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Offline barrelproofdrinker88

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Pre-B restoration and slow rust bluing
« on: May 17, 2022, 08:25:24 PM »
Over the past couple months, thanks to the helpful folks in this group, I was able to go from no previous experience with refinishing or detail stripping a CZ-75, to having multiple projects going at once.

Special thanks to Earl Keese for his help at multiple steps along the way.

This was a 1987 pre-b Israeli surplus that I refinished with slow rust blue.  During the process I learned the hard way multiple times that there are no shortcuts.

Started with a lot of wear to the enamel finish:






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Re: Pre-B restoration and slow rust bluing
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2022, 08:29:46 PM »
After stripping (photo shows the underlying phosphate finish) and sanding to 320 grit





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Re: Pre-B restoration and slow rust bluing
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2022, 08:31:42 PM »
Rust bluing with Laurel Mountain






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Re: Pre-B restoration and slow rust bluing
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2022, 08:39:22 PM »
Finished product after a week of soaking in motor oil, eventually I’ll put the rear sight back on.

Again, thanks to the CZ community for all your help. 






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Re: Pre-B restoration and slow rust bluing
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2022, 08:43:39 PM »



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Offline Earl Keese

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Re: Pre-B restoration and slow rust bluing
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2022, 09:27:07 PM »
Looks great! Keep the projects coming!
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Offline double-d

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Re: Pre-B restoration and slow rust bluing
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2022, 01:25:55 AM »
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Offline M1A4ME

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Re: Pre-B restoration and slow rust bluing
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2022, 07:07:10 AM »
Looks like a new pistol.

Lot of work, but it looks like it was worth it.
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Offline steves2

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Re: Pre-B restoration and slow rust bluing
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2022, 09:22:11 AM »
Very impressive!
I think the pre-B 75s are so beautiful.😊
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Re: Pre-B restoration and slow rust bluing
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2022, 10:28:48 AM »
 Nicely done, looks much better. I've been thinking about trying a rust bluing project myself so it's always nice to see results.
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Offline Classic12

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Re: Pre-B restoration and slow rust bluing
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2022, 11:48:37 AM »
Nice job, congratulations
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Offline mrcabinet

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Re: Pre-B restoration and slow rust bluing
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2022, 06:16:49 PM »
That looks great! Well done! It's a lot of work but very gratifying, isn't it?
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Offline barrelproofdrinker88

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Re: Pre-B restoration and slow rust bluing
« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2022, 06:54:05 PM »
Quote from: mrcabinet on May 22, 2022, 06:16:49 PM
That looks great! Well done! It's a lot of work but very gratifying, isn't it?

Thanks.  Yeah, it was a tough but gratifying experience. 

I’ve got like 3 refinish projects lined up now and actively searching for a reasonable transitional to refinish too…
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Re: Pre-B restoration and slow rust bluing
« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2022, 07:49:20 PM »
Very nice!  Fantastic work.
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Offline Speed4341

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Re: Pre-B restoration and slow rust bluing
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2022, 04:01:26 PM »
That looks really nice. I'd like to find an older, well-loved, pistol myself to give this a go.
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