Touching up the bluing

erehwesle · Post by **erehwesle** » November 15th, 2005, 3:33 pm

I actually got my P-64 at something of a discount at the gun show (from pretty cheap to scandalous!) mainly because it has a small scratch to the bluing of the slide.

This wasn't a huge deal to me, the reason I got it was to have a nice compact reliable pistol to use as a carry gun that I wouldn't be too worried about getting the occasional ding or scratch on.

However, now that I've found what a neat gun this is, and how much fun to shoot (and I don't really even mind the recoil that much, particularly with how accurate the little guy is), its just starting to bug me.

Anyone know how to touch up the bluing on a little scratch without having to refinish the whole gun?

Of course, the obvious solution is to get another P-64......

erehwesle

b52stan · Post by **b52stan** » November 15th, 2005, 4:52 pm

Outers has a 3 pen kit that is cheap, and works great for touch up. You get a pre-cleaner, blue touch-up, and final wash pen. Got mine at Midsouth shooters. 800-272-300.
Or you can try Midway or your local shop.

Post by **dfunk** » November 16th, 2005, 12:24 pm

I've seen great things come from those pens used by trained hands. www.SurplusRifle.com has a great little tutorial+video of how to re-blue an older surplus gun. Let us know the route you decide to take and post some pics when your finished.

erehwesle · Post by **erehwesle** » November 17th, 2005, 3:40 pm

The pen sounds like what I need. I'll post some pictures when I get it done.

Thanks for all the input everyone!

amd6547 · Post by **amd6547** » November 17th, 2005, 10:15 pm

I like brownells Oxpho-blue, which you can get from Cabelas. Use a q-tip for a scratch.

abwehr · Post by **abwehr** » November 18th, 2005, 8:02 am

I like the Oxpho-Blue myself! I have never tried one of the pen kits, but for little scratches, it sounds like the thing to use.

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