Restoring a Remington Model 11 on a budget

You most likely will never get the metal looking good by hand. A bench mounted buffer and a number of different compounds will be required to prep it for any kind of bluing. Once the metal is prepped, you can cold blue it, there are a couple of the newer ones that will look ok, but will not give you what you are really going to be looking for after all the work getting the metal ready. Deep pits you will have to live with, try taking those out and you could make a dangerous gun.

Anything you spend on it in the way of a professional blue, Parkerizing or Ceracoat is going to cost way more than the gun itself would ever be worth.

I know they make a Ceracoat that can be applied cold, but again, the stuff is kind of expensive. I also think the make a Parkerizing that you can do yourself, again, not sure about the cost. Cold blue you can buy for just a few dollars.

Find a parts store than sells battery acid and get about a gallon, make you a two small, long wooden trays that will hold the barrel and action, line the trays with a sheet of plastic so it's water tight. Pour the battery acid in one an put some water with baking soda in the other. Dip the parts in it for battery acid for several minutes and then in the water/soda. Rinse with warm water. It will take all the old blue and lot of the rust and other crap off. If you are not ready to apply your finish, you will need to spray them with oil/WD40 or something to prevent rust. They will start to rust almost immediately. Buff the parts or rub with 0000 steel wool to get the dull finish off if you plan to cold blue

For the wood, get some Tru-oil

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