Rick O'Shea
Member
I need to do some cold blue touch-up on a small area of a revolver cylinder.
The gun was apparantly laid on its side for a while and there is a small patch of rust pitting where the cylinder was in contact with the surface.
I've already very gently rubbed off the high areas with ultrafine oil-soaked steel wool -- just to the point of wearing off the original blue.
The area is still rough, and it's from the recessed areas - the pits. I don't want to take the metal all the way down to the bottom of the pits to smooth it, so I thought about using something like JB Weld (love the stuff!) to fill it in.
Anyone ever try something like this? Will cold blue darken the metal in the JBW?
Is there a best (or at least better) way to approach this?
All suggestions are welcome.
Thanks,
Rick
The gun was apparantly laid on its side for a while and there is a small patch of rust pitting where the cylinder was in contact with the surface.
I've already very gently rubbed off the high areas with ultrafine oil-soaked steel wool -- just to the point of wearing off the original blue.
The area is still rough, and it's from the recessed areas - the pits. I don't want to take the metal all the way down to the bottom of the pits to smooth it, so I thought about using something like JB Weld (love the stuff!) to fill it in.
Anyone ever try something like this? Will cold blue darken the metal in the JBW?
Is there a best (or at least better) way to approach this?
All suggestions are welcome.
Thanks,
Rick