On Sat, 8 May 2010 14:46:36 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:


"Ned Simmons" wrote in message
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On Sat, 8 May 2010 13:51:57 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:


I've done cold-rust bluing and browning with good success on a new barrel,
and on tools, but that isn't going to do it for you any more than
hot-tanking is. As Steve says, your best bet is to get one of the quick
blacking solutions from Brownells and see how good you are at doing
makeup.
d8-)

Oxpho blue works well.
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1...XPHO_BLUE_reg_

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Ned Simmons

It sounds good. Someone else recommended it here, years ago, but I haven't
tried it. I think Iggy is looking for black though, no?

Oxpho Blue is an unfortunate name. The solution is a pretty blue
color. The end result on cold rolled mild steel, which is what I've
used in on, is an opaque black.

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Ned Simmons