Lacquer or Oil

[NiceOldDouble]

Color casing wears off. The hardness (the whole point of case hardening) doesn’t. I do believe in protecting the work that was just done when color casing, and damascus barrels for that matter. Color casing colors scratch easily. Wondering what people prefer between the choices of: gloss lacquer, satin lacquer, oil.

There are other choices, but lacquer for metal has no pigment, so anything that does is not an option because it mutes the vibrancy of the colors and contrasts. Keep in mind, any coating will darken the color, just like wood darkens when wet.

Lastly, bake on products are not good choices in this scenario because they don’t seem to come off except by media blasting.

 

[Bahamadon]

I went with the satin lacquer on my CCH receiver and Damascus barrels on the advise of a Master metal refinished that I know. Could not be happier with the result.

 

[cold1]

The Lacquer that you used on mine is great. I think it is satin. I like the idea of Lacquer over oil. The lacquer will protect more because it provides a hard layer. Harder than oil that is. Lacquer will wear off from handling but not like oil. The lacquer will last longer too and doesn't have to be wiped down everytime that the gun is handled.

 

[Natemi]

Any specific satin lacquer you use? Looks great.

 

[Get Off My Lawn]

One nice thing about lacquer is you can touch it up, spray over the old lawyer and the solvents will melt the new lacquer into the old.

 

[papa_smurf]

id think satin would look better than gloss. id also think oil would have to be reapplied on some interval and that a lot of people probably wint do it.

 

[Schattenreiter]

Satin every time.

 

[NiceOldDouble]

Any specific satin lacquer you use? Looks great.

Mohawk/Behlens Lacquer For Brass