with compressed air. And while it was hot applied the blue using 0000 steel wool soaked in the blueing that I had heated in the micro wave. I put 4 applications on the barrel using this process. It came out very well and lasted well - in fact it is still lasting. If you use this method after you have applied a coat of bluing let it dry... it will look terrible because the blueing will cause the steel wool to rust and it will leave a dirty rusty looking residue on the barrel. When it is dry and cool polish the finish with steel wool. The more coats you put on the deeper and darker the blueing will appear. When you have the depth of blueing you want, apply a lot of a good quality gun oil to neutralize the blueing compound on the barrel and polish the oil out with steel wool. |
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