Tips and links to refinishing your own barrels?

[B. Dudley]

Sure. Borrow the tank and set up the fryer burners and run some tests to see how long it takes to boil the water and check for fairly even heating.
When you actually boil for bluing use distilled water only.

There are a lot of other minor tips I could provide if you would like when the time comes.

[Himark]

absolutely! I very much appreciate it. I have the barrels at a shop now getting a dent lifted and will be doing them when they are returned. As I work in a body shop and have done a lot of metal finishing this process does not scare me especially with good advice from guys on here. tx.

[J. A. EARLY]

I agree with Brian on the Mark Lee's Express bluing. Works great. Lots of barrels and other parts from one bottle.

I use a double burner propane camp stove that has the tall legs, about $100 at Gander Mountain. Took a grinder to the ends and my tank fits right on top of the burners. To a boil in minutes. Can use it for other things as well obviously and comes apart and goes back in the box to save space.

Found a guy making sufficiently long stainless steel tanks with a lid on e-bay for much less than Brownells. With stainless steel, one can also do parkerizing.

Just my 2 cents.

[J. A. EARLY]

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Great quality.