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moredes15 · November 4, 2007, 04:19 PM

I've read several pages of searches on different forums and can't find answers; I'd appreciate any help ya'll can give me.

1) I've read that I have to strip bluing off first before I begin the parkerizing process. Do they mean I have to chemically strip the bluing before bead blasting, or is bead-blasting sufficient?

2) Brownell's offers a gallon of "Post Treatment Solution" with their maganese parkerizing solution, but they don't offer the "Post Treatment" with their zinc parkerizing solution. ShooterSolutions.com offers a "Parkerizing Neutralizer". These offerings leave me with the general impression that some 'finishing process' is required after the parkerizing dip.

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=1110
http://www.shootersolutions.com/parneutdew.html
http://www.brownells.com/aspx/ns/sto...TE+PARKERIZING

I've read a couple posts where readers say they removed their parts from the parkerizing bath and immediately dipped them in (boiling) hot water and then applied WD-40. Did they skip the "Post Treatment Solution / Parkerizing Neutralizer" step I mentioned above, or is hot water & WD-40 an equally good substitute procedure?

3) I can't find instructions for mixing the parkerizing solutions. What other chemicals or additives are needed besides either the manganese or zinc parkerizing solution? What is the ratio I'll need to mix them? (I need to know this in order to figure out how much parkerizing solution to order)

Thank you very much.

November 4, 2007, 04:19 PM	#1
moredes15 Member Join Date: January 30, 2007 Posts: 45	Parkerizing questions I've read several pages of searches on different forums and can't find answers; I'd appreciate any help ya'll can give me. 1) I've read that I have to strip bluing off first before I begin the parkerizing process. Do they mean I have to chemically strip the bluing before bead blasting, or is bead-blasting sufficient? 2) Brownell's offers a gallon of "Post Treatment Solution" with their maganese parkerizing solution, but they don't offer the "Post Treatment" with their zinc parkerizing solution. ShooterSolutions.com offers a "Parkerizing Neutralizer". These offerings leave me with the general impression that some 'finishing process' is required after the parkerizing dip. http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=1110 http://www.shootersolutions.com/parneutdew.html http://www.brownells.com/aspx/ns/sto...TE+PARKERIZING I've read a couple posts where readers say they removed their parts from the parkerizing bath and immediately dipped them in (boiling) hot water and then applied WD-40. Did they skip the "Post Treatment Solution / Parkerizing Neutralizer" step I mentioned above, or is hot water & WD-40 an equally good substitute procedure? 3) I can't find instructions for mixing the parkerizing solutions. What other chemicals or additives are needed besides either the manganese or zinc parkerizing solution? What is the ratio I'll need to mix them? (I need to know this in order to figure out how much parkerizing solution to order) Thank you very much.