Guest a5h4w Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 /// Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayagorawiya? 4 Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 Pity they did'nt do it with the Skodas then! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 Al you must be getting confused in yer old age? That reply belongs <HERE> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ilkolad 9 Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 Actually the Skoda of today is an half decent motor, eversince Volkswagen got hold of it a few years back, threw out the old engines, and totally restyled the whole range. a lot of the taxi operators now run the the Skoda Octavia, which is both reliable and roomy, and in the case of the 1.9 diesel returns over 50mpg. the interior is a bit on the 'plasticky' side, but perhaps this is a feature sought after by the taxi fraternity, whereby, they can now merely swill out those barf-ups instead previously having to shampoo and dry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 Been looking up 'oil blue-ing' & it seems to be used mostly on firearms. Always remember plunging red hot gubbins into an oil bath in metalwork, lots of bubbling & smoke ensured. Never did find out why we had to do it... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,155 Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 Same here Colly'........bleddy Metalwork,......it was all Gubbins,smoke,Hissing and Tittivations......i could'nt be doing with it.............. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 Most firearms except shotguns are blued using an alkali salt solution which bubbles away at 135-155'C. Gives a much deeper 'blue' and better protection, the biggest problem is making the original mix to go in the bath. The fumes it gives off are bloody awful, when we had the shooting centre in Arnold we did a mix under a tree next day there wasn't a leaf to be seen. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,532 Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 Dipping hot steel into oil blackens the metal not blue Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,728 Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 I recall doing 'bluing' in school. Mild steel and oil produced blue. I did sme big old mortice lock keys a few years ago. They'd been rusty abd I wire brushed them, heated with blowlamp and dropped into old engine oil. They came out gloss black. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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