AmericanLongRifles Forums. Welcome, Guest. Please login or register. Home Help Login Register. Pages: [ 1 ] 2 Go Down. Author Topic: rust blueing Read times. Meteorman Guest. You'll get a variety of answers here, Paul, ranging from custom-made SS troughs over propane burners, to soldered up raingutters and Coleman camp stoves.
I've used a PVC pipe with a 3rd of it sliced off lengthwise and capped on both ends, laid the barrel in it on spacers to keep it off the bottom , blocked it up horizontally, and poured boiling water in the trough to cover the barrel.
Waited minutes than immediately replaced the water with another load of boiling water for another minutes soak. Seemed to work fine for me. That method of course is slightly different than actively boiling the water with the barrel in the water - having not done the latter, I don't know if there's a noticeable difference in the results. I use a stainless steel tank now and have so for the last 20 years. Before that I had used a variety of things including a heavy fibreglass flowerbox set into a wooden box with insulation in it.
The heat source was 2 hot water tank heating elements plugged into the garage outlet. I had to extend the tank and box at one point to take a trap bbl but fibreglass work and a bit of carpentry was simple enough. No gas hookup at that place and I didn't have to pay for the electricity. If it isn't changing over, the water may be to blame hard water or too many disolved chemicles in it as in municiple water supply. Trying to use the same tank full of water too many times will give problems too.
I usually dump it after 3 trips through it. By then it starts to pick up other contaminants anyway. Clean the inside of the tank too when changing the water. Instead of a tank, some people use a tube. Place the bbl in it with a wire on it so you can remove it to check progress. When water starts to cool, dump water and refill. Boil next refill of water while first is still in the tube. An inexpensive insulation mat designed for a hot water tank wrapped around the tube will keep the water sufficiently hot for quite a while.
