Finishing and Bluing - .22 Machine Pistol - Bev Fitchett's Guns

All visible metal surfaces should be polished to a point where they are smooth and free from tool marks or other blemishes. This can be accomplished using

www.bevfitchett.us

Tincture of benzoin.

 

Seen it done with a combo application of Plum Brown and liquid cold blue alternately applied a bit willy nilly by brush. Looked like the later H&R frames a bit, but nothing like the early frames or real case hardening.

 

The real color case hardening was done with the steel parts covered in bone and charcoal in a furnace for an hour at 1500 degrees then dunked in cool water. Hard to imagine us doing this at home. The chemical case coloring doesn't harden the metal but can mimick the finish. Here's link to a video:

 

I wasn't familiar with the F/X products. I can see another project coming on. Ought to make Grandaddy's old shotgun look good!

 

There was nothing mentioned on how and what to use to seal it. Would you please expound?

 

Click the title at the top of the video, it will take you to the YT page with all the comments and links, he uses wax to seal it from his reply in comments, probably mentioned on the product page as well.

Tim