Personally, I've always loved the look of plum-colored bluing. So much so that at one point I even sought to replicate it, but alas, despite the prevalence of the urban legend that ordinary bluing can be turned into plum bluing as easily as slathering it in WD-40, throwing it in a gunsafe, and letting it work its magic, it's actually the result of overheated bluing salts which are due for replacement, but nobody can agree on how hot the tank needs to be, how many times the salts have been used, or how long you have to leave the gun in the tank. Also, the effect isn't immediate, but manifests itself over time, so you can't even be sure if you got it right fresh out of the tank since it looks pretty much normal at first. Furthermore, how long it takes for the bluing to change color can vary dramatically, with it sometimes being a matter of months, other times it can take decades.

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