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Posted: 9/17/2012 7:18:48 AM EDT
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I was trying to touch up some scuffs in the anodizing on my AR with Birchwood Casey Super Black and it just seems to rub off every time I use the rifle. Is there like a wait time before you are supposed to use it for it to cure?
Is there a better touch up option? Thanks everyone |
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I was trying to touch up some scuffs in the anodizing on my AR with Birchwood Casey Super Black and it just seems to rub off every time I use the rifle. Is there like a wait time before you are supposed to use it for it to cure? Is there a better touch up option? Thanks everyone Yeah, the Super Black is paint and generally sucks. Use Birchwood Casey Aluminum Black. It chemically stains bright Alu and holds much better. Don't smear it everywhere, just apply it to where you need it. (think toothpick or Q-Tip) It's not instant coverage like paint (it's a semi-clear liquid).....give it a few seconds to react. 
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| Be carefull not to get that on steel or any other material besides the bare aluminum that you are working on. It will cause your bbl to rust right thru the phosphate coating and will never stop until you repark the steel; and, then I sold that particular piece,so, I don't know if that stopped it for good.Make sure you keep it stored with the lid on good; and verticle so it doesn't spill. It is selinium dioxide and caustic. If you drop a bare aluminum RDIAS base in the bottle ito blacken the wole thing alll at once; t will start to bubble like crazy. I don,t even store mine in the shop anymore. It is under the kitchen sink with the drano, etc. Luckily it's perfect for your purpose and does't harm the annodized parts. When your done don't mess with it; other than to clean the part as normal. It is pretty durable but you can sit there and rub it off if you try. Sometimes you can find it at the larger dept. stores' hunting section and the larger gunshops. Brownells has it. good luck. J. |
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The Birchwood Casey, you really need to shake the hell out of it.
I had a similar experience as you did with it. While putting one of the roll pins in the lower of my favorite AR. I scuffed it up a bit. I put birchood casey on it and it rubbed off as well. I shook that pen for five minutes and its not come off since. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
| B-C uses Selenium Dioxide as the active ingredient in both the aluma black and super blue. The B-C paint pens are a slow acting lacquer base. You have to shake the pens for a few minutes after the metal pellet inside has started to move, clean the surface with lacquer thinner and the stuff works great. |
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