Thread: hot oil blueing

was mucking round on YouTube and found this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3jt-73JfEE I had a couple of thread protectors that @Danny made me which are bare steel so I thought id try it I heated till dark purple and quenched in clean motor oil
its come out a deep dark blue and looks awesome
heres a photo


@northdude if you haven't done yours yet it might be worth a try

Looks good.

yep and only takes 2 ticks aswell

wow that's cool.
I want to give Blueing a go once I get through my wood stock finishing...
Thanks for sharing.

You could do screws like that but i wouldn't do a barrel this way you might warp it or alter the hardness of the barrel

ill try it I tried cold bluing but it came out patchy I was going to drop the gun blue off to you this weekend but that looks way better

Dead right bro. Its only for small parts and while it is blue it can wear very quickly