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Gents,

I need to have to SxS barrels slow rust blued. Who does the best hand polishing and slow rust bluing that could beat European Quality. I had experience with famous shop in Bloomfield, NY. Their work did not impress me.

Any suggestions?

With all the best.

thekhan,
Try New England Custom Guns.
Mike

The Europeans are famous for keeping secrets of their best practices, whereas our custom gun guilds share methods quite commonly. Some continental gunmakers are able to come up with rust bluing that is almost glossy, whereas what I see on this side of the pond is usually quite matte. Good luck finding someone who knows the secrets to do otherwise...Steve

You might check examples done by Sergey Lyalko in Natick, MA
http://www.rustbluing.com/index.html

When polishing for rust bluing,generally worn 320 grit(maybe 400 grit)cloth is used(by hand).If the barrels are highly polished with "rouge" on a polishing wheel, the bluing solution won't "bite"(especially on hardened steel).Furthermore, the rusting action of the solution will produce a somewhat matt finish anyway.This is the normally desired finish.Some people may wax/polish rustblued barrels for a shiny finish, not I.
Mike

Khan;


View this link: http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbt...&PHPSESSID=

You will see that a participant "CJO" has submitted photos of a gloss finish gun he has blacked. One of the partcipants of this discussion is also "SDH" which is Steven Dodd Hughes. Give SDH a call and see who CJO is and if he will black a set of barrels for you. From the photo the barrels look almost like a London or Birmingham blacking.

I have done considerable study on this subject as well as technical experiments and actual blacking. As a result I have determined how I believe the English get the gloss finish as I have been able to do it. (I do not do work for others) The success at gloss finish is in the majority "the process" and the technique practiced. Of course one has to have a formula that will black, but whilst I lived in England I have seen gloss results from several different people using different formulas.

To produce a lovely gloss finish that looks perfect even in sunlight takes a lot of time and experience, and no wonder such a finish can cost upwards to 1,000 pounds sterling in UK.

Bv

Those pics of the Holland make me green with envy. Any additional comments or secrets would be hugely welcomed!

Most of us on this side of the pond that do quality rust blueing, often rust blue barrels with a high gloss deep black finish at the customers request, for those willing to pay for it........

Gents, F.Y.I., it's not rocket science and any tradesman worth his salt can do it.....IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHICH CONTINENT THE TRADESMAN LIVES ON.

Very nice job on that AH Fox.
Did you do the work? I am wanting to get my daugthers 20ga Fox barrels rust blued.

greypartridge:

Yes....thanks for your comments. Send me a PM on your Fox barrels.