How do I make My Ruger look 90 years old?

Peak - are you making fun of her? shame, shame

She might have aged the black phosphate finish off of a glock, but the tennifer is part of the surface of the slide it self and does not come off that easy.

Clean it every week for 89 years!

Mustard works well on knives, but never tried on a gun.

Flitz metal polish works very well. Use a cotton rag and just do a little at a time and continually evaluate so you don't take too much finish off. Doing uneven surface polishing such as heavier removal at the front of the barel and front of the cylinder and the protruding edges, etc will give the holster worn look.

I've done this to a couple of Uberti Millenium revolvers with results that pleased me.

I had a photographer friend who had cameras stolen so often that he would intentionally mar the surface of new cameras using just a nail. To him, they were just tools of his trade and he realized that people don't steal cameras that are cosmetically marred. No resale value.

Doing such is repugnant to me, but I could see his logic. In your case, you likely want to add "character" to your gun, but as someone above noted, guns that are properly cared for develop different characters over th years than ones that aren't. In the case of my friend, he marred the cameras externally, but took meticulous care of them operationally. He had them lubricated and calibrated at regular intervals and they lasted for years (and weren't stolen).

To remove beautiful bluing is something I can't do to a gun, but as it's used, edges wear and the gun acquires its own character. Creating it before it's time is a matter of art, like building a rustic ranch house. That makes it difficult to give precise advice, as we don't really know what you have in mind.

carry it in a holster lined with sandpaper?

Get an iwb holster and put it in the 6 o'clock position. Then play some pick-up basketball, run several miles, or mow your neighborhood's lawns and repeat until satisfied.

Carry, shoot, use, enjoy it and it will take on an aged character of it's own.

Put it in a pillow case with lava rocks and old socks, tumble dry

carry it in a holster lined with sandpaper?

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Although this came across as another of the funny options it has a germ of truth to it. Get a really cheap leather holster and coat the inside with some red autobody rubbing compound. This will make the inner surface into an abrasive polishing machine. Then holster the gun and walk around with it or just practice doing multiple quick draws. The traditional wear spots at the front of the muzzle and corners of the cylinder will soon appear. And while you're doing this wipe your hands down with one of the more mild options for deblueing or blue fading the gun and handle it during the draw and faked reloading exercises. Between the two and assuming you don't over do it you should find the gun is developing the typical patina sooner than it would from normal handling where the wear is usually caused by dust and grit in the holster from being out on the range and from sweaty hands and gloves that tend to wear away or oxidize away the blueing.

It's super easy to over do this though if all you want it to duplicate the wear of a loved and used gun.

On the other hand if you want the "left on the shelf of the barn to rust and then cleaned up to use" look of madcratebuilder's Patterson then follow his recipe. He got the look for sure but for my tastes it's too much.

Get it a wife.

This is from sassnet

http://sassnet.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=135740&hl=antique

As already posted, why make it look 100 years old if you have a period costume?
It should appear fairly new.

Makes for a hokey looking costume.

Free country, though.

I agree with grizz22. Bury it in the back yard for a while. Make sure you grease parts of it you do not want "antiqued" like functioning working parts (trigger parts, inside of the barrel/chambers) etc.

A cement mixer full of lava rock for a half hour should work well. Repeat as needed to get the finish you want.

clean it everyday, it will sure put some scuff marks on it

TwoFiveSeven said:

Carry it in a holster lined with sandpaper....

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I think this is how S&W finishes their stainless steel. I used to think they just had monkeys with sand paper doing it, but then I realized monkeys would do a better job. I like the way that some scratches go one way and others go in entirely different ways.

Taurus actually polishes their guns. So does Rossi.

expose to hydrgen sulfide gas and methane, it'll age it fast but IMHO it stinks.

Jesus Hydrgen sulfide is deadly and 80 % of the population can't even smell it.
If you want aged pistol use any mild acid but grease parts you don't want blueing removed or pitting. an old gun usually has some finish left. after acid use a wire wheel to polish metal and round off corners. You can make a new gun look a 100 years old in an hour if you hate it that much or for cowboy action shooting. Age the grips with a bundle of old keys then a little 600 grit then wax and buff to a well handled gleem. Trust me it works if you can stand the pain.
I did one for a customer who came to pick up twice, looked at it and said MORE. When finished to his satisfaction he went off coing like a dove. He doesn't oil outside only wipes down with Scotch-Brite pad and wax.
It does look like my black powder frame model P which I used for guidance.

This the look your going for? This old Colt is over 100.