Taking the rust bluing to the next step, what do you use to finish the barrels?
Have used linseed oil on browned barrels and 30W non-detergent motor oil on blued barrels.
Let both set over night then wipe clean.
Chuck
I refer to that step as "Curing". It's also a neutralization process as well. I use a 3 1/2" PVC tube filled with 50/50 used motor oil and kerosine. Used motor oil has the silicone burned out of it. I filter the oil through aquarium filter floss before mixing with the kerosine. I heat the tubes up with a heat gun before immersion. This deepens the color and toughens the coating. I soak at least overnight, then let drain. After that comes polishing and lacquering. (Damascus & Twist, unnecessary for fluid steel) You can actually see the PVC tube and a bag of floss in the lower left corner of the picture. There are three cured sets hanging above the tube. (More to the left, off-camera) Even though the pic color is off, you can see the sets are very black.
Regards
Ken
