General, another beautiful piece of workmanship. Would you be so kind Sir as to explain the two process for " I refinished the frame in semi-gloss gun metal gray ( the case hardening is still intact of course ), and the barrel bluing was softened in color. "
Like yourself sir, the internal parts I do well with the refinishing not so much.
O.K. to make a long explanation short, I used
Mothers Mag Wheel Polish for steel and some
bluing liquid. You have to be very careful as you can remove
ALL the color of the case hardening and have bare metal. Doing this is not for the faint of heart.
When you polish the frame it does not do anything to remove the effects of the case hardening, it only removes the coloration. The case colors on Ubertis looks rather poor ( not anything like Turnbull case colors ).
I use my fingetips to gently rub the Mothers polish around the frame
one time only , then wipe away with a soft cotton cloth untill the frame begins to shine and leave a dark shiny grey color. If you do this too many times, you will end up with a nearly stainless steel looking frame. If I make a mistake, I reblue around the part that needs it, then polish that area again.
Mothers was also used on the barrel approx. three times. The barrel is very deeply blued and dark black in color. The polish gives it a more bluish-black tinge, and not so "midnight" black in color.
All this takes practice and I
do not recommend you doing it. I don't want you to "mess up" your gun. But I will say it looks alot better than Uberti's case color ( although it is real case hardening ).
The photos don't lie.
Thanks for asking.