First attempt at conservation

[Gilevi]

here is my first attempt at some conservation. I boiled the parts for a little over an hour then, used a cardding wheel. i think the process worked pretty well. thoughts?

[Wthenley]

Looks nice...well done but not overdone. Good job

[Singer B]

Looks really nice. My question is does this type of process hurt the collector/monetary value of a piece like sanding a stock? Thanks!

[browningautorifle]

Looks better than rust for sure, looks good.

[Gilevi]

Looks really nice. My question is does this type of process hurt the collector/monetary value of a piece like sanding a stock? Thanks!

it shouldnt, all it is doing is removing the rust

[jamie5070]

For more ideas, down this line of thought, check out Mark Novak's videos on youtube. "Anvil".
He does a similar thing and then follows up with a "steaming", to rust blue the items. Really evens out the finish.

[Gilevi]

its how i learned to do it. was thinking of doing the rust blue also

[browningautorifle]

was thinking of doing the rust blue also

We had a thread here about a rust blue gun a couple years back. If you do that keep us up on how it goes, we could use the education.