Re-blueing with salts
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Thanks Ramroddoc, I was replying on my phone and auto-correct got me.
Very cool to know about cold blueing, I have already cold blued the p11 and it looks ok to good, but
nothing like the pic in the sticky, I will post pic of the p11 in a few.
nothing like the pic in the sticky, I will post pic of the p11 in a few.
You could hit up coadydepeche101, he is a gunsmith and has a lot of experience with re-blueing.
I may ping him, but really no one has any interest? I would have thought there was at least one other person curious like me.
ok I guess I will go it alone, I have gone through the sticky but can any one that has recently done this where the best place around Atlanta is to get the salts? ie name of product and where they bought it.
Thanks
Thanks
I haven't found it around Atlanta.
Macon Seed is where I order the nitrate fertilizer and essential depot is where I order the lye. Both shipped to the home.
http://www.maconfeedandseed.com/nitrate-of-soda.html
http://www.essentialdepot.com/servlet/Search?category=Sodium-Hydroxide-Lye-Food-Grade&affiliate_no=501
You can get everything from ACE hardware. " nitrate of soda" fertilizer and 5 1lb containers of 100% pure lye drain cleaner.
The lye from the link above is much cheaper, but in a pinch you can get it from ACE as drain cleaner. It's a small plastic container with a red label. Can't remember the brand name, but it's just lye.
They sell it to people making soap all the time.
My local ACE in loganville keeps it in stock.
If your local ace doesn't have the fertilizer, check with a local plant nursery.
If I know in advance I'm going to blue stuff, ordering on line is the way to go, but I have also decided at the last min. Before a weekend, and ACE hardware was basically a one stop shop for supplies.
The lye from the link above is much cheaper, but in a pinch you can get it from ACE as drain cleaner. It's a small plastic container with a red label. Can't remember the brand name, but it's just lye.
They sell it to people making soap all the time.
My local ACE in loganville keeps it in stock.
If your local ace doesn't have the fertilizer, check with a local plant nursery.
If I know in advance I'm going to blue stuff, ordering on line is the way to go, but I have also decided at the last min. Before a weekend, and ACE hardware was basically a one stop shop for supplies.
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So this gives a significantly better results than a $15 cold blue kit?
Cold blue just chemically turns the surface of the steel black. Hot bluing actually creates a thin black oxide surface that gives you some rust protection. Cold blue was never meant to refinish a firearm, but guys have done nice jobs with it.
