>>65216922 It will look really bad. OP, if you wanna blue, just look up how to actually do it, it's actually not that hard. Firebluing can also be done, is also easy, and which can look rather pretty, though isn't very strong.
>>65218161 hot blue involves dipping the metal in a tank of boiling salt to convert the iron on the surface into iron 2 oxide. cold blue is a chemical solution containing selenium and other shit that reacts with steel to make a thin black layer on top.
>>65218171 That definition of hot blue sounds like Parkerizing. Parking metal adds a phosphate finish right? >>65218172 Isn't a blue finish oxidation? How do you coat oxide?
>>65218186 no parkerizing is a different process that uses manganese or zinc phosphate to create a porous microstructure on the surface of the steel that is good at trapping oil. a practical difference for example is that you can have a polished blue finished, but parkerizing will always be matte.
>>65218186 real bluing is iron oxide. cold blue is different.
>>65218194 What's the benefits of choosing Parkerizing vs. bluing? I kinda want to try parking my cz82 because the finish is worn down and I like the look of my cz52 in gray phosphate.
>>65218224 >Because of its porous nature, does it need to be oiled regularly? yes but it's not like you don't have to oil bluing so functionally there isn't a ton of difference.
>>65218230 This is a shit recipe and will look like ass. Just use Iron III chloride and dilute it to between 1.5-3%. swap with hydrogen peroxide if impatient or leave it to rust on the air, then boil and card. Worked like a charm on my Italian shit sticks and a temu Mauser from a CCP arsenal
>>65218207 Parking is cheaper to do on a mass scale, and more durable than bluing, which is why bluing isn't done as much anymore (basically just on civilian commercial weapons, and those aiming towards an older look and feel).
If you look at stuff like the IMI Uzi, they'd parkerize the sheet metal parts, and then depending on production they'd slap a coat of protective paint over that. Cheap and holds up fairly well.
>>65218719 As I understand it, that's what the Czechoslovaks did to the cz82, and what I thought was finish wear was just the thin paint cover and not the actual finish.