Thread: Cleaning Blue steel.

Hi guys, I recently bought a Dremel to polish up my straights.
I have some polishing compound , Blue Magic Polish and some Mass.
All my blades are looking amazing, polished, honed and oiled.
In my collection are 3 blued blades , 2 x Hart, "Not a Replica" and one Baxters BCX Hart. These blades are blued and I'm not sure how to clean them.
I think the blue/black colour is just an outer layer, I'm not sure....
Any advise would be appreciated .
Many thanks...

A citrus cleaner and oil. If you have rust, #000 steel wool, with light pressure.
Think of it, or lookup gun finishes.
Otherwise it's furnace blued by heat, and not a finish, similar to cold blue.

I would just oil it. I used to do blueing using the hot salts procedure which is much betteer than cold blueing, but it will still come off like any other plating like gold, as it is only a very thin surface colouration - trust me, I know - I have had to clean up blades when the process blued them instead of just the tangs.

Regards,
Neil

Cheers, they are not rusty or in a real bad way so oil will do.
I will leave the Dremel in its case for now.
2 things I love about Hart Steel blades. 1.The edges are amazing / 2. They strip down

Long story short,My dad spent a week hand polishing a K 22 S&W,hot salt blued it,was perfect.
Iwent out and got some fish and chips,sqeezed a lemon over it,got some on the pistol, removes Bluing immiediatly
Dad was rather pissed.

Yes sir, all I have ever done with guns that were blued was gently wipe the surface dry and gently oil them before putting away. Found WD40 worked just fine.

Bob

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Long story short,My dad spent a week hand polishing a K 22 S&W,hot salt blued it,was perfect.
Iwent out and got some fish and chips,sqeezed a lemon over it,got some on the pistol, removes Bluing immiediatly
Dad was rather pissed.

Bill,

My son must have taken lessons from you. He had amazing abilities in the screwup department.