Thread: Home ‘bluing’

I have used duracoat on a few rifles now. Easy enough to apply with a spray gun and seems to be holding up fine. It tool a long time to cure properly completely and stop out-gassing (as in my gunsafe smelt like duracoat for about a month)

I have also had good luck with cold blue if the process is followed correctly. Most important thing is to have the steel squeaky clean before starting.

Originally Posted by SixtyTen

I have used duracoat on a few rifles now. Easy enough to apply with a spray gun and seems to be holding up fine. It tool a long time to cure properly completely and stop out-gassing (as in my gunsafe smelt like duracoat for about a month)

I have also had good luck with cold blue if the process is followed correctly. Most important thing is to have the steel squeaky clean before starting.

Jumping in on an old thread as I'll be trying this soon on a small part that needs re-bluing. How long was long for it to fully cure?

Originally Posted by dnsn

Jumping in on an old thread as I'll be trying this soon on a small part that needs re-bluing. How long was long for it to fully cure?

From memory, touch dry within a couple of hours depending on ambient temp, can be reassembled after 24h and completely cured after about a month (again depends on ambient temp. Personally I would leave it after spraying for at least 3 or 4 days before reassembling as I managed to put a couple of marks in an action when reassembling a rifle after 1 day. If that time is not practical, just be really careful.