Mod 27; To Refinish or Not

[PattonTime]

To Refinish or not ?

I have never understood peoples qualms about re-bluing.
It is a finish, if it is gone, and it bothers you, have it redone.
That being said, I also don't understand why folks bother if it won't be done right.
I am lucky , my guy can redraw a "pony" on a Colt so well it cannot be distinguished. This kind of quality does not come cheap, however.
I think it gets a bad name because people do old beat to daylights guns
that are too far past their prime.
I sold a "redone Python" for $1650.00 at a gun show last year and the buyer said he did not care it was the prettiest Colt he had ever seen.
So do what pleases you and be honest about what the gun is, and all should be fine.

 

[msinabottle]

Various Tactics

I'm aware of several methods of removing rust without hurting the blue-- one is very fine bronze wool and Kroil, a superb penetrating oil, right on the spots until the surface is smooth. I've heard folk say that Dobe, the scouring pad, with oil will remove rust and leave blue--I've tried the bronze wool and Kroil with very good results. There is a product called 'Rusty Duck' that neutralizes rust and forms a hard protective coating, I've had good luck with it on guns that were rusted when I got them.

I'd then get some Brownell's Oxpho Blue, the best cold blue made, heat the metal where the damage was with a heat gun, and apply it with a Q-tip, then a polish with steel wool, as many times as it took to approximate the remaining blue. I've done that with some very old guns that ended up staying original, yet looking tremendously better.

I wouldn't have it re-blued.

Best!