Bluing Question

[packing_preacher]

I have a friend who was wondering if it were possible to take his old steel framed pistol that has a blued finish and refinish it in stainless steel. Any opinions?

 

[inxs]

Stainless steel isn't a finish, its a material some guns are made from.

 

[packing_preacher]

I guess his question really was, if he removed the bluing, could he just leave it like that after polishing it up?

 

[fireball168]

Hard chroming, nickel plating or an epoxy coating could give a durable finish in the appearance he desires.

We've got a couple of advertisers here that do the epoxy coating.

Or...

Hard Chrome Plating & Electroless Nickel Plating, Armalloy & Gun Bluing by Mahovsky's Metalife

 

[IndyGunworks]

no... mild steel will rust very very quickly.... that said it could probably be stripped down and polished and apply a clearcoat of duracoat which would give that look, but it wouldnt feel the same and the grain of the metal wouldnt show as nice, i have never tried it to see what it would look like so it would be anybodys guess. i would ask phlydog and see what he thinks it would look like... a blued gun is pretty much going to have to be either blued or painted... if he needs it reblued let me know, i am getting my bluing tanks set up as we speak.

if you are interested in the duracoat/cerakote route i suggest Nash Gunwerx as he does top notch work and is a site advertiser on here.

 

[jburris]

i tried it with a 10/22 and it rusted very quick