Rip's model 37 project.

[ripjack13]

These are the "before" pix.....notice the rust?...

 

[ripjack13]

I tried the perma blue method. it sucks. all the edges did not look good. they were a rust colored, which was probably rust. I did everything I could to follow the directions, watched a bunch of videos, yet it seems it's not a good method.....

And it looks even worse today....so I need to de-blue it....again.. :roll:


then tried the flame method and dunking it oil. no luck.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWyxcNdSA2s&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL1C6F04BCA11F6A48[/youtube]

so i'm probably going to end up just painting it. i really can't be doing to much stupid stuff to it. so far i had only tried to blue the forearm slide tube, trigger and some screws. i did however practice on some old tools i had cleaned up. they came out the same. so i just wanted to be sure it was still going to be the same result as the tools, yet i was only willing to sacrifice some parts of it and not try to do the job on the barrel or receiver in case it messes it up somehow. (tempering it)...

Anyhow..I did sand the stock and forearm and then stained it an ebony color. a few coats more and it will be the color i'm looking to achieve. I will post up some pix in a moment of the process i have so far...

 

[ripjack13]

A slightly broken forend.... Looks like my Gramps fixed it once before....

 

[ripjack13]

 

[ripjack13]

The changes are very subtle but they are there if you look really hard...lol.I'm kidding..

This is the forearm slide tube after perma blue, however it's edges went rusted up, so I sanded it up, but no pix...

 

[ripjack13]

The slightly broken forend, after I sanded.

Can't even tell it's the side that's broken...


I'm much better at woodworking than metal working.....

 

[ripjack13]

More pix to come later. I need to put a few more coats of stain on the furniture to get it looking more the way I want it to be. I'd like it to be really dark but still able to see the grain...

Also need to figure out what to do with the blue situation....

:shock: :roll:

 

[LAZY EYED SNIPER]

SWEET, nice work rip!

It's really coming along great. Lookin forward to seeing it all come together...

 

[ripjack13]

I'm puttin some polyurathane on the stock & forend right now. First coats on.

 

[ripjack13]

oh man...this thing's action is buttery smooth now!!!!!

 

[LAZY EYED SNIPER]

Nice!

 

[SHOOTER13]

Real nice re-finish job on her so far rip !!

I'm not a bluing expert so I can't offer any advice... other than to keep trying till something works !!

Good luck...( and good pics ! )

 

[ripjack13]

^^need a few more coats of poly and rub it with 0000 steel wool

 

[ripjack13]

Almost done !!!!

 

[LAZY EYED SNIPER]

Lookin GREAT rip!

Nice work...

 

[tnxdshooter]

More pix to come later. I need to put a few more coats of stain on the furniture to get it looking more the way I want it to be. I'd like it to be really dark but still able to see the grain...

Also need to figure out what to do with the blue situation....

:shock: :roll:

Just have the whole bad boy parkerized.

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[ripjack13]

That's possible later on. At the moment I just painted it with truck bed liner paint. It has a rough surface to it'll feel like it's not going to slip outa my hands...

 

[John A.]

I prefer the Birchwood casey gun blue PASTE over the cold dip. I've never had a lot of success from the dip.

The paste, you can squirt it directly onto the piece being blued and wait about 30 minutes before wiping it off and that's about all it takes.

I recently had a 22 barrel threaded and didn't want to keep the exposed metal in the white, so I used the paste on it.

 

[Rossignol]

Holy Smokes RipJack!!! Man, just totally impressed!

Youve come a long way with that and have really well!

 

[ripjack13]

here's a few more....

^^the spots are the lighting...

^^see? no spots...