Blackening side rods on steamers

[Dave G.]

Thanks for all the replies
This is more information than I ever thought I would get on this subject -the value of the forum.

I was in my local hobby shop and they had Blacken-it and reported good result
so I am going to give it a try.  They told me I would have to order Neo-lube online to get it so I decided to get moving on this project and will try Blacken-it.

I'll report back on the results as I have several steamers to try it on.

Dave G.