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Unread 12-17-2010, 03:15 PM   #13
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The plum color is usally the result of the bluing salt bath being too cool for the process... like at the end of the run, after many parts have been put in the bath and the fluid has been cooled off slightly... I had a P-38 slide like that once...
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