cold rust bluing requires boiling the part in water.
Would this melt the glue?
I have a really nicely behaved HW80 that has been sleeved by vmach several years back.
It is a gorgeous rifle to shoot but the metalwork is looking a little tired.
I can’t reblue as it could compromise the glue used to sleeve it.
Is there an alternative that i could use that would be a gentler process? I’m guessing maybe cold rust bluing may work. What about cerecote?
cold rust bluing requires boiling the part in water.
Would this melt the glue?
Repariere nicht, was nicht kaputtist.
Pedantic but slow rust process can be done below water boiling point.
There is always cerakote?
Leave it honest , give it a rub with a oily rag and shoot it .
If it does leak after, the method I use to seal comp tubes is , clean with acetone , drip some loctite into the end of the cylinder with a straw , then insert the piston , block the trans port and pull the piston out to create a vacuum , wedge the piston and leave for 24 hours , then release the vacuum and leave another day to ensure the loctite has cured , clean out the excess and away you go , I have sorted a couple of sleeved comp tubes in this way .