Metal Finish For Rust Bluing
How polished should the metal be before starting the bluing?
What grit of sand paper do I use?
Thanks. Leonard.
What grit of sand paper do I use?
Thanks. Leonard.
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You use sandpaper only to smooth out nicks etc. You have to wheel polish with compounds before you reblue. The gun should look like a mirror before bluing. If you want the cheap way out bead blast it and blue it and it will come out a rough matte blue but it will be that way all over. It will look sorta like a parkerized gun only blue 0 -
It depends on how bright you want it to look after blueing. We have used 400-800 grit on guns. If you sand flats, use a flat piece of metal under the sandpaper. If you buff, you stand to round out the lettering if buffed too hard. Woodcrafters Supply has very fine grit sandpaper. 0 -
The rust bluing process "frosts" the metal. I would think 600 grit would be entirely adequate. 0 -
"I would think 600 grit would be entirely adequate.".......actualy this would be too much for rust bluing, 400 would be more than enough 0
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