Birchwood Casey Super Blue Reviews
Birchwood Casey Super Blue is a Fantastic product!
I build small scale cannons, and this is, without a doubt, the best product I’ve ever used. I read some negative reports and believe that they were likely the fault of the user. It really needs to be applied very aggressively, with a foam brush, and followed up with super fine steel wool. For best results, you must work it in for several minutes and allow to sit for about three minutes. After 24 hours, apply oil. It also works best when cold.
Cannon
Birchwood Casey Super Blue has exceeded …
Birchwood Casey Super Blue has exceeded my expectations. It was much easier to use than other cold bluing kits I’ve tried and has given me much better results. I have reblued two Mauser 98 rifles with it, and I have about half of the bottle left. To prepare them, I bead blasted the metal surfaces with very very fine media. Then I simply applied the bluing by hand with cleaning patches (while wearing nitrile gloves). By the time I finished putting the first coat on the last piece, the first was ready for the 0000 steel wool. This takes off some of those crusties and gives a nice dark grey. The second coat gives a deep blue color. Again, scrub off the crusties. Then the directions say to saturate the parts with oil to cure overnight. I used BreakFree CLP, which kinda foams a bit from the aerosol can. This helps you cover every little corner. All types of bluing are, in essence, rust, so check your parts for a few days afterward to make sure you don’t get any of the bad kind. It usually scrubs right off with some oil, but its best to be careful.
-Matt
Take your time and results will be good
I had bad luck with Birchwood Casey Super Blue at first because I was rushing it. Once I thoroughly cleaned, degreased, sanded, and polished the barrel followed by a careful application, it came out great. I applied the bluing, let it sit for several minutes then washed off with clean water. After drying, I buffed it with strips of newspaper, which really gave a smooth finish. I repeated this at least 6 times or more. After the final time I saturated everything with a heavy coat of Removal and let it sit. After removing the excess oil, it looks great. The color is even dark blue, almost black. Time will tell how well it holds up.
Chuck
Maxus barrel touch up
I used q-tips to apply rubbing alcohol first, followed by a wipe down with a wet cloth, then I applied super blue with a q-tip to the scratched areas. The deep scratch blued nicely in 3 coats, the thin light scratches took 10+ coats, and there are still a few areas that didn’t take the treatment. If I roughed the scratches up with steel wool (the instructions tell you to do this), I’m sure the blue would take better, but I’m not willing to risk it. After drying and buffing, the colors match, and it is difficult to tell there were any scratches – Should keep the barrel from rusting.
Leroy Jenkins
WORKS AS ADVERTISED
Researched several methods of imparting an ‘aged gray’ collaboration to bright-finished steel – bought several products and have tested them on various iron fittings, barrels, locks, and other pieces of flintlock and percussion weapon builds. I found the Birchwood Casey Super Blue to be the most controllable, best to work with and imparted the desired effect I was looking for. Not what it is designed for, but provides the ability to provide that ‘slightly aged / not abused’ look to bright finishes.
Trapdoor