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[weekendballer]

you can change the color of steel by tempering it.

[DeTrevni]

Hm. From what I'm gathering here, it may be possible to achieve an aurora-like effect with a Minimag body.(?)

[A.C. Basbas]

Originally Posted by Altec

Really?

Yep. I do my rifle and shotgun barrels that way. Most recently I made a Hawken Rifle with an octagonal barrel, and had to use cow urine. It's a little gross, but people have been doing it that way for centuries. Even the ancient Egyptians used urine and lemon juice for an early form of electroplating... I just use the urine itself for oxidizing barrels.

I've got an old Belgium Browning 12 guage, and it's got such a nice finish now that I use it to check the depth of streams when I'm out duckhunting. It's durable, looks good, and protects your gun for life (and then some).

[John Satclaire]

Right, but is there a reason simple ammonia (dilute or regular) won't work? Or do you just happen to like the cow urine

[DeTrevni]

Oh. COW urine. *ahem*

/me zips up pants

Neat trick.

[Teimusan]

It can be done to steel. Take a look. This is dust finish. It would look cool as a high polished finished though.

[netsurferdude2]

I am currently trying to have a mag body plated like that.

Your best bet would be to try and contact the people who do this type of finish for knives.

[ih8cornnuts]

Aren't mag bodies simple stainless steel? Heat the "cow piss" out of it like stainless headers/pipes on cars and motorcycles. Those have a beautiful rainbow effect.

[A.C. Basbas]

Originally Posted by John Satclaire

Right, but is there a reason simple ammonia (dilute or regular) won't work? Or do you just happen to like the cow urine

I used cow urine on the Hawken because that's the traditional method (dating back years and years) and I wanted it to be authentic. I know ammonia would oxidize it, but I'm not sure it would achieve the same unique effects.

Originally Posted by DeTrevni

Oh. COW urine. *ahem*

/me zips up pants

Neat trick.

People-urine works too... It's not as acidic though

[DeTrevni]

Hey, could you post pics of your barrel? I'm curious of exactly what kind of effects cow urine might have on a Minimag body I may or may not get before I dunk it in cow pee.