Build a Pie Safe with Charles Neil - Episode 23

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[GeraldJensen]

Charles ...

Just curious ... would there be a problem with applying the gun blueing before you do the punch work?

I appreciate this series!

G. Jensen

[InTheWorkshop]

@GeraldJensen , applyiing the bluing before works ok, but sometimes the punch can remove it leaving shiny spots,,

[kenny474]

I've blued several guns and also some tins and other pieces of steel for different projects, and I always figure out new stuff every time I use it. It really allows for some creativity.

Just don't be afraid of messing up and try different things, it's really not hard to achieve some really nice, and different looking, results.

Thanks for the videos as well Charles, as always, just awesome!

[kenny474]

If you play around with the gun blue a bit and do some different things to it, you can get some really neat colors and patterns going on. I like to use the plum brown like Charles used first, as the color is really nice and it can give you some really neat effects.

Just play around on some scrap and see what you can come up with, you'll be amazed at the range of colors you can make. Especially if you use the plum brown and then gun blue or vice-versa.

[kenny474]

Here are some tips I have found using gun blue to make some nice effects:

If you use steel wool, a rag and a small butane torch with a concentrated flame, you can get some really neat looking, sort of blotchy, swirly, rainbow color effects from it. I sort of let some drip on and puddle up in places and heat it in some spots and not others, rub it in some places and not others, really just play with it until I get a pattern and coloring effect I like. brown and then gun blue or vice-versa.

[attainableapex]

thank you so much for these video's. they would never have this on tv especially at this pace which i love.

[RichWyatt1]

great vid keep it up