OXPHO-BLUE® CREME Reviews & Ratings

Pretty well satisfied with product. However instructions for use are a little vague and a You tube search yeilded various methods of applying. Trial and error was my final result. My gun has rust freckles that show through the blue. On clean shiny metal would yield better results.

Only purchased it because cant get the original stuff except in a 2 lifetime supply size

I use the product for touch-ups mostly. With proper preparation to the metal this bites quickly and leaves a good, durable finish.

Reblued two old field guns with this and have used other cold blues and this was a bit more work/coats, but did a little test of my own and it does a good job protecting from sanding/abuse. It was slow to act as compared to others i've used, but this is the first time i've used a creme vs. a liquid, but resulted in a nice dark blue after about 4 applications, blended well, and will go pretty dark with multiple applications. No detectable smell, but will turn your fingers blue/green. I'll try the liquid on my next project and will probably benefit from having both available. Would use/buy again.

I used this on a TC pistol barrel after removing the front site and filling in the holes. This barrel comes from the factory with a very deep high gloss blue so I prepped using a buffing wheel and worked to a high gloss finish. I originally thought I could blend the new finish with the old; wrong! I must have put 2 dozen coats of this on and it became obvious it would never go as dark as the factory finish so I stripped the entire barrel and tried again. While the finish is definitely not as good as the factory finish, it's still pretty good and, without the original to compare, looks pretty close to a factory finish. It's very similar to a old Rem 1100 that I have and will probably use it to do touch up on that gun. On the other hand, I didn't have any other troubles including rusting if left on too long, maybe something to do with the alloy and maybe why I couldn't get it as dark as I wanted. I found running under hot water to be the best way to warm it up prior to a coat and it makes a huge difference to do this. I used it on a barrel that isn't one of my favorites, but probably wouldn't use it on others unless there were no other options (just wouldn't make a change that requires rebluing)

I build my own rifles from military surplus actions. I have a couple that are blued entirley with oxpho. you can get great results from warming up the metal a bit with a propane torch first, it seems to hold up better that way. To put it in a nutshell oxpho creme is simply the best cold blue on the market. I have tried many others and none of them are as easy to apply or come out as dark. For thos who want to take "do it yourselfer bluing to the next level I would suggest Dicropan IM. But as with any bluing, metal prep is the real key..

I don't have much experience with cold bluing, but I did get better results with this stuff compared to the Birchwood Casey paste. Again, I have limited experience here, so your mileage may vary.

I tried Oxpho blue creme after 4 or so failed attempts with a liquid gun blue at re-blueing a barrel for a .22. The oxpho blue creme, when used on properly prepared metal gives a dark streak free finish. When using this product be sure to completely clean and degrease the metal using a strong degreaser like denatured alcohol. overall I was releived when the barrel finally came out how I had wanted after weeks of failed attempts.

I bought a jar of this to treat a bolt handle and a trigger guard. The bolt handle had about 90% of the finish worn off and had developed some rust. The the trigger guard was just steel in the white. I sanded the metal with 400 grit and cleaned with alcohol. Then, I just followed the directions on the jar. It took about 4 coats on each part to get the color I wanted but it came out good. It's not quite as nice as a hot blue job but it's pretty darn close. For small projects it's a really good product.

Take the time to set up your firearm, i.e. stripping and polishing. This will give a very nice blue black finish to a stripped part or complete firearm. Some metals take time to color correctly to match, have patience, it will happen.