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No Boiling for Brown barrels, i just stuck that in to let you know that I was not getting Browns even before boiling.
I have some Pilkingtons. Anyone tried Lees Browning?

Stallones........i replied to your emial. I think Jim is correct about the humidity and a weaker solution.

Jim.......good to see you here again!

Thanks Battle,
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Stallones,
I'd be interested in your critique of some of these browning solutions you mention. Pilkington's has gotten quite expensive, and I fear I may have lost my chemist contact for mixing up the Zischang solution I've grown accustomed to using.
Jim

I believe The Ordnance 1841 is about at the top,then Gaddy's,
Old English(recipe at bottom), Pilkingtons. I have Used Mark Lees and also had excellent results in the Past

Old English
The solution is as follows:-
1oz Muriate tincture of steel
1oz spirits of wine
1/4oz muriate of mercury [mercuric chloride)
1/4oz strong nitric acid [
1/8oz blue stone [copper sulphate]
1 qt water

For my experimentation I had run nearly out of Pilkingtons and didn't want to figure out my processes with a solution I didn't have enough for the barrels. So, I recalled I had bought another brand a few yrs before at a show. This stuff did a nice job and seemed to act much like Pilkingtons, from my little experience. $19.95 + 3.85 shipping to your door, per the website. I see Pilkington's is $32.xx at Brownells. But, Pilkington's is a 4oz bottle and Snowy Mtn is just 2oz
http://www.snowymountainblue.com/page4.html

I enhanced one of the photos again. Boy! What nice work.

That Snowy Mountain is about the same as the Old "Modified Baker Solution" which is a nice compound for blue and browning.

Thank you, Mr. Joe...

I'm starting to brown another set that looks to have a very vivid pattern. The trick with this set is that it is part of a 2 barrel set, and I need to match these to the other set. Should be interesting...

Craig, here's a novice question: how do you keep the browning solution off of the areas you don't want browned, such as the underlug? Or the breech end?

Joe,

I've been using shellac, but I find that it sometimes get rubbed off during carding. Going to try urethane.