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Best product to a shine on bluing ?

torizustorizus Member Posts: 120 ✭✭
edited April 2008 in Ask the Experts
Any reccommendations on what to use that would put a sheen on gun blue?
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  • vdms55vdms55 Member Posts: 298 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i have been using Kroil penetrating oil. seems to work as long as the boys stay in the safe but it seems to evaporate when i fire 'em up or take them for walks in the sun.
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    RENAISSANCE micro-crystalline Wax POLISH [:D] great stuff .
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  • torizustorizus Member Posts: 120 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    well at least now I have an idea, thanks guys.
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  • Bill DeShivsBill DeShivs Member Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Car wax, or neutral shoe polish work as well as, maybe better than, Rennaissance Wax- and they are cheaper.
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  • Wolf.Wolf. Member Posts: 2,223 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    Try anhydrous lanolin. Wonderful stuff. Shines and protects against fingerprints and corrosion for a long time. The Renaissance Wax idea sounds good, too.

    NO! NO! He Dog! Ricardo Montalban would call eet "Cor-een'-thee-an La'-ther". I wonder how many Chrysler Cordobas he sold with that line?[:D]
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have always used Trewax, lots of hard carnuba to make it shine and help prevent rust.

    Now all we need is Recardo Mantalban to say "carnuba."
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  • gotstolefromgotstolefrom Member Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Viva Carnuba - The old yellow can of Johnsons Paste Wax.

    I made shadow-boxes for some older, not operational, S&W revolvers ...gave one to each boy in my family. They were super clean and dry and I rubbed them down with the wax, and buffed them off.

    It has been 7 years...2 inspections....no visible problems.

    A gunsmith in the area markets some wax that is 50/50 carnuba/bee's wax. You have to warm it with friction from the rag to apply it, and you have to go "King Kong" to buff it off. For me, it has not proven to be better than 10% carnuba wax products.
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