rebluing a pre 68 MGC thompson 1921

Here is a photo comparison of the before and after of my project. I sanded all of the gold finsh off the upper reciever, polished it, and then applied the birchwood caseys perma blue gun bluing kit.
https://i.servimg.com/u/f18/19/29/86/45/11889411.jpg

certainly looks a lot more realistic!

Nice work.
One question, is there any difference in color, finish or whatever between perma blue and regular blue (for steel) from Birchwood? I am always curious about it.

S

shazhib wrote:

Nice work.
One question, is there any difference in color, finish or whatever between perma blue and regular blue (for steel) from Birchwood? I am always curious about it.

S

I have not tried using their regular blue, maybe i will try that on my second thompson. I assume theyre the same product with different names. The problem that i had with the perma blue is unlike many people, who had diffficulty with the bluing compound to apply and stick, mine stuck and reacted, bt produced a gold color similar to the original gold zinc finish. I then tried heating up the reciever over a stove burner, and then liberally applying the blue. Only then did i achieve a blued look, although it is un even and varies in a range of colors. I still prefer it to the awful gold finish, and to the black factory finish on new guns.