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Offline Jon The Bassist

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Thread for making stem bolts black again?
« on: August 06, 2010, 08:06 PM »
I've searched for this thread but really can't find it. Any ideas?

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Re: Thread for making stem bolts black again?
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2010, 08:18 PM »
heat up bolts with a blowtorch then quench in old engine oil  :daumenhoch:
or buy new ones :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: Thread for making stem bolts black again?
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2010, 08:22 PM »
Ah okay! It's not for stem bolts but I'm interested in the method, as I might try it on something else  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Thread for making stem bolts black again?
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2010, 08:28 PM »
aint it some sort of bluing kit :-\ pm kuwahero im sure he was selling  one a whiles back, its prob gone but he would be able to advise im sure :daumenhoch:

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Re: Thread for making stem bolts black again?
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2010, 08:38 PM »
Cheers, as usual I'm after the cheap option!
I have oil and heat  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Thread for making stem bolts black again?
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2010, 08:43 PM »
aint it some sort of bluing kit :-\ pm kuwahero im sure he was selling  one a whiles back, its prob gone but he would be able to advise im sure :daumenhoch:
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yeah you can use gun blue and there are commercially available blacking kits ,although these are quite expensive
a metal finishers will do it but they charge a minimum of about £35

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Re: Thread for making stem bolts black again?
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2010, 09:02 PM »
What rooski says  ;) we were only talking about it at MK on sat

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Re: Thread for making stem bolts black again?
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2010, 10:39 PM »
Do a search on the net for Frost...............they do gear for restoring cars and they do the chemicals needed to do this  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Thread for making stem bolts black again?
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2010, 11:35 AM »
the process is called chemical blacking :daumenhoch:

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