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SKB #577364 08/09/20 10:23 AM
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Alabama is pretty humid and the German solution I use is aggressive enough that I don't need to polish past worn 320 grit. I apply it with de-oiled 0000 steel wool. I watch the color instead of applying a certain number of coats. Different parts of the same gun may take color differently. Highly polished, hardened, steel doesn't want to "bite" so stopping at 320 grit doesn't hurt.
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Originally Posted By: SKB
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instead of placing the barrels in boiling water they are subjected to a steam bath in a pvc tube. It works well and consumes less water.

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Hmmm. I repair small steam generators for work.

How long must you generate steam for?


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It takes a little time for the steam generator I use to come up to full steam production. Once that thing is cranking pretty good I put it in the tube for 12-15 minutes. I drilled a hole cross ways in the pipe at the top and insert the barrels which are suspended on a dowel placed through the hole. Place a cap on the top and excess pressure vents out through the hole drill for the dowel.


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I have found the speed of my carding wheel makes quite a bit of difference in the outcome. It seems I run faster than most people. It seems to burnish along with carding. It does make it harder to blend the kind of flaws you can get with more of a mat finish.

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Carding wheel....on my never ending to do list. I still card by hand using mostly steel wool but at times carding brushes as well.

Most time when I blend rust blue out I darken the area where I did my work to close the same color as the barrels then put solution on everything a time or two until I get the desired result.
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For a while, a friend was rust bluing with ammonia fumes. It was definitely but subtly different.


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What type of sand paper are you using and the brand, where you get it, etc? I have been buying the cheap on the roll paper from harbor freight which wears out quick but easily replaced since on a roll. I use similar backers such as yours. They seem to work great. As for solutions I've used brownells, Mark's Express blue, and just bought a bottle of the laurel mtn. To date I like marks express blue best.

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I use Norton paper and like Pilkington's solution. I buy my paper in from several suppliers as it is easy to find. I like the free shipping from these guys:

https://www.zoro.com/


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I have a steam cabinate for rust bluing.it has a water tank boiler in the bottom with a tube that feeds steam to the area where the barrels hang there is a heater to adjust the humidity a temp and humidity gage water is fed to the boiler through a garden hose it has valves for controlling steam water heat.

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I have used Pilkington, brownells and laurel mountain forge solutions I cut the laurel MT.forge down by half

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