[TheForge] Gun bluing & browning (book)

[Andrew Vida]

You have the book?  I thought it was the one volume that made its way to 
WV by accident...  Or maybe that was your book of axes.  Damn these 
brain cells.

Bruce Freeman wrote:
> I have a book by the title above.  I've glanced through it but never
> had occasion to really delve into it.
> 
> I'm retired now, and if someone is interested in going to the trouble
> to try some of what it recommends, I'd happily assist as an "advisor"
> -- namely, owner of the book, owner of a scanner, and a chemist by
> profession.  (I'm not a toxicologist, but can probably give you
> adequate warning if you're likely to be poisoning yourself -- and how
> to avoid doing so.)
> 
> I suspect that do-it-yourself gun bluing or browning could be much
> cheaper than buying commercial products.  The catch is time and
> energy.  Accordingly, this approach is not for everybody.
> 
> I'd be interested in the outcome -- maybe you could post before and
> after photos of your experiments.  (I would not suggest trying
> formulations on expensive objects until you are quite confident of
> them.)
> 
> Anyone interested?
>