Removing dip blue

Thor · 11-02-2002, 09:02 AM

Saxman, I think they are talking about COLD dip bluing , NOT HOT Caustic salt bluing (also dipped). The cold version is removable with oil in steel wool and most of the time the idea is to take the top cold blue off with the hope that the remaining blue is the orginal bluing. Some of the recent imports were cold dipped blued right over the existing finish. Orv Reichert of the P.38 forum has talked about this procedure many times but it is limited to the cold blued guns. I have never tried it myself, I take the entire blue off chemically when I rework a firearm.

11-02-2002, 09:02 AM	#5
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 971 Times in 277 Posts	Saxman, I think they are talking about COLD dip bluing , NOT HOT Caustic salt bluing (also dipped). The cold version is removable with oil in steel wool and most of the time the idea is to take the top cold blue off with the hope that the remaining blue is the orginal bluing. Some of the recent imports were cold dipped blued right over the existing finish. Orv Reichert of the P.38 forum has talked about this procedure many times but it is limited to the cold blued guns. I have never tried it myself, I take the entire blue off chemically when I rework a firearm. __________________ Thor's Luger Clinic http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/ Ted Green (Thor Yaller Boots) 725 Western Hills Dr SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 915-526-8925 Email thor340@aol.com ----------------------------------- John3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."