Table of contents

The complete metal finish book	2
Buffing and polishing	3
Polishing head	39
Blacking firearms	69
Parkerizing metal	113
Iron phosphate coating process	133
Case hardening	220
Coloring aluminum	280
Setting up the bluing room	468
Equipping the bluing room	494
Bluing steel	606
Bluing aluminum, brass and stainless steel	716
Bluing double barrel shotguns or guns with soft soldered ribs	813
Bluing operation steps	887
Rust bluing	956
Re-bluing and touch-up techniques	1102
Gun preparation	1306
Electroplating	1428
Errors in plating:	1558
Acid copper plating	1646
Bright plating:	1662
Silver plating	1742
Black nickel baths:	1785
Nickel plating	1854
Dull nickel plating	1936
Gold plating	1952
Zinc plating	1996
Brass plating	2026
German silver plating, copper nickel	2081
Green gold	2128
Nitric acid stripping.	2176
Chrome plating	2188
Stripping chromium deposits.	2227
Electrolyte solution for chrome plating	2229
Hard chrome bores for gun barrels	2347
Electroless nickel plating	2358
Hot cleaner tank	2395
Nickel plating steel	2435
Etching on metal	2538
Formulas for finishing metal	2601
Formulas	2846