rust blue/carding

[T*O*F]

Anybody try using this Brownell's rust bluing

Not yet, but I bought a bottle with my last order.

This is a lot of fooling around.  If you have only one tank for boiling, I would suggest using Brownells Dicropan IM.  You'll be done in an hour with a hot rust blue.

[awol]

When you use a wire wheel for carding, are the sights installed?

[Dphariss]

HiDaveRaze!
  That's a great colour on your barrel. I'm curious about durability of this finish? Is it tough,resist rust etc...?
  Missed you at Heffley this year. Lots of fun as usual!

Rust blue is very hard and very wear resistant.
Nothing else even comes close.

Dan

[Dphariss]

When you use a wire wheel for carding, are the sights installed?

No.
Rusting a barrel with the sights installed usually makes the sight a permanent part of the barrel. Not to mention making an oil trap that defies easy degreasing.

Dan

[Artificer]

When you all talk about boiling the barrel, is the water at 212 degrees or more as in a roiling boil or is the temperature less than that? 

Thanks,  Gus

[T*O*F]

When you all talk about boiling the barrel, is the water at 212 degrees or more as in a roiling boil or is the temperature less than that?

Gus,
If it's less than 212, it's not boiling.  If it's higher than 212, the water is gone and yer just cookin' the container.

[Benedict]

Where I live in Montana the boiling point of water is much lower than 212.  Does that make a difference in bluing?

Bruce

[Rolf]

I did a bit of experimenting before I rust blued my first barrel. To me , it seem that the ironed turned black after 10 minutes in water close to 212F, but it had to be boiled for 30 minutes to convert all the red rust to black rust. It did not matter if you carded first and boiled or if you boiled first and carded afterwords.
Here's the link to the post.

http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=9755.msg92094#msg92094

Best regards
Rolfkt