What I have is a pre was 32HE. Some one many years
ago thought it was a good idea to blue the hammer and
trigger. Need to know how to get the blue off. Would like
to do it myself. Thanks for helping.

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George Jamison

I've used white vinegar to remove bluing. Just soak them and then you should be able to wipe the bluing off.

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SWCA #2262, ISRA Member

thank you sir!

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George Jamison

They'll be 'in the white' when you get done. No case colors or anything. Maybe a little grey in color depending on what you use.

Naval Jelly Rust Remover works good too. I use it all the time to de-blue parts. It has phosphoric acid in it to do the job,,same as PesiCola which is why it'll work too though very slowly.

I also use a very dilute mix of hydrochloric acid in the form of Muriadic Acid (Pool Cleaner stuff) in water.
Room temp,,maybe a tablespoon to a quart of water. Parts come out grey but can be quickly burnished up bright with steel wool. Hot blueing comes off in a few minutes. Rust blue takes a little longer but should be able to be wiped off in 15 minutes or so.

No it won't pit anything. I put pistol bbls right into the stuff to strip them w/o damage. Just don't leave them overnite!
...Or over a weekend like a certain expert I know did with an annealed LC Smith Crown Grade to remove the heat scale.

With any of these including the vinegar,,neutralize it afterwards with at least a good scrubbing in hot soapy water and a brush. Then flush with hot water and wd40,,then oil with good stuff.
I've never had any rust problems doing it this way in 40yrs. Sometimes the in the white parts set around for weeks before working on them.

You don't want acid residue (which is what's doing the work in every one of these) to grow rust out from small crevises and pin holes after it's back together and you haven't looked at it again for a week.

Naval jelly or Birchwood Casey Bluing Remover.

To neutralize any of the acids after rinsing with fresh water, use some water with baking soda dissolved in it.

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Still Running Against the Wind

If I may ask - once the blue is removed and the parts are white (lets say) do you then heat treat them to try and get case color?

Pete

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Don't tread on me

Hey George...if you can get some blood somewhere, it takes bluing off beautifully...I know that from deer hunting...do you have a slaughterhouse near you? Maybe prick your finger with one of those testing strip lancets? Good luck! See you at OGCA...

Whenever I've left my guns out in the rain the blueing seems to come right off.

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- Change it back -

I once read that ketchup works great at getting rid of blueing.
The poster said you did not want to know how he found that out.

Probable grabbed the barrel of his trap gun and a hamburger with the same hand.

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Blood works nicely.In fact, there's a WW II Luger at the LGS with a blood etched thumb print.
If you want to get artistic. Put a new gun in a pistol rug with a spider. It's a lovely pattern.

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Field Researcher. IGC

Pete, I think you need a pro for that. It is a tricky process, from what I read. Doug Turnbull's shop does it, as does Dave Chicoine. There are others out there, too.

Never tried it, but what about a lead removing cloth that is used on stainless steel. It is advertised not to use on blued guns.

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Richard Gillespie
FBINA 102

thanks everyone for the info. the post above is one of the best still laughing. I have made that mistake during deer season,hand print is still around my dads shotgun boy was he mad!! thanks bud i needed a good laugh first thing this morning. make
sure you look me up in May at the OGCA should be in row I.

Thanks again everyone!

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George Jamison

Another way to remove bluing is to let a kid with sticky fingers handle it and then stick it away before you find out. Don't ask how I know this...

George: The best and fastest way to totally remove all blue from metal parts is to use...........50% warm water and 50% "The Works" a common disinfectant toilet bowl cleaner. Try to not breathe too much of the vapors. Wear gloves, swish around, wipe down in the bath using a small piece of white t-shirt material. Rinse with running cold tap water and dry metal part with a hair dryer. Your part is now 100% free of blue even in deep crevices. Production re-bluers have been using this product for years. .......... Big Cholla

Naval Jelly (the same stuff in toilet cleaner) works but, like Thiokol, I've found vinegar does just as well with none of the hazards the more acidic stuff presents, not to mention it's quite a bit cheaper.

I had good results (ahem) with REPEL 100 concentrated bug repellent. You know the kind where you squirt it in you hands and smear it every where? Works on wood finishes, too.

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James L. "Jim" Rhiner

Be careful, some of those strong ones like blood and drano or sewer cleaning stuff will actually "etch" the metal and you do NOT want that.......
same goes for the coca cola (pepsi) they also remove chrome plating.......

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dan
NRA Benefactor,PMA

Please send any blue you remove to me.
I'll pay the postage.
I'm always encountering stuff that needs it.......

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Regards,
Lee Jarrett

it's in the mail Lee.

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George Jamison

Sandblasting is the sure fire method of blueing removal.

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Stang1911