Slow rust bluing

[metalshaper]

Here's My first attempt!



Work in a lab, so I made my own version of the old Whakon Bay bluing solution. < gun friendly bosses! > treated the metal in my shop applying the solution and carding the rust for a few days.. made up a boil tank from a piece of AC/Heating duct panel..and used a coleman camp stove on my front porch..

brought water to a boil and laid the parts in.. boiled them 5+ minutes and fished them out to 'wet card' the black fuzz off them then stuck them back in to reboil for another 10 minutes.. Out of the tank, dried em' off and sprayed with WD 40.. let that set for 30 minutes then re-oiled them with 20 wt engine oil,, cuz well it was on hand let the parts sit overnight then used some brown paper hand towel material to rub n buff the parts..

put it all together and wiped her down like a regular cleaning??

Oh I plugged the bore n stuff while rusting but not when doing the boiling.. No after rusting occurred..

Respect Always
Metalshaper/Jonathan

ps, the frame, on this Home Shop underhammer is heat blued!

 

[tark]

Best "Cabinet" I ever found is your bathroom with the tub full of hot water. Use a meter to watch humidity levels, don't go overboard.