[TheForge]Bluing, was gun metal care question]

[Darrell]

Darrell

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Subject: [Fwd: Re: [TheForge]Bluing, was gun metal care question]


> Darrell wrote:
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> >"Rust Bluing" try Birchwood Casey Plum Brown. It is what we use on muzzle
> >loaders.

> Would you mind describing the look of this patina/finish?

It is a brown with just a hint of red and it can be done cold but is a lot
faster if heated in an oven to a couple hundred degrees. Not hot enough to
affect temper.

> Is plum brown a cold process?
>  Thanks.
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> Regards,
> Bill Woolley
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