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Is it possible to case color a stainless steel action? Or something to give a similar look? | ||
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I'm sure a talented airbrush artist can help you out! ![]() Matt FISH!! Heed the words of Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984: "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." | |||
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it sounds cool, i Don't think its posible STAIN less ... testor's paint? opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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SS changes color with heat. Get a small tip on a Oxy Acetylene torch and have at it. Feel lucky? ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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Talk to a knifemaker, some of them do some interesting case-color-like treatments to stainless using heat, oil, etc. | |||
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I don't know if it can be done in the traditional sense, but lots of guys color stainless with heat. You can get some very interesting colors. Get a piece of scrap stainless and try it for yourself, it doesn't take much to polish it off, so one scrap piece can be used multiple times. | |||
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Send an e-mail to Turnbull. If anyone knows, he does. | |||
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Here is a stainless steel putter that was colored using heat. Google "torching" or "torched" to see other examples and a description of the process people use. Some guys quench in oil, some guys let them air cool. The degree of heating and method of cooling can produce different colors. ![]() | |||
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Turnbull's shop says they can not color case harden stainless. However, as some of you have pointed out, stainless does color with heat and I am finding some general info including http://www.bssa.org.uk/topics.php?article=140 Thanks! | |||
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The problem is though. Stainless tempers differently then carbon steel. So trying the normal process on stainless will alter the heat treat of the steel and anything blue or purple is way to hot. It will soften the steel. www.KLStottlemyer.com Deport the Homeless and Give the Illegals citizenship. AT LEAST THE ILLEGALS WILL WORK | |||
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i was wronng .. guess you can color it .. i figured you meant for an action opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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I was thinking about coloring a SS action when I asked the question but it seems like the temperature ranges are too high. I will have to come up with a new plan. | |||
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I recall inexpensive break action shotguns- .410's, starter guns for kids- that were CC'd using a chemical process, so they weren't really CC'd, but the colors were nice. | |||
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