[TheForge] preserving heat colors

[Dan Tull]

Hope that wasn't color case hardening?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Frost" <frosty at customcpu.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] preserving heat colors


> Years ago I had a .44 Mag pistol with a flame patina; temper colors. I had 
> it for years, wore it in all kinds of weather, oiled it and generally 
> treated it like a pistol in daily use should be treated.
>
> The patina remained unchanged for the ten plus years I carried it. They 
> seemed to know how to preserve a heat patina.
>
> Frosty
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