Blueing?? > Maintenance & Cleaning

Posted: 6/7/2004 12:03:35 PM EDT

Guys,

I have a defective muzzle compensator. Therefore, I boought a brand new EGW GEN II compensator.

The owner called me back and told me that he had one EGW GEN II comp in stock. However, it isn't been "blue" yet.

What does BLUEING/BLUE mean? Will this effect my weapon at all?

How easy is it to BLUE something?

Please help if you can.

thanx

Posted: 6/7/2004 7:16:41 PM EDT

[#1]

Hes gonna turn your comp black using a chemical process that can be done in a hot tank,with a paste or by a liquid or cold blueing.Inferior to parkerizing and requires a bit more attention to do well and keep well.There are all different degrees of blueing.

Posted: 6/8/2004 9:35:41 AM EDT

[#2]

Thanx for the reply.

The owner gave me two options.

They are:

1) Accept the compensator without blueing
2) Wait 1-2 weeks to get it blue

I opted to accept the compensator because I can't wait 1-2 weeks.

Anyhow, was this a bad mistake?

Posted: 6/10/2004 2:21:06 PM EDT

[#3]

IMHO, a bare steel comp is w-a-y inferior to blued. As model927 mentioned, blued is inferior to manganese phosphate (Parkerized).

Posted: 6/11/2004 11:38:28 PM EDT

[#4]

Just as a side note, as wierd as it sounds, blueing is actually a chemical reaction that oxidizes the steel to some degree. So that nice black finish you see on many weapons (that aren't parkerized) is actually from oxidation....otherwise known as rust. Kind of crazy huh.

This was just a side note, I'd second what everyone else had to say.

If not for other reasons, a Parkerized finish is good because it is "porous" and soaks up oil/protectant, keeping it rust free and good looking.

Gundraw

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