Gun Blues Favorite Oxidizers

[BackTo505]

When I was 15, many years ago, blued my first revolver. Now I am stuck on Presto Black SSB and BST4. Anyone recommend any other products or finishing techniques?

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[dangerranger]

One of my favorite home blue products is Laurel Mountain rust blue. It is a time-consuming process, but it gives a dark black-blue color that is hard and wear resistant. it does not take any special equipment to apply. it is cured in boiling water.
I have a Ruger Single Six that had been carried every day since 1962. this turned a rusty beater into a fresh pistol. it was done around 2007 and still looks great today. The gun was not worth sending out to be refinished, but it was still a shooter. it was well worth the time to finish it at home. DR

Laurel Mountain Forge

Official page for Laurel Mountain Forge with product descriptions, instruction sheets, and contact information if you still have questions.

www.laurelmountainforge.com

 

[BackTo505]

One of my favorite home blue products is Laurel Mountain rust blue. It is a time-consuming process, but it gives a dark black-blue color that is hard and wear resistant. it does not take any special equipment to apply. it is cured in boiling water.
I have a Ruger Single Six that had been carried every day since 1962. this turned a rusty beater into a fresh pistol. it was done around 2007 and still looks great today. The gun was not worth sending out to be refinished, but it was still a shooter. it was well worth the time to finish it at home. DR

Laurel Mountain Forge

Official page for Laurel Mountain Forge with product descriptions, instruction sheets, and contact information if you still have questions.

www.laurelmountainforge.com

Much appreciated haven't heard of it but sounds like the ultimate solution.

 

[dangerranger]

The equipment to blue with was a gallon of distilled water, Pyrex baking dish, a trash bag to rust in and a coffee cup of boiling water in the bag to speed up the rusting process. The Ruger took about 10 days to complete. I'll see if I still have a pic of it. DR

 

[dangerranger]

Heres an old post on RFC .

rust blued single six

www.rimfirecentral.com

The Blueing still looks as good as back then. This gun gets shot and carried a lot. DR

 

[BackTo505]

The equipment to blue with was a gallon of distilled water, Pyrex baking dish, a trash bag to rust in and a coffee cup of boiling water in the bag to speed up the rusting process. The Ruger took about 10 days to complete. I'll see if I still have a pic of it. DR

The process sounds legit glad you shared as it's entirely new to me. From what I can see it looks good. Rust Bluing seems to be the ultimate especially adding boiling water in the bag to speed up rusting is an innovative twist, and I can see how it would work well to keep the humidity and temperature consistent. I'm going to try this on the next one.
Thank you for sharing

 

[dangerranger]

Now that I think about it I also put a steaming wet towel in the bag too. The humidity here in the summer runs around 12%. This took a while to do but I am still happy with the results. DR