Hi,

I am thinking of bluing my diana 52. can anyone please suggest a bluing product best for my gun at the moment i am thinking of perma bluing kit which is from birchwood casey

Inder

I don't want to discourage you from your buing project, but experience makes me believe there is more to a quality bluing job than the product. I have tried with several different brands of bluing kits and have had sub-standard results. I would suggest you experiment on scrap pieces of steel first before you take on your Diana air gun. Good Luck!

Fred

You should be able to get good results using Oxpho Blue, however be warned that you may run into differing alloys on the Diana guns with resultant different hues. It'll depend on your skill as to how it will turn out.

The pregnant question is, is the gun in the kind of shape that warrants a re-blue? Will it definitely be an improvement over it's present condition if less than perfect?

If you are looking for that deep Webley style blue, you may be hard pressed to get that from a cold blue process.

Good Luck

Knobs

Thanxx guys for your help full comments. Actually i bought this gun second hand and bluing is quite worn off. One of my friends is refinishing the gun and he has done this before too.

Hi Knobs... In your message title you wrote Perma Blue and in message you wrote Oxpho Blue kit are they same kit.

Regards,
Inder

Kanwar, Knobs was trying to tell you that Perma Blue Sxxks !!!Got the point ? Not knowing much about these two products, I think they may be different..

Oh My mistake, Thanxx Sidelever..

I didn't make out...

And regarding this Oxpho Blue i have seen this selling on Brownels site. I don't know will that be available in UK. I have ordered my kit from B.A.R

Inder

Did you get the Venom kit eventually?

Yah Sidelever,

Atlast i got venom kit. It came last week without any hassel. Don't know what happened to the first one which B.A.R sent. One of my friends is fitting that for me. I had bought a second hand gun and on opeing it up found out that breech washer is missing so ordered that from B.A.R. Just waiting for that to come

Also ordered stock re-finishing kit and bluing kit.

Inder

Hi.
Before I recommand, please understand that a thorough surface cleaning is critical for the success of this work. Same product can act totally different if surface was badly / perfectly prepared:

1. remove rust with delicate scratching paper '000' level (very thin grinding)
2. if surface has scratches - wipe gently so scratch is "swept" into the natural surface.
3. Clean with Acetone, only one direction wiping.
4. Apply blueing cream / liquid, uni-directional movements.
5. wipe remaining gargles and crumbs,
6. return stage 4 + 5 more, about 3 to 6 times to reach best results.

My choise is g96 blue cream , over diana 54. Excellent job - not far from the original finishing.

Check out this stuff. You can see a video demonstration on the website.

http://www.bluewonder.us/