I know I was reading about a guy who liked this method best! Is this the best way to go to age a weapon, or the Birchwood Casey stuff??
Anybody chime in on this one??
Anybody chime in on this one??
Salt Water Method Of Rusting A Gun
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Different salts give different types and grains of rust. Straight salt gives a red rust and grains are somewhat coarse. But it could have been commonly used by any backwoodsman needing to darken his gun in the field. All results with the cold rust methods depend a great deal on the humidity, how long you leave it on, how aggressively you card it off, and how many applications you use.
Backwoods alternatives: urine works as well as salt and you get to use the handy applicator too. Vinegar will darken bright steel, as will most fruit that is acid, from green apples to tomatoes. Just slice and rub. Mustard works well to darken the metal and stays put while it works. Then you've got cow manure soaked in cow urine- also makes a nice plaster. A little more aggressive but not as much as chicken droppings. I draw the line there. :shake:
Backwoods alternatives: urine works as well as salt and you get to use the handy applicator too. Vinegar will darken bright steel, as will most fruit that is acid, from green apples to tomatoes. Just slice and rub. Mustard works well to darken the metal and stays put while it works. Then you've got cow manure soaked in cow urine- also makes a nice plaster. A little more aggressive but not as much as chicken droppings. I draw the line there. :shake:
What about sea water??
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Are you aging the gun or browning the gun?
Coating the metal with a brown color and adding a pitina are diferent operations, although one can lead into the other.
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Coating the metal with a brown color and adding a pitina are diferent operations, although one can lead into the other.
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I would like to age the gun, and am not sure the exact way to go? I have an old cva frontier rifle, that has not been blued or anything.
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Anybody hear of aging steel in Chlorox? I friend of mine soaked his barrel in a tub of Chlorox and I have to say, it looked old and pitted. I've also seen steel parts aged in a bucket of used battery acid.......
I would use caution with either of these methods. Both are toxic.
I would use caution with either of these methods. Both are toxic.
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Laurel Mt. brown, 2 coats a day for 3 or 4 days, in a closed box of some kind containing a pan of water for humidity. Do not card between coats. Wet sand with 180 grit until you start seeing metal, then switch to 220 grit. Coat it well with baking soda to kill the action of the browning.
Be sure to protect the bore.
Be sure to protect the bore.
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Want to be real PC?? Try urinating on it. I have heard of this being done.
That's an especially satisfying treatment for in-lines.
