"Battlefield Pick Up" Finish on Romy AK

[flintoid]

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!

Pictures don't even do it justice.

 

[Viper22]

Very cool!

 

[pj150]

Looks naturally worn.

 

[Tim94gt]

Sweet, came out real nice.

 

[Finalygotabeltfed]

Looks good, just keep it well oiled.

I love Romies!!!!

 

[flintoid]

Looks good, just keep it well oiled.

very sound advice Not so corrosion resistant anymore! lol

 

[atmay]

Looks nice, but personally I would have put all that wear on the old-fashioned way

 

[SKS Ray]

I'd actually let it get some surface rust and then keep buffing it off.

 

[Finalygotabeltfed]

I'd actually let it get some surface rust and then keep buffing it off.

Rust blueing?

 

[colt_fan]

sand down the wood in the wear area and apply some duct tape in random places. metal looks great though!

 

[Twigg]

Mmmmm. gUn Pr0n for breakfast ! Nicely done !

 

[SKS Ray]

Rust blueing?

I call it patina.

 

[Finalygotabeltfed]

I call it patina.

Yes, probably a better description.