Important tip!! Don't do this in a workshop you care about - it releases caustic vapors and you will find anything made of steel or cast iron forming a red surface rust almost immediately. I do this outside now for that very reason, the first time I performed hot caustic bluing in my shop I found my lathe, drill press, and other tooling had a red rust on the bare metal surfaces the next day. It cleaned off fine but lesson learned. Also be careful on the acid step, if you want a bright polished finish you need to start with bright polished steel, but too long in the acid or too strong acid will take the polish back to a matte finish and the blued steel will be matte also.

@stevephillips8719

8 ай бұрын

Yes indeed. It is an exceptionally dangerous process as caustic DOES NOT stop corroding the skin and flesh like acid. One drop on unprotected skin will eat through and make it bleed. I was a gunsmith.

Heed the safety warning !!! I have still the scars back from when I was a lad, and thought I was invincible . I still use hot caustic but with full arm gauntlets, full length rubber apron and full face mask.... once burned, twice shy :

you deserve so many more subscribers.

@addmix

Жыл бұрын

This is a newer, secondary channel, but yes, you are correct.

@sillysongs19

Жыл бұрын

@@addmix correct on both counts :D

That copper-colored bluing is really beautiful.

You packed a lot of info into this short vid. Very concise & much appreciated.

Top notch content as usual, love your work, keep it up!

thank you Carlo for your continuous work with providing us excellent information and entertainment!

Hey there's the plum/red I asked about on a previous video! A very interesting video. Thanks for making them! I don't know why but metal finishes are all just super fascinating.

@David-hm9ic

5 ай бұрын

That color will also develop in commercial bluing salts if the temperature goes too high. Brownells Oxynate No. 7 is intended to work at about 395°F/201°C. At around 410°F/210°C it will turn some alloys purple.

Top content! A real enrichment! Am very glad that finally someone passes on detailed guidance Restauratrion. I personally like to restore my finds. Since such instructions are very much worth. I appreciate that! Please keep up the good work 👍

Absolutely top flight content as usual. Thanks you!

Wonderful Video , well scripted and shot. 10/10

Excellent tutorial. Excellent speaking skills. Than you

very good videos, thanks for sharing your knowledge

These videos are great 👍

I don't have the space to do a setup like this but fascinating stuff! I'll stick to the more traditional rust and boil method 👍

another interesting and educational video ,thanks 👍

Amazing.. I enjoy the content. Hope all is well on your side of the world.. getting materials soon..

Very cool! I will keep this one for the archive. Greetings, Jeff

I truly appreciate your information and your style of instruction. Please know it's it enjoyed.

@beyond.ballistics

Жыл бұрын

I'm very glad it is!

Brilliant explanation - thank you

I would like you to make a video on how to nickel them

Thanks for sharing, you are the real deal!

Thanks! Surley not going to do it at home, but it’s cool to know how to do it :)

Thank you for this information I have made my own rust blue solution for years using acids and iron, and water but a working hot bath solution has eluded me until now

Grazie mille.... Like always we Love your videos....

I've done this as a gunsmith for some 15+ years with a larger commercial set up. One needs to appreciate what a colossile pain in the @ss it is to get just perfect out come every time. Some will look better than factory, some look as if it is a total disaster, mostly due to unknown alloys of steel.

I had to choose between this and a recipe to cook beef bourguignon. I chose wisely.

Ideal for doing in one's kitchen. The couch looks comfy anyway.

Thank you very much. I didn't know about the lime. I live near the sea, and rust is a constant struggle.

Rust bluing looks more beautifull when you consider the risks involved in caustic bluing.

This is amazing but I have to say, I’m definitely never going to do this. Cool to know though!

I’ve got a 1940 mauser made Luger that unfortunately was chrome plated at one point. It appears to be chipping off at the muzzle and some small areas. For a historically accurate restoration I’d need to salt/hot blue like your video. Do you know of/have a preferred method to cleanly remove chrome plating without damaging the steel? Great content as always!

I realise that this gives them more permanent finish but is an extremely dangerous operation for the less competent amateur. I was suggest cold chemical bluing for these people would be a better option and a safer one.

thanks for the vid and your trouble.

Where is the video for the last blueing method?? Very excited for it to come out.

very good information, thanks for the video. one question, after following the whole process step by step, when removing the pieces from the solution there is a black residue that is easily removed, what is the reason for this residue? is it normal in the process?

Thanks for the great info. One question though. Are the boiling vats you're using purpose made for this, or are they commonly available for other uses? They look familiar but I just can't quite place where I've seen them before.

@beyond.ballistics

Жыл бұрын

They are normally purpose built, either bought from a gunsmithing supplier or made on purpose from sheet steel. I'm not aware of any other use, with the possible exception of pankake molds or some designer flower pots... but make sure they're water tight and steel only first!

