remove the old finish and rust, so the gun is blasted with a fine glass bead, which ensures not a speck of rust is left to undo the change. The firearm is then polished to the finish of your choice. Lastly, it is soaked in an alkali salt solution at a temperature of nearly 300°...
Gun bluing is a traditional finish applied to firearms. Bluing helps protect the steel from corrosion and gives the metal a very dark blue finish. The factory bluing process hasn't changed much over the years, and gun owners can also now buy home bluing kits to touch up or refinish their ...
Q.I would like to know if there is anything you can put on a gun receiver to bring back the case coloring or to put new on at home. I would like to do this myself even though there are people out there that do this for others Virgil Hudson hobbyist - Racine, West Virginia 2004 ...
Q.I have been asked by several customers to look into installing a black oxide coating system to coat their parts. Information gathered so far tells me the 8# per gallon of caustic[caustic soda beads in bulk onAmazon[affil links]at 295 °F is a caustic blackening. Is this black oxiding...
I tend to look at guns somewhere south of 50% condition as candidates for a restoration. Even then it is a tough call. I do like a gun that was well used and well cared for over its life but shows the scarce and marks of a good life. Refinishing that can ruin some of a nice ol...