Terrific council. A few questions for clarification:
* What order to the alternating rust/etch do you subscribe to? For example, multiple rustings (browning or boiling), and then a single etch after a certain number? Or, rust, etch, rust, etch, etc? I have tried it both ways.
* Wax or lacquer at the end?
* Do you coat the bores, lug and/or lumps with anything to save having the clean them up at the end. I'd prefer to not have to do so much clean up.
To answer your questions:
* I did about half as many passes as you state is needed for 3 iron.
* I have pattern all the way to the rib, and along the sides of the rib, but poor photography skills/environment. I use black plastic putty knives with a bevelled edge to press steel wool into the area between the barrels and ribs for carding.
* The rib itself is showing pattern, faintly.
Thank you. Very kind to provide this feedback.