@bigoldgrizzly

Жыл бұрын

look like bread loaf tins to me

Nice

Fantastic ad always! Is there a way to obtain one of your T-Shirts? I love tge design and would like to support the chanel 😁

Still waiting for the heat bluing video. I wonder if you know some special tricks for complicated shapes. Looking forward to it :)

@beyond.ballistics

Жыл бұрын

I'll start working on it soon. Getting uniform temper colors is relatively easy (straw, purple and blue), getting the so called blue-black is much more complicated.

Interesting info about the reddish colors. I have seen Makarov pistols with deep crimson/cherry colored hammers and safety levers. Made me wonder what could have caused it. Now I know that steel composition is to blame.

@shoelessbandit1581

Жыл бұрын

They could be heat blued which causes a strawed color at first then turns blue. Some beretta pistols were made like that for small parts

What happens to parts that already have blueing on them? For example, a barrel that is already blued, and a gas block on the barrel that is in the white?

Orange blueing looks soo nice tho.

Hi Ballistics, what oil do you use at the end of the video?

dear sir, i like your video. I need to know one more thing that how to clean the factory made barrel before going for bluing ? we are trying it by acetone and sanding but we see sanding impacts the steel at few places ... is there any effective way ?

@beyond.ballistics

3 ай бұрын

You can use a 10% sodiumn hydroxide solution for preliminary degreasing, before the acid pickling.

Stunning video as always. If I need to remove the old bluing from a gun that has been badly reblued by someone who had no idea, would you suggest placing it in hydrchloric acid? I remember seeing a video using this technique but I'm a bit worried I might etch the steel... I already tried with citric acid (first at 10%, then at 30%) but the bluing is not moving from the gun... Any suggestion?

@beyond.ballistics

Жыл бұрын

10% citric should remove the existing bluing in a few hours. If it doesn't, either the surface is still oily, some form of coating was applied to it, or the black you see is not bluing or some other coating. Try scrubbing with acetone and redoing the citric test, adding a bit of dish soap into the solution. If this doesn't work, it's definitely not a normal bluing. A quicker acting, but still safe to use acid is oxalic acid, 5%.

@Phage26

Жыл бұрын

@@beyond.ballistics i missed the notification for the comment, thanks a lot for answering. I didn't think to degrease the surface, I took for granted that the citric acid would work even if not thoroughly degreased 😪 my bad then, the revolver was a Bodeo from 1921 (Tempini) and I assumed it was blued, didn't seem parkerized at least... I'll try again after a few hours in brake cleaner

is it possible to use this method with Guitar Strings?

I used to do this in a gun factory and mixing the solution and boiling it is very dangerous it can erupt like a volcano if you do it wrong, i cant remember the correct proceedure but you must find out before trying it.

Will you do a cold bluing video for those of us without the space for all this setup? I have a precharged airgun where someone's carefully scraped the blueing off the air chamber and barrel but I think the quality of seals and threads etc will be hard to maintain with even the caustic bluing, also I don't have the space (or balls) for a 3 foot long boiling container of caustic pain! 🙂

@KS-bf7si

11 ай бұрын

Cold blueing does not compare to hot bluing , cold blueing wears of very quickly and you cannot produce the shine that can be achieved by hot bluing , that said , hot bluing is extremely hazardous to health y parkerising using manganese phosphate is a safer option.

So, is the HcL just a degreaser? Or is it chemically critical to the process?

insanely informative! Haha I probably won’t try this at home though! My workshop is a lot more controlled and safer environment so that’s probably better. How do I dispose of the liquids? I figured I wouldn’t just dump it down my drain, given it may damage the pipes..

@beyond.ballistics

Жыл бұрын

Take my words with a pinch of salt, since I'm not an environment expert, but Sodium Hydroxide is widely used as a drain opener. Actually most drain cleaners nowadays are mostly sodium hydroxide, so if you can use drain cleaner in your house, you should also be able to dispose of the caustic bluing solution in the drain, once it cooled down to room temperature. Potassium nitrate is a naturally occuring salt, and massively used as a fertilizer, so that shouldn't be an issue as well. Industrial amounts of said wastes would instead certainly have to follow specific disposal guidelines.

@KS-bf7si

11 ай бұрын

Do not try this at home using pottasium nitrate , this chemical Is Extremely dangerous , use sodium hydroxide with Sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite , lot less risk to your health which is not pointed out in this video

@KS-bf7si

11 ай бұрын

​@@beyond.ballistics Potassium nitrate , when heated release very toxic fumes , he has not mentioned this in detail , the fumes should be extracted properly this video should be taken down as there are less dangerous alternatives to blac metal using sodium hydroxide , sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite , gun smiths no longer use Potassium Nitrate because of the dangers to health and high risk of developing cancer in humans .

@dragoscoco2173

11 ай бұрын

@@KS-bf7si It does not in a 130 degree water solution. It is safe from that point of view. But if you loose too much water and it crystalizes on the vessel walls heated by something that can raise the temp more than those 130 than it can be problematic. In BB's vid he uses a hot plate, which is great, I would say that doing it over a gas flame would be something else.

