G96 gun blue creme

[Alexdermietzel]

This is my first review so please give any advice or construcive criticism you may have. After a lot of use my parker hale striker (pretty much a rebranded BSA lightning) and my weihrauch hw77 have really began to lose the nice shiny factory blue that they once had. I decided that it would be too expensive to send them of to get profesionally re-blued so i researched cold blueing methods and no matter where i looked i couldn't find a good word said about any of them. I took the risk just to see for myself and i brought some g96 gun blue creme from my local gun shop for £10.99. I started with the trigger guard off my parker hale striker as i didn't want to start to big just incase i ruined it. I warmed the trigger guard in hot water and applied a small amount with a cotton swap as advised then i left it for a minute and washed it off. To begin with i was not impressed as the finish was streaky and had grey patches but after 3 more coat's being as even as possible it really began to look shiny and smooth not far of that factory finish i had been aiming for. I finished by applying a light coating of silicon gun oil as recommended and im really impressed. I am going to try the barrel tomorrow hopefully it will turn out well. I definetly recommend this product as a cheap alternative to expensive hot blueing.

[Paul P]

Did you clean it thoroughly using a degreaser first ?
I`ve found the best results with G96 (and other bluing liquids/gels) is to degrease, rinse, dry................. degrease, rinse, dry again and when it looks clean/grease free, degrease one more time and then apply

Have to agree though, when I first used G96 and saw the grey streaking I thought to myself "what a load of ........." but it does give the best finish of any of the cold blues i`ve used

[Alexdermietzel]

i didn't have any degreaser so i left the parts in boiling water for a few minutes and that seemed to get rid of any grease as there where no longer any blotchy grey patches

[Bolor]

Ive got a couple of old guns that need some bluing work done. I think i will try the g96 brand after this.

[Alexdermietzel]

Sorry for the insanely late reply. Don't use this to blue a whole gun just for little parts like trigger guards and screws. Tried this on a barrel and the results weren't bad but they could have been better. Again sorry for not sending this earlier but I kind of forgot I even joined this forum .

Hope the blueing turns out ok, Alex