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Unread 07-12-2012, 02:58 PM   #1
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What is sodium nitrate for. You going to do slow rust bluing?
I read the sticky for rust bluing and it is recommended to mix in sodium nitrate to give it more of a blue black finish then the brown black finish the rust bluing formula by itself makes. All I know is I want my Luger to have the same finish as the ones pictured in the sticky!
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I read the sticky for rust bluing and it is recommended to mix in sodium nitrate to give it more of a blue black finish then the brown black finish the rust bluing formula by itself makes. All I know is I want my Luger to have the same finish as the ones pictured in the sticky!

Ah, I see. But formula is fun, it lists
Hydrogen Chloride 2X ? I am confused HCL is gas.
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