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BLUE or BLACK
« on: August 13, 2011, 04:55:39 pm »
Anybody have a Fast / Easy method of Bluing or Blacking the Loader Parts.. ??? :-[ ???

i.e. The Steel Base........
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Re: BLUE or BLACK
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2011, 07:01:21 pm »
Greetings,

You can try this stuff...

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1108/product/OXPHO_BLUE_reg__CREME

I use it on occasion to touch up small parts.

It is not "quick and easy" ; but, does leave a nice color.

Best way is to locate someone locally that does black oxiding which is the industrial equivalent to bluing in the gun world.

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Re: BLUE or BLACK
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2011, 09:45:28 pm »
I got 2 Star steel bases that need to be done....If I take it to someone that does that, will I/should I take the Column out
of the base... ???
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Re: BLUE or BLACK
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2011, 12:17:10 pm »
Greetings Doc,

It would be best to disassemble the parts into individual components.

If left as an assembly, the black oxiding salts will penetrate into every crevice and over time a white bloom will continue to grow at the joints. You can try placing the newly blackened parts into a tub of boiling water for a while to leach out the salts.

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Re: BLUE or BLACK
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2011, 12:28:02 pm »
I have never tried to separate a steel base from the column.  How would you go about getting them apart.   I assume it would require a hydraulic press?   

Also, the position of the shaft keyway relative to the base is critical.   How do you go about making certain it's put back together correctly.
I know that some shaft/base combos are drilled for a pin to index the relative positions, but I have seen others that are not.
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Re: BLUE or BLACK
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2011, 03:42:37 pm »
I comprehend that Bruce, that's why I brought it up, I'd never try that.............Would doing that oxide finish mess up the column &
the Bronze primer slide housing..?????   or doing the Brownell OXPHO finish........I believe I have a bottle of that......... ::)
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Re: BLUE or BLACK
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2011, 10:02:29 pm »
From what I understand Star had a fixture to assemble those parts. I wonder if Bill Cunningham would know.