flintoid
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so I finally got around to finishing my Romanian Guard AKM that I built a bit ago. I sanded down the nodak receiver till it was bare metal, inside and out- there's a blackened layer on the receivers from heat treat. Cleaned it out thoroughly and then hit it with cold bluing solution. I used Caswell's Cold Oxide solution which brought it to a pretty good hue that matched the black oxide on the romy g parts.
Then I hit the whole assembled rifle with a scotch bright pad and acted like I was just wiping it down. Let the outer surfaces of the parts catch the pad and I didn't "dig into" the rifle at any point. This simulated surface wear over time, IMO, and dang, it came out pretty darned good!![Grin [grin] [grin]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/041.gif)
Pictures don't even do it justice.
Then I hit the whole assembled rifle with a scotch bright pad and acted like I was just wiping it down. Let the outer surfaces of the parts catch the pad and I didn't "dig into" the rifle at any point. This simulated surface wear over time, IMO, and dang, it came out pretty darned good!
![Grin [grin] [grin]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/041.gif)
![IMG_0693.jpg](/xen/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi19.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb163%2Fflintoid%2FIMG_0693.jpg&hash=7980d31c2676a09f661d5566cdab6baa)
![IMG_0692.jpg](/xen/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi19.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb163%2Fflintoid%2FIMG_0692.jpg&hash=2ddccf2b7b53976fbcd4ef146d0a1f07)
Pictures don't even do it justice.
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