browning a barrel

[Meat Hawg]

I hope this is the right place to ask this question. I was curious if someone would tell me the best way to put the brown finish on a barrel? The barrel is blue now but I want to refinish the whole gun with a aged look.

 

[fleener]

is the barrel a modern blue? Viniger can take off a modern bluing job, as can sand paper.

I use waukon bay browing agent. follow the instruction on what ever you use.

If you think you will only do one barrel, steel wool can be used to card the barrel between applications. If you think you will do more in the future, spend the money and get a carding wheel from brownells, very much worth the money.

make sure the barrel is free from any oils, use rubbing alchol to remove oils and greese, also clean the oil from the steel wool.

It will take severall applications, just depends on the barrel, how much mosture is in the air and the product you use.

When I am do, I take baking soda and mix with water to make a paste, and rub the barrel down with that. Helps kill the acid. I also heat up the barrel and rub bees wax all over the outside of the barrel, to help seal up the pores and protect the barrel.

fleener

 

[ozarkcherrybow]

I just finished browning mine. This was my first time, but this is what I learned.... Strip down the gun,You will first need to remove the blue from all parts that you want brown. (I did this with the liquid blue remove stuff). Make sure you get it all, then use a cleaner/degreaser to get it really clean. (then don't touch it with bare hands, use cotton gloves!)
I purchased birchwood casy's Plum Brown. I used two vises to support the barrel, using a brass punch inserted in the muzzle and a pipe fitting to slip the breech plug into on the other end. Using a torch, heat small sections(about 6" and about 2 flats) at a time. Drop a little water on the heated section, if the water sizzles it is the right temp to apply your brown. (275 degrees is the temp your after). When you have gone through the whole barrel, rinse it off real good. I had to repeat the process several times to get the dark brown that I wanted. Next time I do one, I will clean and degrease between each coat and wear cotton gloves. (I wound up with some finger prints on mine using latex gloves).
I have heard that there are a lot of way to brown, but that is the way I tried and it came out pretty nice......Terry

 

[David W.]

I just finished browning mine. This was my first time, but this is what I learned.... Strip down the gun,You will first need to remove the blue from all parts that you want brown. (I did this with the liquid blue remove stuff). Make sure you get it all, then use a cleaner/degreaser to get it really clean. (then don't touch it with bare hands, use cotton gloves!)
I purchased birchwood casy's Plum Brown. I used two vises to support the barrel, using a brass punch inserted in the muzzle and a pipe fitting to slip the breech plug into on the other end. Using a torch, heat small sections(about 6" and about 2 flats) at a time. Drop a little water on the heated section, if the water sizzles it is the right temp to apply your brown. (275 degrees is the temp your after). When you have gone through the whole barrel, rinse it off real good. I had to repeat the process several times to get the dark brown that I wanted. Next time I do one, I will clean and degrease between each coat and wear cotton gloves. (I wound up with some finger prints on mine using latex gloves).
I have heard that there are a lot of way to brown, but that is the way I tried and it came out pretty nice......Terry

It's hard to improve on that instruction. I usually apply about 8 to 10 coats minimum to get the dark color I want.

 

[Rogue River]

At the top of this forum there are "LMF Browning Instuctions". :v

 

[Little Wattsy]

At the top of this forum there are "LMF Browning Instuctions". :v

I have found the LMF to be the easiest to use and get great results....For what its worth. :thumbsup: