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Thread: has anyone used "van's instant gun blueing" solutions?

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    has anyone used "van's instant gun blueing" solutions?

    what were your results?
    i asked the guy that was selling this at the "indy 1500 gun & knife show"
    he said that for cold blue , his product was better than oxpho.
    i, having no experience with oxpho ...or any other kind of blueing just don't have a clue.

    he DID do a rather impressive demo tho...he took a barrel that looked like it spent a couple years at the bottom of a lake,
    and sanded a smooth spot on it and 5 minutes later where he worked on it...the spot looked great!

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    I use Van's but also oxpho. If possible warm the area to be blued,then add oxpho. Make sure you clean and degrease the area with a good cleaner. I use birch wood Casey.

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    Van's cold blue is actually pretty decent as far as cold-blue goes....not so smelly as some cold blue and tends to be fairly durable if it takes.

    Between Oxpho-blue and Van's I can usually get good results on touch-ups. If one product won't work well usually the other one will.

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