15 years or so to re blue
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Re: 15 years or so to re blue
Degrease the parts
Boil the parts in backing soda and then wax with shoe polish or gun wax
Rust blue will continue to rust , you need to stop the process.
All blue is rust
Rust blue is most active as it is activated with acid.
FeO2 hot blue
FeO3 rust blue
FeO4 red rust
Boil the parts in backing soda and then wax with shoe polish or gun wax
Rust blue will continue to rust , you need to stop the process.
All blue is rust
Rust blue is most active as it is activated with acid.
FeO2 hot blue
FeO3 rust blue
FeO4 red rust
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Re: 15 years or so to re blue
Ok that works the backing soda is better at neutralizing the acid as it is a base.Coach wrote:guncrank1 wrote:Degrease the parts
Boil the parts in backing soda and then wax with shoe polish or gun wax
Rust blue will continue to rust , you need to stop the process.
All blue is rust
Rust blue is most active as it is activated with acid.
FeO2 hot blue
FeO3 rust blue
FeO4 red rust
After I stripped them I degreased then blued then tossed them in boiling water.
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Re: 15 years or so to re blue
Shoe polish or gun waxCoach wrote:guncrank1 wrote:No the boiling will work
I would rub some wax on it
Let it dry then buff
Like candle wax? Parrafin?
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