[BILL]

If you are on a budget don't waste your time with the cold bluing solutions. They might get by for a little touch up but are totally inadequate for rebluing a pistol. The pistol is better left the way it is. The two types of bluing commonly seen are rust bluing and hot salt bluing. These are the only good options for rebluing. I would use touch up bluing (Perma-blue) possibly on a site blade but no where else (and I wouldn't even recommend that). Basically, cold bluing solutions really suck! I have never seen anyone happy with it. Rust bluing is something that can be mastered but, again, only if you can't afford to have it done by someone who knows what they are doing. You might want to try removing all traces of bluing and polishing the pistol 'in the white'..not a bad look on some pistols. If you are careful you can always have it professionally blued at some later date. I only offer my own opinion here but I don't think you will find a lot of support for cold blue solutions. Bill