"Age-ing" a nickle magazine???

sheepherder · 10-10-2012, 04:07 PM

OK, it's been 48 hours since the C96 receiver/barrel was placed in the...solution...I took it out, washed it off in dish detergent & water, and this is how it looks...(First pic)...

Barrel took the...solution...quite well; a grayish-black color...The receiver didn't take the...solution...very well...I'm thinking about touching that up with cold blue ["44-40"]...

Again, it's not exactly what I was hoping for...But it's better than the bare steel...

A side-by-side comparison, before & after...(Second pic)...

Next step is to soak the 'tarnished' magazine, see if anything happens...

10-10-2012, 04:07 PM	#21
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	OK, it's been 48 hours since the C96 receiver/barrel was placed in the...solution...I took it out, washed it off in dish detergent & water, and this is how it looks...(First pic)... Barrel took the...solution...quite well; a grayish-black color...The receiver didn't take the...solution...very well...I'm thinking about touching that up with cold blue ["44-40"]... Again, it's not exactly what I was hoping for...But it's better than the bare steel... A side-by-side comparison, before & after...(Second pic)... Next step is to soak the 'tarnished' magazine, see if anything happens... Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...