Cold Blue with Oxpho Cold Buying technique for beautiful Cold Blueing .Brownells has Oxpho Cold Bluing paste and liquid. Here's a link to help keep my fun Bullshit free Reviews Coming. www.paypal.me/JoeWayneRhea
I’ve completed Oxpho blued a couple firearms. The finish turns out better than most factory finishes. I soak my rusty metal parts in vinegar for a couple hours to remove all the rust and bluing. Then I rub it with an SOS pad and soak in vinegar again for an hour or two. I then wash the metal off in water to neutralize the acid from the vinegar. I then file and sand the metal till all the pitting is gone before I blue. I use a gear gun to warm up my metal. I’ll actually re wet my bluing with Oxpho blue after I applied a coat and let it dry the first time around and then lightly buff it with oooo steel wool. It perfectly evens out the finish. Good stuff!
I had a slightly pitted army 1911 with 99% of the bluing gone, I got it cheap because the finish was so bad. This technique really works and the gun still looks vintage but now evenly colored and it did not mar the colt markings, they are still crisp.
I’m currently rebuilding/repairing an old shotgun and I was going to do an entire overhaul with a shortened barrel/stock and I really wanted to reblue the metal because it is pretty dang worn. Thanks for your video, seems pretty simple! Love your sense of humor too!
Excellent video. Loved the epilog! I took your advice EXACTLY about the kitchen and doing as I want. When I get used to it again, I really think I won't mind being single again all that much...
Perfect video. Informative, easy to understand and the ending was award winning. Obviously your wife has patience AND a sense of humor. What I would worry most about is her reflexes. She seems pretty quick so keep your guard up
I like the Birchwood/Casey bluing chemicals. They have the bluing and rust remover that works really well and quickly. Rinse, degrease, and start rubbing on the bluing.
Awesome, thanks for showing all the steps. My son has a lever action 410 that I purchased for him years ago and it has developed some rust spots. I'll share this video with him and maybe we can have a father son project. Thanks love all your vids.
Great video. This will really shorten my learning curve. Looks like a very predictable, manageable and easy process the way you laid it out. The ending was perfect - you have learned what it took me a while to - happy wife happy life! Earned a sub.
Cyclops, I've gotten into cap and ball revolvers and I need to refinish a couple of parts. So, I came back and watched your video again. Gold, I say. Pure Gold.
I watched this video a while back and then proceeded to reblue two rifles and a shotgun. I was absolutely amazed at the results. I tried cold bluing in the past but I was absolutely doing it all wrong. This method worked times three. My brother was excited to get his firearms back. Originally, he gave them to me to have reblued by a gunsmith. I reblued another .22 Rifle that belongs to my son's friend. It turned out so well, that I felt confident enough to reblue my brother's 870 and JC Higgins Model 30, both of which had accumulated surface rust while in the safe. Everything turned out way better than I had hoped. Great video and great instruction.
I just ordered both of the Brownells Oxpho blue... Thanks for the tutorial, I'm gonna give this a try... Seems easy enough to make an old Stevens presentable again!!
Wow Joe! Thanks for the “How To” video. I have an old Sako Finnbear and a Browning 22LR that I have been wanting to re blue for quite some time. I think I’ll get them out and give it another try using your method.... but I may need to run to the ATM before I make a big mess in the kitchen! Lol!
Joe is a Master for sure...but needs a little shop. Nothing personal, but we have a gunsmith in the Village and I like dropping off a piece and picking up a beautiful gun...It's cheap. In the years ahead, gun laws will make old unregistered guns worth BooCoo Bucks. My collection will be passed down and they will not be sold...You cannot hunt or defend your people with a handfull of money!
You said corse metal sandpaper cloth. I learned from my Papi it’s called “Clovis Cloth.” That’s some old school gunsmithin knowledge for everyone. Thank you for the video.
You had me laughing out loud with the ending. You are my "learn about scopes" channel and I look forward to your vids. Just a thought, we should be using gloves when working with these chemicals. I'm about 5 years older than you, and never used gloves and rarely used sunscreen. Precautions allow us to continue. Thanks for the info and entertainment.
Also keeps your hand oils off the work piece. Allowing the blue to pennatrate better. I know he says not to worry about degreaser. In my experience it is a vital step to get an even consistent finish. Using Birchwood casey.
That looks really nice, I did a muzzle loader back when T/C made their Hawken kit. I bought one of those and did it the way you did this one. I put it in the oven and pre-heated the lock and barrel. I couldn't believe how nice it turned out. I used acetate to strip the barrel of contaminants then blued, steel wooled, heated, blued and steel wooled over and over until I got the looks I wanted. It's important to oil the metal at the end of the process and keep it oiled, not heavy but just don't let it dry. Seems to seal the blue better.
