Cold Bluing... Perma Blue vs Brownells Oxpho Blue

[@daves5765]

Very helpful! Thanks for this video! I'm researching to reblue a slide on an old Beretta. And 84 BB cheetah. She's a beauty and I'm trying to not do a screw up job on the blue.

[@mattsgaragediy]

Sounds like a very cool project Dave, best of luck. One more step, after you are done bluing coat the piece in oil and let it sit for a week to allow the oil to soak in.

[@daves5765]

@@mattsgaragediy Do you find that it continues to darken hours and days after when you have it coated in oil? Or is the blueing process completely neutralized when you put the oil on?

[@mattsgaragediy]

@@daves5765 Hey Dave, I did not find that it gets any darker with oiling, just helps penetrate and protect the new finish. More coats was the only way I got it darker and it really was very small steps each time.

[@hu___1995]

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[@mattsgaragediy]

@@hu___1995 After the bluing process is complete I put a heavy coat of gun oil on everything and let it soak in. This is just straight gun oil not one of the products that also cleans (not Clear Lubricate Protect) If you don't have gun oil and type of light weight oil would work. I let it soak for a week and then wipe with a clean cloth but no solvent

[@Kid_Kootenay]

That steel wool perma blue trick is the cats ass!! it worked so well I was stunned and its stunningly logical shocked more do not promote it lol The 4 minute commercial on not pooping properly I could have done without though :P

[@mattsgaragediy]

lol, i have no control of the ads but that is pretty hilarious. Yes this is the best way i have found to re blue, glad it helped you

[@jonathangaliano2617]

Wonder is this would work for hardware (nuts and bolts). Cleaning up an older ATV and looking for something easy to use on the hardware to prevent rust but don't wanna spend the money nor do I have the space to set up a zinc plating station lol.

[@mattsgaragediy]

Im not sure if it would. I have tried on some different metal compositions and had varying result. I think at the very least you would have to sand off any zinc plating. just my 2 cents

[@antoniobenavi2870]

Sir, in your personal opinion (hard to see on the video) which has a nicer finish (bluing)?

[@mattsgaragediy]

I actually was very impressed with both. If you are looking for a blacker finish I would say Perma Blue, if you wanted a bluer hue to it then Brownells would be the way to go. I mostly use the Perma Blue for my projects but I think the Brownells is a little simpler process as it doesn't seem to need as much detail to prep.