Thread: Cold Bluing

We have Academy stores here which always have the super blue. I have found a light fine steel wool rub makes a more even job. 3 applications works for me.

Things like this (liquids) must be shipped other than USPS, so shipping costs would be higher. I would check any outdoor store or gun shop.

Yea it is a corrosive liquid and needs special shipping so you pay for it dearly.

Bob

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Ummmm why would you order it I would bet you can get it locally in FL...In fact most people in the US should be able to find it locally.. I only used the link for ID purposes...

Originally Posted by MattW

Don't know if you have a Dick's Sporting Goods (or similar store) around but you can get it there.

No car, no public transportation; hence, Internet order.

Originally Posted by BobH

Yea it is a corrosive liquid and needs special shipping so you pay for it dearly.

Yes... and no. Yes, it is evidently subject to shipping restrictions; no, the variety (read: wide range) of shipping prices tells me that it's very much a for-profit thang, and not an a priori one.

Originally Posted by JBHoren

Yeah, well, it might be the Right Stuff, but with a $3 "special handling charge" plus $14.95 shipping to South Florida for 3oz @$8.99, I'd have to say that it just doesn't have enough of it (perhaps too much of it). If I want to subsidize the NRA, I'll do so directly... and of my own volition.

Any Bass Pro Shop near you will carry Casey Super Blue; if not you can try Dick's. HOG

Profit? Lord have mercy! What will they think of next?

wow talk about taking a left turn

this thread went way :

Would love to see somebody who can get Nitric acid ( cannot in my state)
do a real rust blue,labor intensive as hell but the best.

I put a blade in vinegar to experiment. Forgot it for 2 days!
Not exactly blue, but it is hard coated! And as to BobH, I have had the experience of doing a nice blue job and cannot get a good picture to save my life! It never seems to photograph well?

I've had some success with the bluing cream rather than liquid. It was, for me at least, a lot easier to apply evenly than the liquid stuff. The other thing I found was that a "matte" finish looks better when blued (I sanded the blade to around 600 grit before bluing). I did the whole blade on one razor, and the nice shiny bevel looks quite good against the blue (must tape the spine though - shiny spine on a blue blade looks a bit crap IMO).

James.

I've used oxalic acid in the past. It's more black than blue but quite a durable coating.
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