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| Gun Blueing for Buckles??? | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 6th, 2010 02:01 am |
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Graham 3T WIS 
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Jeff I tried two concoctions I have in my gunroom last night on some s/s buckles. Both rely on a chemical rather than heat process to effect the darkening of the metal. It was a 100% failure. It works well on gunmetal due to the high carbon content I guess. The heat based blueing process might work on s/s, but I have no experience with that.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 6th, 2010 04:38 am |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS 
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Thanks, Graham, for the effort and alchemy on this one. I think the introdction of heat to open up the steel's pores and force the black/blue binding agents might work but I will be cautious. Worth a try and next time I drop by the gunsmith, I'll throw one of the buckles into the pot when he's not looking  Thanks again, my friends.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 7th, 2010 09:24 am |
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ral 3T WIS
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I do not see why it would not work. Works for screws and hands, so should work for buckles. The following link has a good description on how to get the process right: http://www.bhi.co.uk/aHints/bluing.html
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| Posted: Wed Apr 7th, 2010 10:08 am |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS
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ral wrote: I do not see why it would not work. Works for screws and hands, so should work for buckles. Thanks for this, Ral. I'll look it up. 
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