Originally Posted by
valboskie
My original Plan was to cold blue with phillips cold blue if it worked great If not I was going to ask Donald to try and rust blue it in the warmer weather.
I have now been wet n dry sanding the action all week at night and on my lunch break.
I don't know What I'm doing wrong I must be approaching 20 hours sanding and it's still pitted
It's a lot shallower but still very visible
So I can't Cold blue the rifle it will look poor and not worth all the effort.
Mick covered up pitting with his rust bluing so that might be my only option.
I will keep sanding away and see where it eventually Gets me ..
I have borrowed a bench grinders so I will buy a buffing kit with mops and some buffing compound
And try that to save some elbow grease.
It might work. I hope it works. It better work
Atb
David
Only 20 hours? I have got 30 hours in a BSA Standard so far and haven't started on the cocking lever/link.It can be a time consuming job.I had to weld over some of the really bad marks ,it looked like someone had had a go at the loading tap housing with a hacksaw blade.
One thing to avoid is attacking it with a polishing mop as it will ''ripple'' the barrel and compression tube and the finer it's polished the more these are highlighted.There is a device that holds the barrel between live centres and allows it to spin while it's polished against the mop,this will help eliminate the ''ripple'' effect.I made a set up around a bench grinder and lapidary wheel to polish out pits and then finish with wet and dry and cutting oil,with a very light polish on the machine.
In saying yes to this air rifle you are confirming that you are not a messer and are allowed to go out in public without your carer