On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 17:27:19 GMT, Ted Edwards calmly ranted:
I picked up a $3.94 bottle of PermaBlue at Wally World on a trip through there this morning. Starting with the little parts, like the spring, bolt, trigger guard, and ejector, I gave it a whirl.
First was a cleanup with a brass brush, then a whisk with 0000 steel wool (Liberon makes some outstandingly smooth/consistent wool, BTW), then a douche with DA and a swab with PermaBlue. Hmmm, it doesn't look like it's coating. I followed the directions and didn't use any heat. I buffed, rinsed, buffed with wool again and tried a second coat. Better. I think I'll try some more coats with heat tomorrow, keeping the bottle of DA well away from the 1,000° heat gun.
If that doesn't do it, I'll try some acetone and/or Wonder Blue if I can find any locally.
Grok abandoning toluene.
And I prefer the low/no odor versions and am willing to get the crowbar out for the difference in price.
The bad news: the rust on the end of the barrel is cancerous to about
0.030 deep. Damn! It's soaking with WD-40 now and I may seek out some blasting beads for that $3 HF pint-sized sandblaster I found...Great. I'll look for that the next time it's around me in a store.
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