/k/ - Weapons

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>>559140

LOL what did stainless steel ever do to you faggot?

>>559140

>I'm a faggot for preferring the objectively superior material

Oh the irony

>>559146

It's all naked and shiny. Fuck that.

>>559151

Can nitriding be done by the home gunsmith?

>>559143

Your gun is dusty strelok go clean it.

>>559151

>guns are made of surface treatments

>>559152

<It's all naked and shiny. Fuck that.

>literally baby duck syndrome

>>559154

<guns are made of surface treatments

That's the opposite of what I was saying spaghetti nigger.

>>559152

Unfortunately not, but there are a few services like blacknitride that will apply the treatment for you if you send them the parts.

>>559156

Well shit. I'll keep that in mind.

>>559153

It's pic from web.

Bumping. This kind of question seems more important lately.

>>559132

Difficulty wise they're about the same. Parkerizing can flake off leaving a gun exposed where as bluing generally will patina itself before it wears away.

>>559334

My understanding is that parkerized is more durable and the more matte finish is tacticool, but that bluing looks prettier.

Get ionbond and have a slick as fuck finish and forget about rust forever.

Or cerakoting if you're a cheap lazy bastard.

Bluing and parkerizing are for fudds.

>>559370

>anything that was invented more than 5 minutes ago is fudd

You again? Why don't you choke yourself to death since oxygen isn't new and tactical?

>>559376

Keep up, grandpa.

If you're doing it at home you should use cerakote. Both of those methods are terrible for DIY.

>Not chrome.

>>559384

What's the problem with home parkerizing? I mean I couldn't imagine doing proper hot bluing without a professional setup, but I've been looking into doing some small scale parkerizing and from what I've seen on youtube you can get good results.

>>559392

The hot bluing process is similar to parkerizing, practically speaking. Bluing needs to be hotter, and the chemicals are different, but you basically degrease, cook, and rinse for both.

>>559395

You're forgetting the most important thing in bluing, the metal prep. Also the fact that 295 degree caustic salts are a slightly different animal from lightly boiling phosphoric solution.

>>559397

The metal prep is similar. You completely remove the old finish, then for parkerizing you leave it slightly rough. When bluing you can polish it as finely as you want. Lightly boiling acid is not all that different than boiling caustic. Either one can fuck you up, but I will admit I worry less about the acid. I'm not going to pretend I've done either bluing or parkerizing, but I am a chemist and I work with conentrated acids and bases and other hazardous materials on a daily basis. I've been reading up on both processes, and would feel equally comfortable attempting either one.

>>559410

rust bluing is actually great. mfgs don't use it because it's time/labor intensive, so it's great for personal projects.

nickle plating is nice too, unless that look wouldn't work well with whatever look you're going for.

from what i understand, parkerizing is easier and more effective, but bluing has a way way better aesthetic. so again, it depends on what you want out of it. i'd chrome or nickle plate a DA revolver, blue a SA revolver or a really nice 1911. but honestly anything where aesthetics is less important, i'd skip the parkerizing and do something >>559370

>>559586

It's flashy and gaudy and not tacticool.