Hi fellas,
I'd like to try doing a set of barrels myself. An old English shotgun has lovely deep black barrels. I'm trying to research the details of this process.
Basically I know that the barrels are polished first and then a rust liquid is applied and then the barrels are left or to speed things up are placed in a sweat box. Then lightly carded down and then boiled in plain old boiling water for 10 minutes to make the rust go brown...then back to step 1 and repeat until you get the black you desire.
Can anyone aloborate and also give me any views on what the rusting solution is. Can one use the same solution that one uses for browning barrels? I assume so. Also I've used logwood powder to darken browned barrels do I just use some of this in the boiling water...views/processes lovingly accepted!
Cheers
T
