Question On Blueing

[Mutt]

Has anyone used the Brownells blueing called OXPHO-BLUE ? If so how did it turn out , and is it as simple as the master catalog instructions make it sound. Maybe ya'll might describe how you used it ..............

...........................Thanks in advance................Mutt

[Nate Kiowa Jones]

Has anyone used the Brownells blueing called OXPHO-BLUE ? If so how did it turn out , and is it as simple as the master catalog instructions make it sound. Maybe ya'll might describe how you used it ..............

...........................Thanks in advance................Mutt

I use it for touch up. It's about as good as it get for a cold blue. But, it will never take the place of hot blue.

[Mutt]

Thanks you sir for the answer.

[Old Savage]

SuperBlue produces a color nearer the original to my experience. The oxpho blue paste produced an iridescent lighter blue color with several applications. As you can see it is nothing like the original color.

[TedH]

I've used it to do an entire 95 Mauser that I rebarrelled. I was very impressed with it, for a cold blue. It's the best cold blue available IMO. But like Nate said, it's no hot blue.

[marlinman93]

I use Oxpho Blue a lot, but only the liquid, not the gel. I've reblued barrels, and even whole guns with it, and if properly prepped it will give you a beautiful finish, but as Steve mentioned, it's not as durable as a hot blue. It will give a finish on very old guns that looks closer to the original rust blue than a hot blue finish is.-Vall

[Pisgah]

Oxpho is one of the best cold blues, if not the best. Nothing is better for touch-ups. Full-gun reblues are trickier, but you can usually get good results if you stick with it. Regardless of what they say, I've gotten best results after degreasing and slightly warming the metal. Even so, it can take lots and lots of applications, followed by lots and lots of buffing with fine steel wool between applications, before you get something that looks good. Once you get there, though, it is a remarkably durable finish.

[Old Savage]

Anyone else have any pictures? i would like to see what you are getting.