De-blueing

[tdmoparguy]

What is the easiest way to de-blue a gun? I have heard vinegar works good. How about removing color case hardening?

[Fingers McGee]

Don't know about CCH (or the imitation painted on faux CCH); but, vinegar works well in removing bluing.

[the rifleer]

use bluing remover, available at a gun shop near you.

[Hawg Haggen]

Cat pee works really good and really fast. Don't ask me how I know.:eek: Yes the cat lived a long life afterward and died a natural death many years later.

[teeroux]

use bluing remover, available at a gun shop near you

I have seen it at Wal-Mart also

[mykeal]

Cat pee works really good and really fast.
I have this image of HH holding a cat over a gun and squeezing it. The cat, not the gun.:eek::eek:
Here, kitty, kitty. Nice kitty. Why won't you come see the nice Mr. Hawg?

[madcratebuilder]

Cat pee works really good and really fast. Don't ask me how I know. Yes the cat lived a long life afterward and died a natural death many years later.

Hawg, didn't mean to laugh at your misfortune, but this is pretty funny to me. I can identify to it as I raise cats for my livelihood.

I have this image of HH holding a cat over a gun and squeezing it. The cat, not the gun.
Here, kitty, kitty. Nice kitty. Why won't you come see the nice Mr. Hawg?

A 'how to' on youtube!:D:D:D

[a7mmnut]

Buy a bottle of plain old Naval Jelly at your hardware store. Let it sit for about 30 minutes, then wash with hot water and wipe clean. Take warning: It will remove absolutely EVERYTHING--all the way to the "white" if left long enough.


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[Pahoo]

a7mmnut + 1

You really have to be careful with this stuff as it might get into places that you did not want. It's very efficent.

Be Safe !!!

[tdmoparguy]

Thanks for all the info. I dont reckon I'll be using the cat pee method anytime soon. What can you put on the gun after you strip it to keep it from rusting?

[Tom2]

I had an old Colt that someone had gone nuts and removed all the patina and used cold blue on it. Well, it was cheap. I got some blue remover commercial stuff for guns. It sure took off the cold blue but left the surface dull and ugly looking. So I was back to polishing up the metal enough to make it look normal. It was a relic gun so then it looked bare metal and pitted as it was originally. Minus the patina. It looked better than the cold blue though. Was more presentable looking anyway. I did not polish too much to make it shine like a new nickel or anything, just take off the ugly gray dull look that the stripper gave it. Best comprimise.

[Model-P]

Hydrocloric acid (aka Muriatic) is what we used at the plating shop to strip oxides such as bluing.

[Jim Watson]

Once you have the blue off, it is bare carbon steel and will rust at the slightest provocation. I guess you could keep it coated with whatever brand of oil got the most votes in the last Internet Gun Oil Versus Motor Oil Debate. USFA once made the China Camp model in bare steel, and the few I saw in actual use were darkening as the surface oxidized. No ugly red rust, the owners took good care of them, but could not avoid just a dark cast of color where they were handled enough to rub the oil off.

[wap41]

limeaway works great.Get it at any grocery store and not expensive

[K.A.T.]

Just soak it in plain household vinegar, it will work fine, take off the CC also.

[jcowan]

I used the vinegar method on my pietta, it worked great. I used a very light sanding to take off the cch which comes off very easily, only a few passes. Someone else had recommended steel wool and I will try that next time. I also sanded the grips so it looks worn. I really like the look now. It has not rusted at all, I sprayed it with Pam olive oil spray and it allways looks great.

[bugnut]

Birchwood Casey blue remover works very well, but smells terrible. I used
Barricade to keep the part form rusting until I was able to clean and re-blue.