How effective is cold bluing?
Cold bluing is not particularly resistant to holster wear, nor does it provide a large degree of rust resistance. Often it does provide an adequate cosmetic touch-up of a gun’s finish when applied and additionally oiled on a regular basis. At least one of the cold bluing solutions contains selenium dioxide.
Is hot bluing better than cold bluing?
Although a very slow process, cold rust bluing produces a deep blue color generally considered to be the most durable kind of bluing. By contrast, hot-water bluing processes can produce a deep blue finish in just a couple of hours, rather than several days.
How much does it cost to get a gun re bluing?
Rifle, Shotgun or Handgun
| Flat Matte | Standard (320 Grit) | |
|---|---|---|
| Single Barrel | $220.00 | $200.00 |
| Octagon Barrel | $260.00 | $240.00 |
| Double Barrel | $240.00 | $220.00 |
What is the best bluing method?
Traditionally, bluing was performed using a hot salt method, and currently, cold bluing and hot bluing are performed, both with varying results. Hot bluing s considered to be the best method only by the addition of heat, which helps set the bluing solution into place faster than with a cold bluing method.
Is parkerizing better than bluing?
Parkerizing is commonly used on firearms as a more effective alternative to bluing, which is an earlier-developed chemical conversion coating. It is also used extensively on automobiles to protect unfinished metal parts from corrosion. Passivation can be used for protecting other metals.
Is bluing a form of rust?
Ironically enough, one of the most common firearms finishes, bluing, results from a specific form of steel oxidation – that is, rust. Instead of the red-brown color associated with rust (Fe2O3), bluing forms the blue/black oxide Fe3O4.
Is bluing the same as black oxide?
Bluing and Black Oxides are essentially the same thing. Older methods required that parts be submerged in vats of dangerous boiling chemicals. At first a thin coating of oil was used to prevent corrosion in iron and steel, but eventually bluing processes were invented to provide much better protection.
Can you polish gun bluing?
Any polish you do directly to any blued surface will remove some bluing and it don’t take much to remove it. Far better to polish until the bluing is removed and then reblue it.
What is the best gun blue?
Here are the best home gun bluing kits you can buy:
- Birchwood Casey Perma Blue Liquid Gun Blue Finishing Kit. Birchwood Casey. This fast-acting liquid provides a non-streaky and uniform blue-black finish.
- Brownell Oxpho-Blue Professional Grade Cold Blue. Brownells.com.
- Van’s Liquid Gun Blue Kit. VansGunBlue.com.
Should you Reblue a gun?
Should I Re-Blue or Re-Finish My Gun? The short answer is no. If it’s your intent to maintain a firearm’s collectibility and value, the answer is usually “no”; don’t re-blue your gun. A firearm that shows a little wear with it’s original finish is more valuable than one that has been refinished (re-blued).
What is a Parkerized finish?
Parkerizing is the process of protecting ferrous metals from corrosion and wear by applying a chemical phosphate coating. Parkerizing is an excellent gun coating in its own right and it also makes a perfect base for our DuraCoat® Firearm Finish!
Can you blue a Parkerized gun?
“You can finish a parkerized finished handgun with a polished blue. However, the cost is much more expensive, and the polished blue finish will show all finger prints and scratches very easily. The polished blue finish is the least durable of any finish on the market.