Subject: Rust and other finishes

From: Philip Canaday <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 16:54:30 -0800

I am looking for a fast way to speed up rusting as a finish for steel
art. Also would like to learn other ways to create unique finishes.
Thank You
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Richard R. Jackson)
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 17:25:12 GMT

>art. Also would like to learn other ways to create unique finishes.

Check out Fine Woodworking Dec. 96

There's an article on antiquing hardware.

Basically using Muriatic acid & heat.

I havn't tried it and it states be very careful with the ACID.

You can also pick up a copy of Angiers' book on Blueing and Browning.
All type of chemical formulas for firearms finishing.

Rich

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From: [email-masked] (Georgie Stanford)
Date: 13 Dec 1996 23:53:16 GMT

Philip Canaday ([email-masked]) wrote:
: I am looking for a fast way to speed up rusting as a finish for steel
: art. Also would like to learn other ways to create unique finishes.
: Thank You
: [email-masked]

There are some old recipes (with really hard to get ingredients like  
mercuric chloride) on pages 334 and 335 of Foxfire book #5 edited by E. 
Wigginton. But you might want to call Dixie Gun Works and see if their 
bluing or browning solutions fit your needs. Their information number is 
901-885-0700. I've used their bluing compound (completely different from 
the type of brown or red finish you're talking about, but same general 
principle) on a muzzle loading reproduction and it worked really well.

Georgie

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From: dennis j brown <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 21:38:18 -0600

John Ingham wrote:
> 
> Onst I saw a show where a gal was putting yogert on flower pots to get
> the mold look... prehaps a coat on your steel would do the trick......
> some acids are rapid oxidizers... might try that if the fridge is
> empty.
> 
> On Fri, 06 Dec 1996 16:54:30 -0800, Philip Canaday <[email-masked]>
> wrote:
> 

check out Brownells books or machineries hand book. a friend of mine
uses a combination of acid water and a handfull of nails to make up a
rusting solution for rust blueing guns

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From: [email-masked] (Tod Engine)
Date: 16 Dec 1996 16:46:52 GMT

Ever hear of a rust joint?  In old days if you wanted to put a collar on a
shaft, you could make a rust joint. Leave about an 1/8 inch space
clearance around shaft, then mix iron filings with sal ammoniac, and plae
in opening.  The iron will rust rapidly and the oxides will form a very
tight bond between the two parts.  One thing  I am not sure of is how do
you stop it from rusting, so you don'e eat through shaft in a few years.

Old,old, old technology.

Rick Rowlands