jamesinalaska
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The proverb is too true: Haste does make waste.
I was in a hurry to clean a pistol in my new, el-cheapo ultrasonic. Easy enough, just add water and a squirt or two of the cleaner that came along with it, and dang, "look at all the time I'm saving."
Well, ha ha, looks like the joke is on me. I should have taken half a minute to read some labels. The cleaner I squirted into the tank was "for brass only" and though the slide and slide stop came out of the tank free of carbon and gunk, they also came out of the tank free of bluing.
So, I'm looking for a do-it-yourself, homestyle rebluing kit. Please don't suggest using a Sharpie as a few of my friends have (yeah, hohoho, real clever, fellas).
I have a tank and a heater I could use, but I don't want to get into anything like a professional setup and I don't want to send the piece off to a gunsmith (it's a Zastava, not a Colt).
The pistol works fine, and has always worked well, but I'd rather not spend more money on it than the piece is worth.. Thanks in advance.
Another proverb: it is good to learn from mistakes; even better to learn from mistakes of others.
I was in a hurry to clean a pistol in my new, el-cheapo ultrasonic. Easy enough, just add water and a squirt or two of the cleaner that came along with it, and dang, "look at all the time I'm saving."
Well, ha ha, looks like the joke is on me. I should have taken half a minute to read some labels. The cleaner I squirted into the tank was "for brass only" and though the slide and slide stop came out of the tank free of carbon and gunk, they also came out of the tank free of bluing.
So, I'm looking for a do-it-yourself, homestyle rebluing kit. Please don't suggest using a Sharpie as a few of my friends have (yeah, hohoho, real clever, fellas).
I have a tank and a heater I could use, but I don't want to get into anything like a professional setup and I don't want to send the piece off to a gunsmith (it's a Zastava, not a Colt).
The pistol works fine, and has always worked well, but I'd rather not spend more money on it than the piece is worth.. Thanks in advance.
Another proverb: it is good to learn from mistakes; even better to learn from mistakes of others.