I have not seen this come up n a while you can use flame to change the color of some stainless steels.. It is very hit and miss and is fun and can be dangerous but then I started doing this a couple years ago.. I no longer do only due to lazyness ... It is possible to get all kinds of unique colors the issue has always been to keep the appearance with some kind of coating I used to use something called renasainace wax to semi semi seal the metal
^^^^that sounds awesome right there!
It is thats why there is nothing wrong with using the Flame method the end result is pretty close to the same the way of going about is different I.E electroplating vs Flame .
Gun blue is used for blueing or blacking guns. It is a chemical you apply to very clean metal fot blueing or blacking guns. Some times you heat the metal to warm it and the chemical works better. The only other method would be to powder coat it, this and blueing are the only two coatings that would hold up. Now if you decide to have someone powder coat it you would have to tape the threaded ends because of the thickness of powder coating. Walmart or a gun shop should have the blueing.
Electroplate is good too and you can look it up on utube to do it yourself. But I think blueing would be the best appication since he will probably do it it himself.
I will check that out sounds good.
Holy Crap!!!!!
Its not easy thats why using Flame makes the most sense it was the orignal way that metal was colored.. that shit is expensive and its not fucking easy as some think.. if one wants to blacken stainless the easiest route is to just grab a torch.. If you are using different metals than that is when the concept of "Bluing" came up..
You can use Cold Bluing the point is simple Bluing is for many metals not just stainless steel...
depending on the result that one wants I know when I started looking into this years ago I realized every finish has its pro's and con's I myself thing a flamed black with the proper protective agent looks fantastic and the most natural not disagreeing just adding
Most Gunsmiths outsource their blackening so you could run into an expense as much as the cost of your modSo basically take it to a gunsmith
That may not be a bad option. Since they won't have to take it apart and put it together it may not be an outrageous cost.
It's the tanks that keep me from doing it.
This is good and page 9 had a good process for blacking stainless. Looks like a oven and salt would work.
yep its some cool stuff
Thats one of the few Patinas I like pretty cool
no,that is where the heat comes into play.That's how the colors that are from golden to almost black/blue come from.The "patinas" are mostly copper although I have heard some do brass,not so for me though.Had a brass M-16 mod that I tried,did not do well so I used gun kote on it.with the patina,you have to cover anything ya don't want patina'd,IE threads,inside, etc.Remember,they are a conductor from button to pin.I did a nemisis copper mod that came like a fire and ice color.Wish I remembered how I did it though.LOL.Practice,if you want to try this on spare pieces of copper.I usuall get mine from scrap/recycle yards or copper pluming pipe.Then once I get the "right patina mix" then I do my mod.
Don't get too close or too hot.work into the piece slowly and move it.Golden is a short time on the piece,bluer is longer on the piece.You don't want to see red on the piece,if that happens,you done screwed the pooch.LOL google some how too's,give ya an idea of what yu are up against....have fun and good luck
