Does bluing compound freeze?

Bluntforce · 12-07-2021, 05:17 PM

None of the brick and mortar stores carry bluing compound so I’ll have to have it sent, most likely interfacing with the USPS for the last leg. Which means some hours in the mailbox during possible freezing temperatures. Anything to worry aboot?

Hunter07 · 12-10-2021, 02:56 PM

I tried a google search for "does bluing compound freeze", and found nothing but a boatload of sites advertising bluing compounds/liquids.

Is there any specific product that you're wondering about?

Maybe call the manufacturer?

FWIW, many years ago, I 're-blued' a Remington 11-48 20 Ga. that I used to own. IIRC, it was a 'cold bluing process'. Once I was done with it, it looked pretty good! But I kept the stuff in my parents home, in my Dad's basement work shop.

aviator · 12-10-2021, 03:56 PM

I have a bottle of the stuff in my garage but my wife hasn't set the AC below freezing yet.

Hunter07 · 12-10-2021, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aviator

I have a bottle of the stuff in my garage but my wife hasn't set the AC below freezing yet.

Says the guy that lives in south Florida.....

aviator · 12-10-2021, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hunter07

Says the guy that lives in south Florida.....

You complain about snow and I have 84º and humidity to deal with today. Ain't this a great country?

RetVet · 12-11-2021, 06:47 AM

Don't know about blueing, but I know parkerizing solution with go bad and start solidifying over time.

Bluntforce · 12-12-2021, 05:47 AM

It’s supposed to be warm until it gets here. Also ordered some aluma black for scratches on handguards and AR receivers.

Bluntforce · 12-16-2021, 11:13 PM

Birchwood Casey Super Blue and Aluma Black. Got an e-mail yesterday that said it would be here today contradicting three other e-mails saying arrival would be 17th. It’s not here yet. Brownells is the company.

A few months ago I couldn’t find Aluma Black on the internet or in any store from OKC to KC. If you are looking for Aluma Black now would be a good time to order. YT vids show people applying it to steel and it working. Other YT vids show Super Blue working faster and better than Perma Blue on the same piece of steel.

Bluntforce · 12-17-2021, 07:14 PM

Now the package is in Texas.

For context I’m in BFE OK four miles south of KS and the package started out either in Iowa or further north. I can see why a lot of companies make tracking something you work for. I expected the package on the 21st, just a date I wrenched out of my ass along with my head. They now say the 20th. As long as I’ve been looking for the Aluma Black St. Patrick’s Day wouldn’t bother me. The blueing is for the final touch on a nine or ten year project I don’t remember when it started, it may be closer to eight.

I hope I can credibly blame this so called delay on Biden but if I can’t I’ll settle for scurrilous blame.

Bluntforce · 12-19-2021, 08:32 PM

It’s in Enid which is roughly as far west as Tulsa is east of here. FWIW FedEx is the carrier. USPS likes to route to/through Tulsa and only sometimes sends stuff to OKC/Dallas, they’ve been getting better about not doing that. FedEx took the chemicals to some suburb south of Dallas.

Tonight will be cold but tomorrow will be warm and so will the next day. No useful information relating to original question will be obtained. Hopefully the tracking info will be found of some use.

Bluntforce · 12-20-2021, 05:10 PM

Like Michael Myers says I got muh crrrrrrrap.

Had the goddamned genius Forrest Gump idea after I use it (probably anuther eight to ten years) I can leave it out on a cold night to see if it freezes. It will be completely irrelevant information for anyone at high elevations, north of central Kansas and especially around the Great Lakes or the Northeast. It just doesn’t get as cold or stay that way for long. Even the freezer wouldn’t be near as harsh as an unheated workshop in Michigan but it would be a constant.

In a real

of irony Birchwood Casey is in Texas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdev4-Oa7io

12-07-2021, 05:17 PM	#1
Bluntforce slug Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Allturd State Posts: 21,864	Does bluing compound freeze? None of the brick and mortar stores carry bluing compound so I’ll have to have it sent, most likely interfacing with the USPS for the last leg. Which means some hours in the mailbox during possible freezing temperatures. Anything to worry aboot? __________________

12-10-2021, 03:56 PM	#3
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,374	I have a bottle of the stuff in my garage but my wife hasn't set the AC below freezing yet. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

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RetVet Statistical Error Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Homeless Posts: 43,649	Don't know about blueing, but I know parkerizing solution with go bad and start solidifying over time. __________________ ^^^ For entertainment purposes. Use only as directed. ^^^ III

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12-10-2021, 02:56 PM	#2
Hunter07 I'm a grumpy SOB Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Frostbite Falls, MN Posts: 10,520	I tried a google search for "does bluing compound freeze", and found nothing but a boatload of sites advertising bluing compounds/liquids. Is there any specific product that you're wondering about? Maybe call the manufacturer? FWIW, many years ago, I 're-blued' a Remington 11-48 20 Ga. that I used to own. IIRC, it was a 'cold bluing process'. Once I was done with it, it looked pretty good! But I kept the stuff in my parents home, in my Dad's basement work shop.

12-12-2021, 05:47 AM	#7
Bluntforce slug Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Allturd State Posts: 21,864	It’s supposed to be warm until it gets here. Also ordered some aluma black for scratches on handguards and AR receivers.

12-16-2021, 11:13 PM	#8
Bluntforce slug Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Allturd State Posts: 21,864	Birchwood Casey Super Blue and Aluma Black. Got an e-mail yesterday that said it would be here today contradicting three other e-mails saying arrival would be 17th. It’s not here yet. Brownells is the company. A few months ago I couldn’t find Aluma Black on the internet or in any store from OKC to KC. If you are looking for Aluma Black now would be a good time to order. YT vids show people applying it to steel and it working. Other YT vids show Super Blue working faster and better than Perma Blue on the same piece of steel.

12-17-2021, 07:14 PM	#9
Bluntforce slug Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Allturd State Posts: 21,864	Now the package is in Texas. For context I’m in BFE OK four miles south of KS and the package started out either in Iowa or further north. I can see why a lot of companies make tracking something you work for. I expected the package on the 21st, just a date I wrenched out of my ass along with my head. They now say the 20th. As long as I’ve been looking for the Aluma Black St. Patrick’s Day wouldn’t bother me. The blueing is for the final touch on a nine or ten year project I don’t remember when it started, it may be closer to eight. I hope I can credibly blame this so called delay on Biden but if I can’t I’ll settle for scurrilous blame.

12-19-2021, 08:32 PM	#10
Bluntforce slug Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Allturd State Posts: 21,864	It’s in Enid which is roughly as far west as Tulsa is east of here. FWIW FedEx is the carrier. USPS likes to route to/through Tulsa and only sometimes sends stuff to OKC/Dallas, they’ve been getting better about not doing that. FedEx took the chemicals to some suburb south of Dallas. Tonight will be cold but tomorrow will be warm and so will the next day. No useful information relating to original question will be obtained. Hopefully the tracking info will be found of some use.

12-20-2021, 05:10 PM	#11
Bluntforce slug Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Allturd State Posts: 21,864	Like Michael Myers says I got muh crrrrrrrap. Had the goddamned genius Forrest Gump idea after I use it (probably anuther eight to ten years) I can leave it out on a cold night to see if it freezes. It will be completely irrelevant information for anyone at high elevations, north of central Kansas and especially around the Great Lakes or the Northeast. It just doesn’t get as cold or stay that way for long. Even the freezer wouldn’t be near as harsh as an unheated workshop in Michigan but it would be a constant. In a real of irony Birchwood Casey is in Texas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdev4-Oa7io