What about disposal of the solvent?

0:57 Ive burnt 4 fingers of my hand and 2 fingers of foot twice while having dip bluing as shown above . The pain is very intense .

Can we blacken Stainless Steel 304 using this method? I'm trying to get some SS304 screws to be black/grey

@beyond.ballistics

3 ай бұрын

definitely not. There is unfortunately no easy way of bluing stainless steel with black oxide. What can be done is applying an iron electrocoating on top of the stainless and then blacking that one normally.

@swarnajitchandra3586

3 ай бұрын

@@beyond.ballistics understood. Thank you so much for your reply. And excellent content. keep up the good work.

So, does this hold up to a cotton buffing wheel? (note: *without* polishing compound) Or is it like cold bluing where it can be rubbed off; easily removed by buffing? Also, does bathing the item multiple times help or will that lead to etching?

@beyond.ballistics

Жыл бұрын

This is a proper black oxide conversion coating, so it has the same wear resistance of regular bluing. Actually most black oxide finishes, including gun bluing, are made with this process. Cold bluing is instead chemically different (coating of copper selenide) and much less wear resistant.

@DUKE_of_RAMBLE

Жыл бұрын

@@beyond.ballistics Gotcha, thanks for the response! Speaking of which... Not sure if this info is if interest... I have some old 90's (80's, maybe) Cold Blue of _Van's_ that my dad had. I looked now online and the Contents are *vastly* different. *NEW:* Selenic Acid, Copper Sulphate, Phosphoric Acid, Bonding Agents *OLD:* Selenic Acid, Copper Sulphate, Phosphoric Acid, Ethylene Glycol, Iron, Magnesium, Chromium, Nickel, Aluminum, Tellurium, Bonding Agents Like they say... _"they just don't make this like they used to"_ While I don't have any of the new stuff to compare it to directly, one sure can't help but think that the fact the old stuff had SO many additional metals, that it would've provided better protection! 🤷‍♂️🤞 Granted, the proportions are unknown, but I'd wager it's like food ingredients labels, where the concentrations are listed Highest to Lowest. It could still be (and likely is) only a small % of the now-missing agents, but it's a start! Pretty wild that it has _Tellurium_ though (which is what makes me think it could be from the 80s)... 🤨🥴

@David-hm9ic

5 ай бұрын

Coming in late, I can't see any reason to use a buffing wheel on a blued/black oxide surface. All polishing is supposed to be done before bluing. Only oil and a cotton cloth should be used after bluing and then not a polishing action; just to apply oil to prevent rust. I've been a teacher for community college gunsmithing classes and taught hot bluing as part of the curriculum.

Will this cause a hardened surface to lose some of it's hardness?

@beyond.ballistics

Жыл бұрын

No, it won't. The temperature reached by the bluing bath should be kept between 125 and 160°C, and must never exceed 180°C. No steel mechanical property is affected at or below those temperatures. The rule of thumb is to start worrying about messing with the heat treatment when you go above 200°C.

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In your formulation could sodium nitrate(NaNO3) be substituted for potassium nitrate (KNO3)?

@beyond.ballistics

Жыл бұрын

Yes it can. Actually most commercial solutions use sodium nitrate instead of the potassium one. I only used potassium nitrate in the tutorial because it's usually more common. You may need to adjust the amounts slightly.

@user-xj5ht3rf8y

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks

where do you get your boiling containers? homemade?

@beyond.ballistics

Жыл бұрын

That's simply a 1.5mm mild steel sheet bent into a U shape with two caps welded, that I got made by a local steel supplier. You can probably buy an already made one from some gunsmithing supplier, but out of the US they tend to be hadrly available and quite expensive. If you're bluing smaller parts, a stainless steel pot will do the trick.

@David-hm9ic

5 ай бұрын

@@beyond.ballistics In the caustic solution a stainless steel container can deposit flakes of stainless onto the part being blued. Brownells literature warns to only use iron or steel for the caustic tank. Stainless is OK for the cleaning tank.

Inherent Black Bluing superiority

How about a Parkerization tutorial?

@beyond.ballistics

Жыл бұрын

I'm already working on it, it could be the next video on this channel

That's 40 grammes or 400 grammes?

Do you need to wear masks with these techniques if so what level of protection? 👍

@beyond.ballistics

Жыл бұрын

The only time when there are airborns is when handling dry caustic soda. Once it's dissolved there is no breathing hazard. What you need to be protected from is the liquid accidentally ending on your body.

tldr: i do not want to try that

@beyond.ballistics

Жыл бұрын

That understandable to be honest 🤣

Ohh that is a SHITLOAD of NaOH no thanks hahahah

Wow what a competent gay man.

@bobmp2284

11 ай бұрын

he seems very happy with his work! I would be gay and joyful if I could have a nice workshop to play with old fellow toys.