Thinking about another rust bluing project.
My first project was fun and turned out great. For metal prep, I sanded everything to 320 grit, and everything worked out pretty much as expected.
For my second project, I am thinking about a pistol with a worn blue finish -- originally polished on the flats, and bead blasted around curves. Thinking about sanding the flats to 320, but leaving the bead blasted curves as-is (just degreasing and removing the old blue, but not doing any sand/polish on those areas).
Should I expect this to retain a two-tone finish/texture after the rust blue process? Should I expect any complications when rust bluing the bead blasted areas? (using Mark Lee Express Blue #1)
My first project was fun and turned out great. For metal prep, I sanded everything to 320 grit, and everything worked out pretty much as expected.
For my second project, I am thinking about a pistol with a worn blue finish -- originally polished on the flats, and bead blasted around curves. Thinking about sanding the flats to 320, but leaving the bead blasted curves as-is (just degreasing and removing the old blue, but not doing any sand/polish on those areas).
Should I expect this to retain a two-tone finish/texture after the rust blue process? Should I expect any complications when rust bluing the bead blasted areas? (using Mark Lee Express Blue #1)