Re-blue pen

[colorado_handgunner]

I have a marlin 795 that had a large scrape on the dovetail as the result of a poorly designed rail mount. So I applied Re-blue from a birchwood casey Re-blue pen. However, instead of re-blueing, the atea now has a rusty color to it.

Does the re-blueing pen cause rust or is this just a less than ideal color result? Thanks.

 

[rcmodel]

Bluing is rust.
A form of iron oxide called magnetite which is black (Fe3O4).
Rust is also iron oxide, except it is red iron oxide (Fe2O3).

Depending on the steel, it can come out slightly red, plum, or actually sometimes blue or black if you are lucky.

Degrease with a cotton ball and rubbing alcohol, and keep trying.

It my have just had old oil or grease the pin picked up, which blocked the formation of black magnetite.

rc

 

[Certaindeaf]

Never used the pen but Q-tips and cold blue. Try another coat or so and or oil it after touching it up. good luck

 

[Akita1]

Never used the pen but Q-tips and cold blue. Try another coat or so and or oil it after touching it up. good luck

+1 on that; used a pen once on a barrel scratch and it worked fine, but had to reapply several times. I more consistently use cold blue.

 

[bikerdoc]

Beat me to it R C.

 

[Hurryin' Hoosier]

Read the instructions. You have to "seal" it with oil after bluing.

 

[colorado_handgunner]

Bluing is rust.
A form of iron oxide called magnetite which is black (Fe3O4).
Rust is also iron oxide, except it is red iron oxide (Fe2O3).

Depending on the steel, it can come out slightly red, plum, or actually sometimes blue or black if you are lucky.

Degrease with a cotton ball and rubbing alcohol, and keep trying.

It my have just had old oil or grease the pin picked up, which blocked the formation of black magnetite.

rc

Thanks rc. Greatly appreciated.

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[hang fire]

Read the instructions. You have to "seal" it with oil after bluing.

And first kill the process with water, then as you stated, dry and oil well.

 

[Jim K]

For minor scratches, some folks have used plain old magic marker (not the "dry erase" kind) with fair results.

Jim