Thanks all.... WHSmithIV -I use Oxpho cream on the barrels and regular Oxpho on the small parts, sometime I use Arts Belguin especially when I am browning/bronzing a barrel. I don't use it cold until the last application. I heat the barrel warm to touch with heat gun then apply. The trick is prep... I stip and sand the barrel on my lathe, some barrels I polish, then overnight in warm degreaser to a rinse bath then heat and blue. I have my method, others have thiers. I hope this works for you.
GunHugger - A clean work bench is the sign of a sick mind..... I have been told I am a little AR/OCD.... yeah yeah.... what you don't see is the pile of stuff on the bench behind me... and neither do I when I am taking pics. (actually my shop is spotless....)
PMK - I hope it never ends thats why I am pursuing doing this as a business. I love giving old shooters a new lease on life. Some of the guns I have posted were old rusted, pitted, scratched, nasty old guns. I am looking for more of them to work on. Thanks for the comps...