I got a great bolt last week from Phil, beautiful LEAD silver finish -12 bolt. Mirror finish, done really well. A bit too silver for my receivers though. So I had a tough call
to make, strip this one down or leave it. Finally decided to give it a bath.
I had to do at least as well as the armory, their work is perfect, the finish was almost too good to touch. But to use it, I had to try. So, after a lot of prep (it's all in the prep anyway),
I had the middle bolt, in the white. It was as close as you can get to a bolt fresh from the machine shop. I might have used Manganese but was out so decided to try Zinc. I'm
fairly happy with the results. The mirror finish was preserved and it will now fit any number of receivers well, as long as they are not charcoal black....
I had to wait for the wifey (here-after to be referred to as She Who Must Be Obeyed) to leave so I could try the little trick Phil mentioned- (he found it somewhere on another forum I believe)
of immediately wiping the bolt fresh out of the bath with really green olive oil. This idea did not go over well with my supervisor (SWMBO) so had to wait for her to leave on an errand....
and the results were tasty but not green... have not given up on the idea but confidence is low at this point. May have to settle for darker gray. Anyway, I'm ok with the results, it will
work well. Plus the fumes make by back ache less.
Bruce
to make, strip this one down or leave it. Finally decided to give it a bath.
I had to do at least as well as the armory, their work is perfect, the finish was almost too good to touch. But to use it, I had to try. So, after a lot of prep (it's all in the prep anyway),
I had the middle bolt, in the white. It was as close as you can get to a bolt fresh from the machine shop. I might have used Manganese but was out so decided to try Zinc. I'm
fairly happy with the results. The mirror finish was preserved and it will now fit any number of receivers well, as long as they are not charcoal black....
I had to wait for the wifey (here-after to be referred to as She Who Must Be Obeyed) to leave so I could try the little trick Phil mentioned- (he found it somewhere on another forum I believe)
of immediately wiping the bolt fresh out of the bath with really green olive oil. This idea did not go over well with my supervisor (SWMBO) so had to wait for her to leave on an errand....
and the results were tasty but not green... have not given up on the idea but confidence is low at this point. May have to settle for darker gray. Anyway, I'm ok with the results, it will
work well. Plus the fumes make by back ache less.
Bruce
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