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 Posted: Fri Apr 2nd, 2010 04:08 am
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natevan70 wrote: As far as I know standard gun bluing won't work on stainless steel. Caswell Plating makes a stainless blackening gel. I've used it on a few gun parts; but I don't know how well it wears.

Search caswellplating.com & click the plating/finishing tab at the top.


Hope this helps

Thanks, Nate. This is very helpful. I think the 316L of watches and the coarser iron grade content of the steel for gun parts may be the difference. I will surely research on your assist pass. ThumbsUp02.gif