I am thinking to buy Colt 1860 kit to build and I did try to find something about bluing it after so this was nice video about it and seems very easy to do. Thanks... I was also man in house, the wife did let me do dishes, and clean the house, and get dogs out 16 years... Now I am free from tyranny on own apartment :)
Great video! Using what you've taught me, I've started to re-blue an S&W 38-200 WWII Service Revolver. So far, I've only done the side plate and working now on the cylinder. Turning out really great. Question though about the frame. How would you tackle that? Blue the whole thing at once? First once side then the other? Muzzle end first then the handle end?
Great Video Sir. I just inherited an old Colt Cobra 2" 38 Revolver from my Dad, who passed away in December...and it definitely needs Re-Bluing. I'll definitely use your technique.
Joe I loved both of your COLD BLUE videos, and never really realized just how easy the process was to complete! That said, I'm certain that my wife is NOT going to allow me to heat up a gun barrel on our new Thermadore gase range! So, maybe it can be done out on my deck using my Weber gas grill which hasone burner!
I recently came into possession of what I believe to be a 1902 Smith and Wesson .38 revolver. It's very rusty and pitted, I think I'm gonna give this style of bluing a try. Thanks for the vid 👍👍
Joe, one of the better reviews on this subject!! Why? Because you make it simple and understanding for all your viewers regardless of age! Amen! Semper Fi!
Lol thanks for sharing the end cracked me up. I just got a new 1911 and I didn't have it a full 24hrs and put 2 time idiot scratches very very small by the slide lock lever when I was trying to reassemble but they are just noticeable and driving me crazy. I bought a touch up pen but just realized I ordered it for aluminum 🤦♂️ so reordered for steel. I uave a couple rifles and shotguns I'm looming at touching up and I've never done bluing before so thanks for this video.
@@CyclopsJoeVideos My problem is when I start working on my guns mine finds something needing to be done to one of her guns. Not complaining one bit, lol
the way I look at this process it saves me from throwing away money when I can do it myself, As using my kitchen and my wife's What mind is hers and what's hers is mind I paid the house note I do whatever I want with no backtalk Or else she can hit the road and hope she doesn't let the door hit her in the Ass when she leaves.
We have a 1946 S&W K frame M&P square butt x 6" in 38S...It has had a couple boxes of ammo shot thru it and is perfect... Rare S series with pencil barrel. We took it up on a ride on Mt Jefferson and carried the 38 in a leather holster and getting damp over ten days some blue was worn off the cylinder. After watching this master. I"m taking the pistol to the local gunsmith for cleaning and reblueing the cylinder. It's a little over my head.
I tryed your bluing method on a rusty neglected 1893 Spanish Mauser today.What a nice improvement compared to what it was.Now I have 3 cracks in the stock to repair before this gun is safe to shoot.Thanks for the video because your method has better results than others I've tryed.Normally I end up with an aged look but not much blue color which was still ok on some older guns but not the desired end result I was after. For the people who are going to give me crap for stripping a hundred plus year old gun.Not all antique firearms can be kept original when left in a storage locker for 8 years in Wi.
I have a 93 Spanish Mauser Carbine and really like it...But the 93 has a single lug bolt and if you want a gun that is stronger, you should look around for the 98 model with the 2 lug bolt...
Great video.... When I have to preheat/warm metal parts or urethane, I just turn my oven on it's lowest setting, let it preheat and then turn it off. If I need it under 180 degrees I just leave it for a few minutes with the door cracked - it's also a fool proof way to melt tempered chocolate when it's humid out, or to dry out stale cereal. Whether or not you do all this at the same time depends on how cool your wife is
Really enjoyed the video I have a Taurus 38 revolver that has been lost for sometime anyway the side where it was laying on the ground is pretty rusted so I'm going have to blue the whole gun, but thanks for the video and I really enjoyed the ending of it, hope you don't go broke, LOL
I got a 1911 with no finish left on it. Luckily no real bad rust on it and I keep it locked in the safe but I know it's a matter of time before it has rust on it. I'm here to try to get confidence enough to attempt bluing it myself.
Followed your video to the letter and the bluing on my old Chinese SKS came out better than i had hoped for. The only thing i did different was i wore rubber gloves during the process.
Wow man, that's just absolutely awesome, and made simple, someone gave me an old rusty pitted HiPoint 995 that shoots like crazy and accurate its just rusty, it needs this bad and your video made this too easy to do to not do it, i have a brand new remington 870 DM that has one or two tiny spots taken out of the cerakote, that's the next issue im trying to tackle
My wife has a sign in our kitchen that says “I have a kitchen because it came with the house”, since our kids grew up and moved out on their own we eat out, or we may use the microwave and an occasional crockpot but thats bout it, this makes it a lot easier to get away with rebuilding carbs on kitchen table or bluing guns, hell I’ve even worked on a motorcycle in our kitchen once before I had a garage, but like you did it still never hurts to let ppl know how cool your wife is…oh and let her overhear you saying it to your friends lol
