Blue Touch-Up

[Ratdog68]

Last night I snagged up a bottle of Brownells Creme Formula Dicropan T-4 Touch-Up.

A lot simpler "process" than the Birchwood Casey touch-up stuff I've used in the past.

It's not a "seamless" touch-up repair, but sure looks better than a bare spot... and every bit as good "end result" as the other.

Ain't cheap though... 4oz bottle ran me $17

 

[Das Jaeger]

Pretty good stuff

lasts a while longer too than Casey in my experience .
They make lots of good ones there . Much better prices too if you have a liscence like mmmwwwhhaaa

What are you blueing Ratdog68 ?

Das Jeager , the infidel

 

[Smokin_Gun]

I found Casey's Perma Blue Paste, not the liquid, works much better last longer, and is easier to apply...

 

[madcratebuilder]

If you have to use a cold blue I would second SG'd recommendation on the paste formula. Clean your steel with acetone and warm it up to about 110 degrees +/-

 

[Ratdog68]

Yer Jaegerness... just doin' some touch-ups on a couple of 'em. The barrel for the stock I'm workin' on has a "boo-boo" on it. Last fall I was wanderin' in the woods with it and a "berry" came off a vine and landed on my barrel. When I reached down to pick it off... it'd already eaten the blue away.... just that quickly !! I snagged up some B/C Perma Blue paste at a local sporting goods store and did a repair that evening. It wasn't bad, but, this stuff appears to darken a little better for me. It's about the size of a pencil eraser.

The other one is my 1858 NMA. I bought it used, and it looks to me like someone wasn't as careful as they should'a been when cycling the loading lever and put a little side load on it... just enough to take the blue off near the pivot point. The cylinders also have some cylinder cycling drag marks on 'em from the previous owner.

S/G and MCB.... LOL funny you should mention the Birchwood Casey paste. I like it better than the liquid and "pen" touch up stuff... I think I give the Brownells the nod just a little more. I'll have to try the acetone and heating it up first though... thanks.

 

[Das Jaeger]

Thanks Ratfacedog68

cool , glad your gettign good results nonetheless.
Don't ya just hate it when your actually using your guns and they get buggered up , nature of the beast . Especialy stock work , spend countless hours to just scratch um up eventually anyway .
Makes me apprecaite my Bell and Calrson stock and my parkerizing on my Garand . Yup..........
Brownells Oxpho is pretty good too by the , as is 40/40 cream , both Brownells . I have never had good luck with BC , hot or cold .

Cheerios , Jaeger

 

[Ratdog68]

I try to be careful with 'em in the field... but, ya remember the day's events when you look at a blemish and recall the time afield. What bugs me is when I ding it up due to some bit of stupidity on my part. LOL

 

[Das Jaeger]

Ratdudedog68

I hear ya !
I dropped my Smith and Wesson 645 onto the concrete out of my Bianchi Holster once , ouch ............
It happens , war wounds !
My freinds always look at me funny when I walk through briars and Black berrie brambles back first , gun behind me , taking the full brunt of the spines instead of beating my gun to death during Deer seasons , hee hee hee .
I took my AK once , and did not care

Jeager

 

[Ratdog68]

Christmas Eve, 1984... there was a house fire in Kotzebue, AK... a grandfather and two of his grandkids (one an infant) were home at the time. All three were still alive when the fire was put out and they were pulled out. As an EMT (as well as being off-duty as a cop), I was called out to stand by at the Hospital for triage assistance as needed. It was UGLY !! To make a long story short... as we were loading them into the Leer Jet for transport to Anchorage... my Walther PPK/S popped out of my belt holster, hit my toe and went skidding across the tarmac. I thought of those folks everytime I saw the scratches on my pistol. The infant survived the fire.