Steel F/X Patinas

[cshold]

What do y'all think?

http://youtu.be/5HhzOJohNzo

[GonnePhishin]

Watched the video. While the finish looks good from a distance, the close up shots aren't that great-at least to me.
Question is how long will it hold up?

[Chuck 100 yd]

That is butt ugly ! Was better looking in the white.

[Buck Elliott]

I believe I would have disassembled the gun before I slopped that much water and chemicals all over it.

Somebody wasn't thinkin' too good...

[Tactical Lever]

Kind of like it. I would probably try it out on something already worn before stripping bluing though. Probably makes a difference on who's applying it. Wonder how it would work on excessively gold rifles?

[harry]

That is butt ugly ! Was better looking in the white.

That's a polite way to say what I was thinking.

[cshold]

I believe I would have disassembled the gun before I slopped that much water and chemicals all over it.

Somebody wasn't thinkin' too good...

+1 Buck, had a slight heart palpitation watching that video.
The guns in the picture don't look to bad in my opinion. Could be the result of good photography.
The one in the video not done well at all.

[fordwannabe]

I did something kinda like that to my large loop henry 001. From a distance it looks a little like old case color but up close its not all that great. I stripped the receiver cover then used cold blue and mustard to get the effect, then semi gloss cleared it. The nice thing(I guess) is it is not very durable, easily redone, and after doing it once I believe I can get better results the second time. I will also put a smidge of gold paint in the mix for more color. I do get comments on my shorty 22 with the case colored receiver though.

[BrentD]

I clicked on that and it darn near took my computer down. I don't know what it is, but I'm not only going to avoid the video, but I'll avoid the product. Faux finishes are definitely not for me. There is a time and place for creating a patina on a repaired part, but the correct way to do it is to simulate the wear. For a case colored part, it should be case colored and then rubbed down (a bit of an art form to doing this) with polishing abrasives - which is exactly how patina develops on metal. I use a product called Simichrome Polishing paste. You can put some on a glove or your and and then handle rifle as you would in carrying and shooting it and the colors will be worn off unevenly, leaving more in the inside corners and less on the high spots.

This stuff, no way. Get a can of Krylon and you won't do any worse damage for a lot less money.

[OldWin]

I believe I would have disassembled the gun before I slopped that much water and chemicals all over it.

Somebody wasn't thinkin' too good...

Yup.

They will need two gallons of Kroil to get it apart next time.


As for the finish, I usually subscribe to the "there's no free lunch" theory.

[Nate Kiowa Jones]

There's probably some useful applications for it but not on a gun. At least not as color-case.