Can you blue Stainless or brite steel?

[Pittsburghunter]

I am in the proccess of camoing a cheap inline that has a bolt , bolt handle and breech plug that shine like a lightbulb and I want to darken and dull them without any paint or anything else that will hurt their purpose.

I would also like to know if any of you have had luck with camo paint on a barrel. I have been using KRYLON and they list 125degf as a maximum is this good enough?

I know I am horrifying some of you but this is the same rifle that's barrel fell to the ground when my wooden vise broke and I don't think painting it will hurt it's value lol.

 

[RMillet]

Hey it's an inline, you're not going to make it any uglier by painting it. :winking: In fact :imo: painting it so nobody can see it is probably for the best. ::

Seriously though I doubt you're going to put enough shots through it fast enough to get the barrel up to 125 degrees. It's still a frontstuffer after all. I'm afraid I can't answer your bolt question though, I don't have any stainless guns.

Dick

 

[BS]

Bead or sandblast the bolt handle, that will kill the shine nicely, or just get some hi temp BBQ flat black paint.

You can get stainless "blued", but probably not worth the price.

 

[Zonie]

You can try Birchwood Casey Blueing, but I dont think it will work. The most you will be out is about $6, and you may find a use for it on other projects.

Yes, I think the barrel might get hotter than 125 degrees if you left it out in the sun. It gets over 150 degrees inside a closed car here in Phoenix in the summertime.

I find it hard to believe that Krylon or similar paints are not suited for temperatures up to 150 or so.
We have a lot of kids wagons and bicycles and outdoor patio furniture here in Arizona and the paint doesn't fall off of them. ::

As for Camo paint on an In-Line, I think you are just making it look like a lot of other In-Lines. Sure can't hurt the value and it will probably look better than my Savage O/U turkey gun did when I put brown and green tape all over the barrel. :crackup: :crackup:
Of course, the tape came off when I wanted to sell it so people wouldn't point and laugh at me. ::

 

[bezoar]

My inlines metal is dull and non reflective from the factory. almost lost it a few times in my blind...
This could be a good chance to test your abilities at blueing a gun, or you could experiment with the various vinegar finishes, etc.

 

[Pittsburghunter]

I am serious about this not only as an experiment but when this rifle is done I am giving it to my youngest son for his birthday that is right around the first day of m/l season here in NH. Thanks to Cayugad and a couple other guys this gun is shooting almost as well as my $400 guns and now it needs to look good also. It already looks great but I want it to look better that is why I was asking for the advice. To the people who have given me advice I will add this...

I do have BC bluing on hand and if others say it it will work I will try it.( if it doesn't work I haven't lost anything)

I do notice guns get hot in the sun but if you paint them that will reflect the sun right? I was worried about the rounds themselves getting the barrel to hot. If this is not the case then I will paint away.

It is actually looking real good already and I will email a pic to anyone who will post it because I always have trouble doing that.

 

[Hoyt]

I've painted a bunch of my rifles and handguns with regular Walmart $2 flat color paint.
I just go out in the yd. and break off a few different shaped leaves off the trees and bushes and use for templates. This gun is SS and I just did the barrel. It's a modern rifle so those that don't want to look don't click on THIS

 

[Gordon Horn]

Hoyt, you did a good job on that rifle. It looks just fine to me. However, I'm a little concerned about the dead body you have wrapped up and lashed to your bumper carrier. :crackup: :crackup:

 

[TANSTAAFL]

I am in the proccess of camoing a cheap inline that has a bolt , bolt handle and breech plug that shine like a lightbulb and I want to darken and dull them without any paint or anything else that will hurt their purpose.

I would also like to know if any of you have had luck with camo paint on a barrel. I have been using KRYLON and they list 125degf as a maximum is this good enough?

I know I am horrifying some of you but this is the same rifle that's barrel fell to the ground when my wooden vise broke and I don't think painting it will hurt it's value lol.

I think Wally World sells automotive engine paint rated at around 1500 degrees F.

 

[jh45gun]

You can try Birchwood Casey Blueing, but I dont think it will work. The most you will be out is about $6, and you may find a use for it on other projects.

I Use BC Blueing a lot the superblue kind and and I agree with Zonie I really doubt that it will blue SS. Jim

 

[silverfox]

OK. On the paint from the spray can go ahead and use it you won't get it hot enough to melt. The (WARNING) on the can is because of the pressure build up in the can can cause it to rupture if overheated. This doesn't mean the paint won't stand much higher temperatures. But a warm can will make the paint spray smoother with a much evener coat just not to hot. Sounds like a good rifle for your son to get started with. I watch a few VHS and DVD's on hunting and the first thing I noticed was the stainless barrels even before you can see the hunters when they are walking around.
Fox :thumbsup: