Only recently did i try bluing, i became addicted in short order. I use the same stuff from Wal-Mart with great success. So far i have done two machinists parallel clamps and 7 2&1/2" Hargrave clamps. Every clamp i have done so far i bought very cheap off of ebay because they were all rusty. I used Evaporust on most of them, but also ran a couple of them through a bead blast cabinet. I use denatured alcohol to clean them and wear thin rubber gloves to prevent contaminating the tools with oil from my hands. I too have had great success just like you did.
You did better than me, I always forget to put gloves on! what kind of sandblast cabinet do you have, Have one from Harbor Freight and it SUCKS!!!!!! hate it!
@djstoolrestorations Those two went through a buddy's cabinet, which is a HF. His works fine, and yours can too, but not without several upgrades. You upgrade the gun, gloves, add high intensity lighting, change the drain in the bottom to allow for quick dumping aggregate to change to other abrasive choices, add a good vac, caulk all seems to reduce leakage. That is most of what you need to do. HF blast cabinets are more of a project you buy, then improve ALOT of stuff, and add more upgrades to get a good blast cabinet.
That looks great DJ. Nicely done sir. I'd be proud to own that little C clamp. My local Walmart carries 3 in 1 oil but it is with the tools and not with the rest of the oils and things of that nature. I didn't think they carried it until one i needed some socket rails and saw it with the tools. I also get it at Ace True Value Hardware stores. They always have it.
Just finished a couple 8" C clamps the other day. When you find good ones they really do clean up nice. I really gotta get myself some of that bluing! I just keep forgetting. Ill do that now! Have a good weekend, DJ!
Looks good, I've never blued anything, as a matter of fact I've not bought any tools lately to cleanup, I've been too busy to do a little pawn shopping.
When I do a clamp with threaded bolts Like parallels, or just 1 like a c clamp, I take paper towels saturated with the cleaner I am using one of my final steps is putting the solvent soaked paper towel on the threads, then press my fingernail into the paper towel and jam the towel into the thread with my fingernail and chase the thread that way it's entire length. I press another clean part of the towel into the threads frequently, maybe 6-8 times over the length of the screw. I bought a half dozen very ugly looking Hargrave clamps that had the business end of the clamps and the swivel pad covered in a thick black coat of what reminded me of Plasti- dip, but super thick. The remainder of the clamps were total rust. I was going strip all that stuff off, but chose to leave it on because that stuff allows the clamp to do what it needs to while providing a degree of protection to whatever the clamp is being used on. So, I Evaporusted the Rusty part and blued that and left the rubber coating intact. I was very pleased with how the clamps turned out.
Hey DJ, how long did you let the bluing sit before you oiled the tool with the 3 in 1? And how would you heat the tool after oiling if you were doing this in the winter? Thanks, DJ
@@djstoolrestorations I just wasn't sure if letting it dry like you do before waxing was necessary. Going to restore a 6" Jamestown NY crescent wrench with my son this weekend. Its rusty and has a bent handle but it's great besides that. Will be a good one to get him started and used to using and working with tools. Will be his 1st wrench in his collection and a good one! Since we'll be wire brushing it I figured we'd blue it. Might just blue the inside of the handle and leave the rest but not sure yet. It'll be up to him in the end. Either way I want to oil it after which I don't normally do. I've heard good things about oiling it after bluing and that its actually something that should be done after bluing so I'm going to start with his. Well thanks for the reply, DJ. I'm off to watch the new video you just posted. Have a good night and keep them awesome videos coming!
@@ksajak I used my first tools working on my mini bike, I bought my first truck when I was 15 years old, a 1949 ford with a flat head 6, that is when I learned the real value of tools, I used every tool I cold get my hands on did not care who or where it was made so long as I kept my wheels running, drove it for 20 years and it was all original, I hated king pins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only recently did i try bluing, i became addicted in short order. I use the same stuff from Wal-Mart with great success. So far i have done two machinists parallel clamps and 7 2&1/2" Hargrave clamps. Every clamp i have done so far i bought very cheap off of ebay because they were all rusty. I used Evaporust on most of them, but also ran a couple of them through a bead blast cabinet. I use denatured alcohol to clean them and wear thin rubber gloves to prevent contaminating the tools with oil from my hands. I too have had great success just like you did.
You did better than me, I always forget to put gloves on! what kind of sandblast cabinet do you have, Have one from Harbor Freight and it SUCKS!!!!!! hate it!
@djstoolrestorations Those two went through a buddy's cabinet, which is a HF. His works fine, and yours can too, but not without several upgrades. You upgrade the gun, gloves, add high intensity lighting, change the drain in the bottom to allow for quick dumping aggregate to change to other abrasive choices, add a good vac, caulk all seems to reduce leakage. That is most of what you need to do. HF blast cabinets are more of a project you buy, then improve ALOT of stuff, and add more upgrades to get a good blast cabinet.
I've found out that the higher you polish the metal, the better the blueing will turn out. Great video. Take care.
I am going to polish one and see how it takes!
That looks great DJ. Nicely done sir. I'd be proud to own that little C clamp. My local Walmart carries 3 in 1 oil but it is with the tools and not with the rest of the oils and things of that nature. I didn't think they carried it until one i needed some socket rails and saw it with the tools. I also get it at Ace True Value Hardware stores. They always have it.
I have ran out of the bluing and almost out of 3&1 oil, I will get some this weekend!
@@djstoolrestorations I've been using G96 liquid gun blue from Amazon and I've been really happy with the results. I'll Brownells next
Just finished a couple 8" C clamps the other day. When you find good ones they really do clean up nice. I really gotta get myself some of that bluing! I just keep forgetting. Ill do that now! Have a good weekend, DJ!
I think you will like the bluing, I think it gives the tools a good look!
Looks good, I've never blued anything, as a matter of fact I've not bought any tools lately to cleanup, I've been too busy to do a little pawn shopping.
Now, you have to find some time to do a little shopping! try the bluing I think you will like it!
Great job I do my blueing the same way 3in1 is what I like to
I works great!
When I do a clamp with threaded bolts Like parallels, or just 1 like a c clamp, I take paper towels saturated with the cleaner I am using one of my final steps is putting the solvent soaked paper towel on the threads, then press my fingernail into the paper towel and jam the towel into the thread with my fingernail and chase the thread that way it's entire length. I press another clean part of the towel into the threads frequently, maybe 6-8 times over the length of the screw.
I bought a half dozen very ugly looking Hargrave clamps that had the business end of the clamps and the swivel pad covered in a thick black coat of what reminded me of Plasti- dip, but super thick. The remainder of the clamps were total rust. I was going strip all that stuff off, but chose to leave it on because that stuff allows the clamp to do what it needs to while providing a degree of protection to whatever the clamp is being used on. So, I Evaporusted the Rusty part and blued that and left the rubber coating intact. I was very pleased with how the clamps turned out.
I have a couple of clamps from a friend and he used contact cement and glued small patches of inner tube piece to the pads!
I use 3-in-1 oil all the time. I like it.
Good stuff
You seasoned it like a cast iron pan!
Did not realize that, duh! I am going to try to coat oil on one a couple of times and see if it helps darken it more!
Hey DJ, how long did you let the bluing sit before you oiled the tool with the 3 in 1? And how would you heat the tool after oiling if you were doing this in the winter? Thanks, DJ
Less than 30 minutes, do not seem to effect the bluing any, I will test another one and oil it right away!
@@djstoolrestorations I just wasn't sure if letting it dry like you do before waxing was necessary. Going to restore a 6" Jamestown NY crescent wrench with my son this weekend. Its rusty and has a bent handle but it's great besides that. Will be a good one to get him started and used to using and working with tools. Will be his 1st wrench in his collection and a good one! Since we'll be wire brushing it I figured we'd blue it. Might just blue the inside of the handle and leave the rest but not sure yet. It'll be up to him in the end. Either way I want to oil it after which I don't normally do. I've heard good things about oiling it after bluing and that its actually something that should be done after bluing so I'm going to start with his. Well thanks for the reply, DJ. I'm off to watch the new video you just posted. Have a good night and keep them awesome videos coming!
@@ksajak I used my first tools working on my mini bike, I bought my first truck when I was 15 years old, a 1949 ford with a flat head 6, that is when I learned the real value of tools, I used every tool I cold get my hands on did not care who or where it was made so long as I kept my wheels running, drove it for 20 years and it was all original, I hated king pins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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