Birchwood Casey Perma Blue Reviews

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Add a little heat with a good blow dryer.

I purchased the Birchwood Casey Perma Blue kit as an alternative to Wonder Blue, which I was unable to find. At about half the price, it worked well. You just have to follow the instructions, use the ingredients in stages, and exercise patience and reapplication. The liquid will place a very, very thin layer of bluing onto the steel parts, and has to be reapplied numerous times for the best, profound blue/black results. The kit version contained everything imaginable for a home blue job. I applied it to an old Stevens 22/410 from 1939. It had “no” finish whatsoever and now looks better than it has for at least 40+ years. For semi-restoration of the color casing on the receiver, I used a blow dryer to dry the layers of cold bluing solution. After about six or so coats, followed by thorough cleanings at each interval, my results were impressive. I fell in love with the “rust barrier” cloths that the kit included and will purchase more for my other collectibles for a smooth, rust-free shine. To top it off, the package also included a set of VisiShot style targets for a range-test.

ChristiLeigh

Birchwood Casey Perma Blue is great

I have been refinishing guns for many years and have always used the Hot Blue technique; this was my first use of a cold blue technique and found it to be a fantastic product. If you simply follow the instructions to the letter, you will achieve an exceptional finish. I will be using this for all of my future refinishing jobs

Hubeywan

Works good

Follow the directions. Works well. I have used it four times now with no problems.
If the finish does not look dark enough and it seems like it just didn’t cut it. DON’T FORGET SOMETHING. After you are done with your last coat and you wash and dry it. APPLY the oil. The oil will soak back in and make it dark again. When you strip the oil from the metal pours, everything will look lighter. So you have to soak that oil back in to seal it and bring its dark color back.
I finished my SKS about four years ago. I have looked great then. I did it again a few days ago because I kept leaving it in the wrong places and had so many rust build-ups. I rarely oiled too, which is a no-no. So follow the directions. Oil it afterwords and then oil it once a month or every to months at the very least. The barricade works well. But Sea Foam Deep Creep works well too.

mike6387

Worth Every Penny… ~$15

Yes, it’s worth every penny of the $15 it costs. It performs as advertised, and it cleaned up my used Taurus Ragin Bull… Spot fixes are highly noticeable, BUT that could be my fault… I need to do the entire piece to get a uniform coverage, and matching color… you’ll also need… non-latex gloves… Q-tips… 100% medical cotton balls… lots of CLEAN wipe rags (100% cotton as well).. some extra 000 steel wool… and 280gr sandpaper (I also used 400 & 600 gr). Work slowly and neatly… I changed gloves (clean) before applying the Birchwood Casey Perma Blue… Also… always use distilled water for the rinsing… I would like to see if the “liquid” blue works better than the paste…

ByLondonEnd

You get out of it what you put into it!

I used this kit to re-blue my very well-worn Mossberg 88. I’ve never done any re-blueing before. The instructions are particular on what you need to do, and it took me all afternoon to do it right, but the results are well worth the effort involved. I re-blued the ammo tube, pump guides, and the 28″ barrel and have enough paste left for many other guns. I completely stripped the receiver and the ammo tube, but left the original blueing on the barrel and just went over it- Very consistent results; it looks a million times better.
After I stripped the worn factory blueing off of the receiver, I realized it was aluminum —- can’t be cold blued with this kit. (I tried, it washes right off) Make sure you know what metals you’re working with before you start!!! Fortunately, I like the silver receiver and am going to leave it like that.
In addition to the kit, buy a box of disposable plastic gloves – they are required, and get some more fine steel wool for polishing between coats. It takes at least three layers to get the right color. You also will need a stopwatch or timer and ALL AFTERNOON to do it right.

Superbird71