Product a THR member used to "antique" his stainless 1858 repro?

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Greetings,
I've used the Search engine and had no luck. I'm trying to find the thread in which a THR member used some product to give a brown/patina appearance to his stainless-steel replica 1858. I'm rather curious as to this product, how it works and holds up, etc.

Tried searching under all the keywords I could think of, no dice.

I'm pretty sure I have the details right as to what went on, but if I'm misrecalling a previous thread, please set me straight. Thanks,

-MV
 
There are a lot of post about aging your guns . Many of us have done it and one of the easiest methods is with Birchwood Cases Plum Brown. You will have to stip the blueing first and the easy way to do that is with Birchwood Cases Rust and Blue Remover. Just follow the instructions on both bottles and you will do fine.
Another method is rusting the metal and you can buy the stuff to do that from anyone who sells muzzle loader supplies.
Maybe Low Key will see this or Steve, they both just did there's recently and they really look great. I'm having problems with my picture program right now or I would post a pic of mine for you. Hope this helps, Mike

PS I don't know of anyone who antiqued a stainless but here is a link to Low key's 58 that he used plumb brown on. You can make it as dark brown as you want or make it looked well used like Low Key did here.
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=193268
 
Beartracker is exactly right in what he has told you. You can use the birchwood casey products and they do an excellent job. Just follow the instructions on the bottle. You can also read my thread "Brand new antique" on this forum and also on www.thefiringline.com in the blackpowder and cowboy action shooting forum that kind of explains the process I went through and has some pictures attached. Just for fun, heres a picture of my antiqued 58 Remington. :)

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Good Morning Low Key! It's 24 here and still some of the 3" of snow left from the day before yesterday. Going to 55 today:) Crazy weather!!
Going to work on my Colt taday and get this wedge problem straightened out. Have a good one at work and take care, Mike
 
Good morning to you Mike! You guys really got nailed on the snow over the weekend, it just missed us with only about an inch here. 45 degrees here and supposed to be sunny, I hope. Good luck getting that wedge fixed and hope you have a good day. :)
 
Looking at the thread, I realize that in the depths of my memory I had mistaken the "in the white" 1858 for stainless. That was the source of my confusion.

I've read the past threads about aging, but was trying to find a product that would work on "stainless" steel.

I take it the Birchwood Casey product is designed to be used on white (de-blued) metals, and would not be effective on stainless?

-MV
 
You made me think about that one so I checked Birchwood casey's website. It says that perma blue will not work on stainless, but it doesn't say anything about whether Plum Brown will or not. Here is a link to their ask an expert page where you could get a direct answer to your question.

http://www.birchwoodcasey.com/metal/ask.html

Hope that helps you out. At first I didn't notice where you said stainless finish, :eek:
 
Low Key, Did you happen to see a short little cop running around your place?? That Kevin doesn't post much anymore. I think he's pulling extra jobs again. Wonder what gun he is going to buy next?! :D
 
I haven't heard from him lately, as you said, he's probably pulling extra jobs for some extra cash. I'm sure he has something neat in mind to buy with all that OT money, lol!

Speaking of new guns, I got a nice bonus at work so I ordered a 5 1/2 in barrel Remington 44 from Cabela's. It should deliver this week and I'll post a thread after I give it the once over with the magnifying glass, lol!
 
Let us know how you like it. They sure are a neat looking gun. Reminds me of the old 45 revolvers.
 
Matthew,

Get a magnet off the refrigerator and see if it will stick to the stainless. If it will, it is not a non-magnetic stainless, will actually rust, and maybe the browning will work with it.

V
The bottles are only about 4 bucks, you could just try it and see.

Cheers,

George
 
Low Key- You'll love your 5 1/2" Remington, I'm sure. The day I bought mine from Cabela's, I installed an R&D conversion cylinder in it and it is a honey of a pistol!

John
 
My 51 is is done.

Here is my new 1851 Colt after antiqueing. My local hardware found a bottle of Browning made by CVA that was covered in dust. He had no idea how old it was he just gave it to me. Worked well and very fast. Took two coats to get it the way I wanted it and a little steel wool work.
Used white vinegar to strip the bluing and it worked as well as the Birchwood casey and just as fast.Total cost "0" My wife gave me the vinegar and I have lot's of steel wool. :)

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WOW! That really looks awesome. Have a question though...is the gun harder to clean,or maybe do you clean it differently? and do you have to "antique" it later on too? I would really like to try this sometime. I'm very impressed how personal you make these guns. Again...nice job;) ! Teresa
 
Tess, Rusting or browning was the way it was done back in the "Good Old Day's" :) They also used a method called Rust Blueing as well as many other methods. Rust bluing is a very long process and it would take about a week to do a revolver but it's my openion that it's the best bluing method used today and back then.
The rustng process can be done in many different ways and it really seals the metal pores and stop's the normal rusting process as long as you keep it lubed or oiled.
There is no need to do anything special to these antiqued revolvers that you wouldn't do to protect a modern blued gun.
Glad you like it! Mike


Thanks Low Key!
 
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