Thread: Cold Bluing

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.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...mel-6-8-a.html