I have tried to blue an old .22 with Birchwood Casey gun blue and degreaser . I have followed the directions on the bottle but the blueing when dryed looks to be all spotty and allmost an rainbow look.It is not very good looking .Any one have any tips on what to do?OR what to try? thanks for your help !

I did the same thing on an old winchester 67 22, using Casey's stuff, and had the same problem my first time. I did it over the winter, in the garage when it was cold and that was the first problem. My secondis I treid to modify over their instructions <thinking I had some common sense>.

Get all the old blue OFF, all grease OFF, Wash the metal and never nver let your skin touch the metal, use latex gloves from that point on. Get the metal smooth and shiny, getting all the grit off after using your emery paper. The better the surface, the better it takes. Then do the actual blueing in a warm area, ventilated.

Take the time, it really can be a great finish.

I wouldn't waste my time using the B/C gun blue. Use a product called blue wonder by novum solutions. Easiest way to blue a gun there is. Great results to by the way.

take over the wife's "cookstove". Preheat oven to 320 degrees. place clean barrel (refer to Colo Elk Hunter's post) inside for 45 minutes. Apply blueing. let cool. wash per manufacturer's instructions. Admire beautiful finish.

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I've blued a couple of guns. The first time I did one the same thing happend spots and streaks. The trick too blueing is getting the gun CLEAN, CLEAN, CLEAN Once you've got the gun clean DO NOT TOUCH IT WITH BARE HANDS wear latex gloves. A little heat will also help, when your done blueing get some oil on the gun this will help to keep it from rusting. I use birchwood casey perma blue paste and I have had good luck. One thing to remember is that the best blueing you'll ever get is by someone that has the tanks, but for the hobbyist the perma blue will work.

I have tried and tried to get this stuff to work for me. I end up giving up, and taking to a smith that gave it a hot blue. Maybe I need more practice.