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Greg Connors
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Posted: Thu Feb 16th, 2006 01:20 am |
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Roger, my understanding is the goo-goo holes are to let out the goo-goo that seeps in during bluing. If you didn't let it drain out it would slosh around in there and eventually cause a variety of ills.
Restore a Ford 8N tractor - the rear rims were originally zing-cad plated but most guys don't re-do that because most plating shops won't take the care in ensuring the goo-goo
(acid in this case) is properly removed from the center band that runs around the ID of the outer rim. The acid leaches out over time and both rusts out the rims and ruins the finish. I think it's the same story.
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Frank DAmico
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Posted: Thu Feb 16th, 2006 01:40 am |
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| Page 438 of TPS talks about the rust blue process used on all Parker Bros barrels. They managed the process without drilling holes.
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Dean Romig
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Posted: Thu Feb 16th, 2006 02:49 am |
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Maybe I misunderstood but I had beleived that the holes were drilled to allow draining of acid after relaying the ribs. Am I mistaken in this? I should re-read my TPS on this subject I guess.
Dean
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Roger Whitfield
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Posted: Thu Feb 16th, 2006 11:07 am |
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| Greg if you do a Google search on "rust bluing" there is a wealth of information on the subject, the rusting process is done mainly by creating an acidic humid atmosphere that causes the barrels to rust and has nothing to do with submersion in acid or any other caustic solution. I have a safe full of Parker barrels none of which have any extra holes in them and in the last hundred or so years none have separated. A fellow by the name of King who had a pretty good reputation stamped most of my Parker barrels and by doing so gave me the feeling that I would not need to do any "improvements" on those barrels. I know we must have at least one retired barrel maker reading this and your comments would be most welcome on this and other barrel related subjects.
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Frank DAmico
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Posted: Thu Feb 16th, 2006 06:16 pm |
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I can't remember the exact process I read in TPS but for my reblue the barrels were immersed in boiling water. Here's the process:
http://www.craftguard.com/RustBlue.htm
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Carl Brandt
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Posted: Thu Feb 16th, 2006 10:40 pm |
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Here's one with photos and instructions.
http://www.winrest.com/blueinstructions.html
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