Refinishing for beginners
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Yes, YouTube is your friend. Its probably a Mossburg made for Wards. Is it a Westernfield?
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wilcam47
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- Feb 4, 2013
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MANY ways to refinish.
I would say hot bluing is out for home use due to he amount of equipment needed.
But you could home Parkerize. Rust Bluing is possible and was used on a lot of high end shotguns.
Or Duracoat (and others) have spray on finishes that look like bluing or Parkerizing. Or you can do it just about any color you can think of.
I would say hot bluing is out for home use due to he amount of equipment needed.
But you could home Parkerize. Rust Bluing is possible and was used on a lot of high end shotguns.
Or Duracoat (and others) have spray on finishes that look like bluing or Parkerizing. Or you can do it just about any color you can think of.
Buster Brown
Active Member
I'd look into rust bluing. It's time consuming but cheap to do and looks really good when done. Manufacturers rust blued guns before hot blue was a thing. Look at some old sxs shotguns to get and idea of how it looks.
JimB
Active Member
Rust blue is the way to go
GunBum
Active Member
Rust blue is easy to do, but also easy to screw up. It is very time consuming. I’ve done it several ways and the fastest takes a full day from sun up to sun down not including metal prep.
GunBum
Active Member
I did the bluing on the French Gras that I rebuilt in .45-70 using rust blue.
Finished pictures are on page 3 of this thread:
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=250426
Finished pictures are on page 3 of this thread:
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=250426
UPSguy
WWII enthusiast
If you are financially able. Invest in hot blueing setup.
Cold blue has various methods of heating/scrubbing in vs wiping ect..
harder to get dark dark dark cold blue.
DO NOT go to walmart and buy birchwood casey anything! I’ve refinished multiple guns with every cold blue out there. By far hands down best and darkest blue is OXPHO BLUE. Get a tube online.
Do not take sandpaper to wood.. ever. Deep clean with alcohol and 4 ought steel wool and wipe dirt and debris out of wood. Let dry and you can hand rub some tung/linseed oil or anything else to help preserve what is there.
Oh yeah, use wet rag and iron to steam out wood dents only if there is no oiled finish on wood or varnish
Cold blue has various methods of heating/scrubbing in vs wiping ect..
harder to get dark dark dark cold blue.
DO NOT go to walmart and buy birchwood casey anything! I’ve refinished multiple guns with every cold blue out there. By far hands down best and darkest blue is OXPHO BLUE. Get a tube online.
Do not take sandpaper to wood.. ever. Deep clean with alcohol and 4 ought steel wool and wipe dirt and debris out of wood. Let dry and you can hand rub some tung/linseed oil or anything else to help preserve what is there.
Oh yeah, use wet rag and iron to steam out wood dents only if there is no oiled finish on wood or varnish
Biggfoot44
Ultimate Member
- Aug 2, 2009
- 33,173
I'll call your Oxpho Blue , and raise you Brownell T-4 .
Yes , Yes , Oxpho is their most-est , durable- est cold blue . But in side by side tests I've done , T-4 has better , more even Color , and is only a hair less durable .
Yes , Yes , Oxpho is their most-est , durable- est cold blue . But in side by side tests I've done , T-4 has better , more even Color , and is only a hair less durable .
Biggfoot44
Ultimate Member
- Aug 2, 2009
- 33,173
For the OP :
Pics of the gun please . We need to get a handle on the current condition , to pontificate what needs doing , and suggest ways to do it .
Pics of the gun please . We need to get a handle on the current condition , to pontificate what needs doing , and suggest ways to do it .
GunBum
Active Member
I’ll see your oxpho, T-4, and any other cold blue you can muster and raise you a slow rust blue job.
Squaregrouper
Kragaphile
Per your introduction post...
Write more posts like this and you'll be our best friend in no time. Hell, I'm now wondering what you want to put in the classifieds.
UPSguy
WWII enthusiast
Hey I appreciate it. Just trying to lend a hand if i can. I’m sure there are alot better gunsmiths than me on here by far. I have just tinkered around. Try, fail, repeat = best experience i think.
Doco Overboard
Ultimate Member
I would just leave that one alone if it were mine.
And find another to work on for a project.
If I chose to refinish the metal and wanted to find an easy do it yourself project Mark Lee Express blue/ brown would do the trick.
And find another to work on for a project.
If I chose to refinish the metal and wanted to find an easy do it yourself project Mark Lee Express blue/ brown would do the trick.
GunBum
Active Member
It’s yours so you can ruin it if you want, but refinishing that will cut the value.
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