air rifle RE-blueing

[mloc]

does anyone know where i can get a re-blueing product for my brothers air rifle. he left it in his shed and it got rusty :C so he took some wire wool to it and it's all shiney :rolleyes: and he now wants to take it out for some pest control but as you can imagine a shiney gun is no good for vermin. it's not an expensive gun (not worth sending it to a pro)so a home method is prefered TIA

[narsil]

Not excatly blueing but what about a mustard patina? It will take the shine off and give a degree of protection from corrosion.

[Andy]

could you just coat it in engineers blue, it may be shiny and it doesn't penitrate as far as gun blueing but you could paint it afterwards.
I've got a mate in the same possition

[Basemetal]

Time for a camo paint spray job?

[rapidboy]

The chemical kit's are not great so it really needs to be hot blued.
I had a barrel blued a while back by a guy from the Airgun forum.
He charged about £25 and it's not great.
It wasn't left in long enough to heat properly so it's a nice deep blue at each end and a plum colour in the middle.
A lot of peopel think it's a custom paint job but it's actually just badly done :rolleyes: .
If it's not an expensive gun then give it a coat of matt black spray paint.
A lot of gun's are coming with a matt finishthese day's (for hunting it's better than a shiny blue) and it's surprising just how good they can look when sprayed it you prep them right and take your time.
I did a badly marked rapid barrel a few years ago and it lasted very well.
Blueing does not actually offer the metal any protection ,it's only a finish.

rb

[cammoman]

Try this linkhttp://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/Store/Search.aspx
But i think you could have problems importing it.

[rapidboy]

Brownells have an amazing selection of products but they charge an arm and a leg to export.
I got a replacement forsight for a S&W revolver last year.
It cost about $5.00 and by the time it got here had cost me about £20.00.
They also wont ship chemicals.

rb

[ZDP-189]

Last night, I ordered some coatings from Kal Guard (link (http://www.kgcoatings.com/chart.html)). These finishes are designed for firearms, so I guess they'd be ideal for your needs.

For knifemaking, the guy I spoke to (Joe) recommended a K-Phos parkerizing finish covered in a protective coloured Kal Guard overcoat which is sprayed on. I'll be using a high-tech flat black ceramic overcoat (CF1601). Other finishes worth noting for military-style knives are 2402 OD Green, and 2403 Gray, as used by CRK on the Sebenza.

http://www.kgcoatings.com/images/firearm-coating-color-examp.jpg

KG also do blued finishes, but these are coatings, not a chemical etch. Joe recommended Brownells for gun bluing salts, but I have tried to deal with them before and Brownells are notorious for not shipping overseas.

You might also check out this link from Dan Gray's webpage: http://www.knivesby.com/blueingsalts.html

[Mr_Yarrow]

Z,

I thought they were nail varnish swatches at first, nice range.

Rgds