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Browning Removal
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id use birchwood-casey blue and rust remover and steel wool just follow directions on the bottle. :thumbsup: always worked well for me. :v
Of course, you are free to do whatever you wish. But removing blueing is not necessary for browning. Just do it and you will have a browned barrel.
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Rifleman --do you apply LMF browning over a blued gun barrel? I have two guns I would like to convert from blue to brown. Reason being there are a couple of rust spots and a bare spot on both barrels. I was thinking they would have to be stripped before browning.
Just my opinion but one of the main reasons bluing or browning works so well to prevent rust is that both of them will absorb oil.
This layer of oil between the air and the steel prevents further rust from forming.
Because the existing browning (or bluing) contains oil, if you want to get a good job of browning you should degrease the barrel using either denatured alcohol, lacquer thinner, disk brake spray or acetone.
If your applying the browning agent directly over existing browning it may take several attempts to get it to "bite" into the steel and have the brown rust form.
This layer of oil between the air and the steel prevents further rust from forming.
Because the existing browning (or bluing) contains oil, if you want to get a good job of browning you should degrease the barrel using either denatured alcohol, lacquer thinner, disk brake spray or acetone.
If your applying the browning agent directly over existing browning it may take several attempts to get it to "bite" into the steel and have the brown rust form.
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Thanks Zonie -- That covers it.
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I had an old friend years ago who used to brown a lot of damascus barrels. He degreased the barrels and submerged then in a saturated borasic acid solution. Takes a couple of days to get it all off with frequent rubbing down with steel wool. The metal comes out a bit frosty looking.
It is very mild acid and the fosty look can be buffed off very easy with steel wool.
I have personally used this method on twist barrels and can tell you that it works and is mild enough that there is no need to plug the bores. The bores just need a scrub with a wad of steel wool and you are good to go. Bores are as clean as you will ever get them. Just rinse & dry thoroughly and start the browning process.
The gent I learned this from was a chemist pharmacist.
Good luck Bob Reader
It is very mild acid and the fosty look can be buffed off very easy with steel wool.
I have personally used this method on twist barrels and can tell you that it works and is mild enough that there is no need to plug the bores. The bores just need a scrub with a wad of steel wool and you are good to go. Bores are as clean as you will ever get them. Just rinse & dry thoroughly and start the browning process.
The gent I learned this from was a chemist pharmacist.
Good luck Bob Reader
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