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Sorry to be a nuisance.
I have a friend who would like to learn how to rust blue barrels, just out of interest and also to refurbish a couple of guns that he as.
Is there a step by step process (idiots guide) been printed here before that I can refer him to?

Hi Salopian

There is something a lot better than a book tell your friend. Just enter "Rust bluing" in You Tube you get a practical demonstration on the how to do it. But you and I know it is the different Formulas for the solutions that makes the diference. May be your friend should buy the re print copy of Angier's from Amazon it is extreemly cheap for what infomation you get from it.

damascus,
Thanks for your input, my friend is welcome to my copies of Angier, in fact I think he has bought his own copy, he is welcome to my guidance on solutions.
But what he needs to know is an easy step by step process avoiding the pitfalls. Start to finish. I am sure that someone has written this up before, so if I could just direct him to the article he can read up for himself.Thanks for your interest.

an interesting subject and one we have done a fair bit of experimenting on in my shop. The final finish is a result of: the level of polish, the strength of the acid solution, time exposed to it, temperature, and humidity. Changing any of these factors will result in a slightly different finishes. I have stopped using a sweat box and just close the door to my bluing room room and bring my tank up to boil for a few minutes which brings both temp and humidity up. I have gone to doing lots of very short passes usually, but it will vary if I'm going for a more satin look. I rarely polish beyond 400 grit and always use a fine wire wheel before I rust my first pass. After that I hand card with degreased 0000 steel wool. Lots of ways to get it done and we all seem to have or own way we settle on, kinda like stock finish.
Steve