Removing bluing from barrel

[Pasquinel]

I'm reconditioning my Lyman GPR. Stock on order superior grade curly maple. how do i remove bluing/blueing from barrel and other metal parts as i want to brown these items??

 

[necchi]

Naval Jelly,
http://www.loctiteproducts.com/products/detail.asp?catid=13&subid=47&plid=169

It's Phosphoric acid,,commonly available at hardware stores,,always works great for me. After all bluing is just rust anyways.

Rubber gloves, daub it on, wait just a few minutes, then I rub it with steel wool to be sure of an even application and rinse with plenty of water.
I'm carefull to have good ventilation cuase it's a bit stinky and always keep the stuff away from steel sinks. This is an outside garden hose or laundry sink job.

 

[Stophel]

Blood will quite readily remove blueing...though you might not want to go that route.

 

[strask]

I used Birchwood casey bluing remover. Probably is some variant of naval jelly but it works really well.

 

[cal.43]

vinegar will do the job, just a wet cloth with vinegar warped around the barrel

 

[Birddog6]

Blood will quite readily remove blueing...though you might not want to go that route.

:rotf: Well that is cheap enough !! :rotf: You just bleed yourself out ? half a pint or so :hmm: :shocked2: and apply evenly on the barrel & leave it for how long ?