[TankerHC]

If so, how hard was it? How did the finished product turn out?

 

[jakeg823]

my roommate plays with some kind of liquid blue stuff on his hunting rifles and stuff(dont know if that's what you're talking about or not)....i dont see any benefit to it...but it could also be the brand, and the way he does it(he's not one for instructions)...i dunno

 

[Caleb C]

I've used an el-cheepo home blueing kit before. Not impressed.

 

[Beladran]

there is a blue kit that my dad ordered online maybe $50 bucks? any way he sanded the barrel down to bare metal and stuck it in front of a heater to get the barrel warm. after applying he had to lightly wet sand and repeated about 3 times. it almost looks as good as factory. considering the smith was only gonna cost $100 to hot blue it lol i think once you add time and effort its cheaper to give it to the smith

 

[TankerHC]

I was going to do that but Swaans told me it would be June before they could get to it and it would be $125 and Surplus City said they would do it for $130 but the Smith wont crank up the tank unless he has 5 or 6 guns to do and that could be a while because he just did a batch.

The kit I am looking at comes with the Bluing, Bluing remover and all the tools neccesary to do it. I think thats the way I am going to go.

 

[miker84]

I used a kit on an old beater shotgun. It was easy to use. I got the kit at Sportsmans Warehouse before it closed. Turned out nice, not show quality, but heckuva lot better than it was before.

 

[walkiahgunman]

I've had excellent results from Brownells Oxpho-Blue. Easy to use and comes out great. Most of it boils down to good metal prep. I've tried alot of cold blues but this one is definately the best so far.

 

[1985 4runner]

I've had excellent results from Brownells Oxpho-Blue. Easy to use and comes out great. Most of it boils down to good metal prep. I've tried alot of cold blues but this one is definately the best so far.

Me too.


From a good metal prep down to the bare metal:

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