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I have a plain field grade Elsie with the 2 piece tang. I had to do some work on the tang and replace a screw. When I went to cold blue the screw I noticed the old grey patina of the tang was showing the case colours. I kind of went over board and blued the entire receiver that also was a grey patina with no case colour showing. However the cold blueing seemed to pull out the remaining case colours and I was quite impressed. My only mistake was leaving the bluing solution on too long and the receiver turned blacker than I would have liked. Sorry no pics at this time but I was wondering what I actually did and how permanent it might be.

Im not sure what you did or how long it might last, but I've done the same thing you did once. I have a Fox SW which before I had it case colored had not too bad colors overall. The colors on the trigger plate were really worn and I too put a little cold blue on and did seem to bring back some of the color and/or contrast. I tried a few cold blues including Belgium Blue and Oxpho blue but ultimately had it completely re colored.

Maybe someone here could chime in, but I think your cold bluing just re colored the metal and brought out some of the original pattern that may have been barely visible. Id guess that it will last as long as cold blue would normally last.

Take care

I've seen cold blues replicate case color if applied on oily metal. Birchwood-casey Perma-blue will blotch in different colors, however it fades fast.

I have used cold blue with a heat gun to approximate case colors. The presence of oil does have an impact. When used with heat, the colors will last a bit.

Pete

Or you could buy one like this!!
Jim