My French grey…. I think

[tenngun]

Degrease then perma blue cream followed by blue and rust remover, navy jelly and 4-0 steel wool

 

[TDM]

I like it @tenngun ! That’s the same color I plan for my trade gun barrel in the next day or so. I’ll fall back on the Naval jelly if my first attempt isn’t satisfactory.

 

[TDM]

And @tenngun, when you have time, check out my stock color I did today. It’s in the smoothbore forum. The color was out of the box for me.

 

[tenngun]

Ok

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

That's a 5-step process and I believe I achieve the same color and maybe a more antiqued patina or more rustic looking 'tone' of the color by using 3-steps ... degrease - cold blue - rub back with ScotchBrite.

Just as an option ... for you did well, I do not mean to detract from that!

 

[tenngun]

No, that sounds good, never tried this before, everything is a learner

 

[MAC1967]

That looks great . . . I would have thought the navel jelly would have removed all the bluing. . . I've only blued and then cut it back with scotch bright pads, as mentioned here.

 

[tenngun]

That looks great . . . I would have thought the navel jelly would have removed all the bluing. . . I've only blued and then cut it back with scotch bright pads, as mentioned here.

Navy jelly will lighten brown or blue, but won’t remove it well. I thought it would leave it clean, no such luck.
I’ve tried it on plumb brown and cold brown. It’s a killer to get down to bare.

 

[TDM]

Agree, I used to recommend Naval Jelly for stripping blueing, but finally realized it was mainly changing the color. Which, fortunately, isn’t bad.