Traditions Liquid Blue

[Gvilleddie]

I’m trying to decide what to use to blue a Traditions Woodsman barrel. What’s the verdict on the Traditions Liquid Blue?

 

[Gvilleddie]

Sorry, I must not have asked my question clearly. Has anyone used the Traditions Liquid Blue?

 

[deermanok]

I only ever used Birchwood Casey brand bluing. The Traditions bluing should work ok. Prepping the metal is the most important step.

 

[kansas_volunteer]

Never used Traditions, but have used a lot of Brownell oxpho gel. It's what I advise everyone to use. It hasn't disappointed me yet.

 

[Gvilleddie]

Thanks for the input. I think I’m going to explore rust bluing.

 

[necchi]

"Instant Blue" solutions are available from many different suppliers under many different brand names. Those of us that know call it a "copper blue". They are all basically the same kind of copper sulfate solution that reacts with iron to turn the surface of an iron content metal a blueish color. They work well to color iron metal, but only last weeks or months, depending on use.
It's a trick used by unscrupulous sellers, it doesn't last long, but it look's good.
All ya have to do is "sniff" the barrel,, if it smells like copper or a handful of pennies,,you can bet it's a cover-up.

 

[Gvilleddie]

Thx, I think I’ll avoid the instant blues.

 

[bubba.50]

Oxpho-Blue used to be good and it was durable. Then they decided to "improve" it & now it's no better than the others.