For The Refinisher In All Of Us(G96)Goodstuff

[krunchnik]

I recently acquired another Kimber TLE/RL II used from a fella(yeh I know I must be a 1911 magnet)anyways the finish was wearing pretty badly,which seems to be the norm with the kimber black oxide finish.my son gave me a bottle of G96 cold blue so I figured I would give it a try,it seems to do a pretty good job of hiding and blending the old finish,even removed the idiot scratch(now thats something).Heres a couple of pics,just in case some of you fellers decide whether its right for you.

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Bass Pro sells the brand and can be had for just a few bucks,it sure beats having to clean,coat and bake or let a finish air dry for a couple of weeks.

[hipower]

Looks like a really good job. How durable do you think the finish is? Will be? Yeah, I know, dumb questions. But I have no experience with refinishing products. I have a buddy with an old police trade-in, SW model 10, that needs major help. When cleaning it the first time with Nitro 9, the entire finish just wiped off. Leaving him with a kind of cool looking gun, but totally unprotected. I'm just guessing that it had a poor refinish job to begin with.

[Wingshooter]

That looks good.

I have a Win 94 30-30 that has some bare spots in the finish. It got some rust on the side of it from a flooded basement years ago, and some of the finish rubbed off when I cleaned it. So far I have just accepted them as "character marks", but I have thought about trying to fix it. It sure would be nice to have a good finish on it again.

[krunchnik]

Looks like a really good job. How durable do you think the finish is? Will be? Yeah, I know, dumb questions. But I have no experience with refinishing products. I have a buddy with an old police trade-in, SW model 10, that needs major help. When cleaning it the first time with Nitro 9, the entire finish just wiped off. Leaving him with a kind of cool looking gun, but totally unprotected. I'm just guessing that it had a poor refinish job to begin with.

I think it will wear at least as good as the original finish,I had to rub it a little so it would blend,but it seems to coat well.if it doesnt(wear decent)its easy to just redo it.

[Wingshooter]

Did you just apply it over the old finish, and was there a lot of effort involved in preparing the metal?

[krunchnik]

Did you just apply it over the old finish, and was there a lot of effort involved in preparing the metal?

All I did was clean the slide and frame with my wifes fingernail polish remover(dont tell her)this stuff is very high in acetone,then I just rubbed the frame and slide with the bluing on a patch,rinsed in hot water and dried.Of coarse reoiled with Remoil.very easy and quick to do.

[hipower]

Thanks much for the info! I may try to talk Eric into letting me try this on his.

[Guest BEARMAN]

Very nice work, Krunchnik, very nice indeed, my friend!

[Trekbike]

Looks great. Nice work.

[Jasongar8]

Looks really nice, like a factory job.

[kwe45919]

Wow what a difference......might have to try some of that....

[Guest mtsumatt]

I've got a gun like batman-pre 64 model 94 30-30 with a nickel plated casing I bought many many years ago. It has killed a lot of deer. I started to reblue it myself and stripped off the blueing on the barrel. I was then told I will screw it up using the stuff from stores like Kmart so for about 20 years now, it's been sitting in my gun cabinet naked because I have not found anyone to reblue it.

Now, I think I'll buy some of this G96 and try this since it turned out so well. Thanks for posting how well this worked for you. This will be my next winter project.