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Craftsmanship => Gun Building and Repair => Topic started by: m-g willy on February 25, 2010, 06:31:59 PM

Title: HELP! Copper instead of brown!
Post by: m-g willy on February 25, 2010, 06:31:59 PM

Lock plate and hammer looks great brown.
But when I tried browning the barrel it came out looking like copper.
Went over it twice and it still looks like copper.
Should I keep recoating it?
Or strip it and start over.
I'm using Birchwood Casey brown

Title: browning
Post by: greyhunter on February 25, 2010, 08:06:29 PM

My friend there is a lot of info in the forum about browning under the tutorials. But here is my method, polish the barrel, then clean, clean, clean, clean the barrel,use alcohol, no touching after cleaning with your hands, support the barrel between two knife edges or stuff barrel onto a well supported dowel. Use a propane torch to "evenly" heat the barrel until a drop of water dances off it. Then apply the plum brown with a clean white rag, use gloves, but you probably knew that, after three or so coats wash the barrel with warm water , dry and when it cools apply gun oil to stop process. You will have to oil the barrel for the next couple of days to be sure the browning process stops. Kind of a crude explanation, there are better ones in the tutortials, but I felt you deserved an answer. Thanks for stopping in ! Regards GH.

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Post by: m-g willy on February 25, 2010, 08:36:33 PM

Thanks for the info.

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Post by: m-g willy on February 25, 2010, 09:56:59 PM

Just finnished it.
And coated it with oil
I'll see how it looks in the morning.
If I don't like it I'll try the Davis and LM  brew
Thanks for the input.

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Post by: R.M. on February 25, 2010, 10:08:13 PM

That will happen with the  Laural Mountain Brown if you rub it on, I find you need to just give it one long wipe. If you miss a spot, just leave it and get it next time. It'll blend in, really.

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Post by: m-g willy on February 26, 2010, 02:14:10 PM

Well  I wiped it down today and it looks pretty good.
Three coats ,not counting the first two I had to strip back off!
Thanks for the input guys.