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danh Participating Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Oct 26^th, 2017	How to make new look old? Mar 26^th, 2024 at 8:53pm	Print Post
	Just purchased a new marbles tang sight and it’s to nice. Have a Hepburn with nice but old bluing. Looking for ideas to reduce shine of bluing on sight to give it some age. Thanks


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15771 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: How to make new look old? Reply #1 - Mar 26^th, 2024 at 8:57pm	Print Post
	Depends on how much wear or antiquing you want. I have disassembled some newly blued parts and dropped them in Naval Jelly or Evaporust to remove the bluing. Then I reblue them using Borwnell's Oxpho-Blue cold bluing, and afterwards rub the part with 4/0 steel wool to make them aged.

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northwoodneil Full Member Offline Posts: 105 Location: Wisconsin Joined: Jul 25^th, 2021	Re: How to make new look old? Reply #2 - Mar 27^th, 2024 at 6:04pm	Print Post
	I've used Birchwood Casey rust and blue remover on a couple of mine. I do a real quick dunk then rinse and wipe down. If it's still to new, repeat. The blueing will come off these new sights fast leaving dark grey metal color, which by chance matches most of the rifles I'm putting them on.


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art_ruggiero Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1061 Location: CT Joined: Dec 14^th, 2008	Re: How to make new look old? Reply #3 - Mar 28^th, 2024 at 8:21am	Print Post
	leave them out in the rain until properly rusted then fin steel wool


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