I have a friend with a couple of guns that have gotten a light coat of rust on
them. How
is the best way to remove that very light coat of rust without removing the
bluing as well?
Thanks,
Al
If you're lucky and it's really light, extra-fine steel wool and some light
oil. Whatever you do, stay away from rust-removing chemicals. Real bluing is
iron oxide, and the chemicals will strip it right off along with the rust.
That includes Hoppe's Bench Rest 9 Copper Solvent. Don't ask me how I know;
it's a sad story. d8-)
--
Ed Huntress
I wouldn't even start with the steel wool. I'd first try something
like cloth from an old pair of levis and some 3 &1 oil. Scrub the
rusty areas with the oil wet cloth, wipe clean and re-asses the
problem. You may have removed the rust if it was light enough, but in
any event the area will now be clean enough to make a better decision.
If you use steel wool, re-read the above, and use the finest available
and don't be aggressive with it.
Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)
Thanks Bruce. I picked up some 0000 steel wool (extra fine) today and also a
can of 3n1
oil. I already had oil but one can't have too much 3 in 1 so got another can.
I do like
your idea of starting out even lighter than the steel wool and then progressing
as needed.
Al
st on them. =A0How
he bluing as well?
As ED says rust and bluing are almost the same thing. Just ferric
oxide and ferrous oxide. So I would try some experiments on some
rusty scrap metal and see if any of the cold bluing compounds will
convert the one oxide to the other oxide. I think that hot bluing
will do that, but I would certainly try it on something other than a
gun first.
=20
Dan
DON'T USE STEEL WOOL, except as a last resort. First, slap your
friend...twice! Second, unload the guns. Try a cloth with a bit of gun
oil, Kroil, WD-40, PB-50 or blaster.
Thanks to all who replied. I'll let you know how it turns out. I looked on
Brownell's
and they do have the bronze wool in three different coarsenesses, should it be
needed.
Very familiar with several of the oils mentioned above.
3M anyway color codes their pads, and white means no grit.
I use thick white pads bought in the paint dept of an auto parts store
for diswashing. Works very well, no scratches.
Joe Gwinn
Yeah, I like those too. They disappeared from supermarket shelves around
here around five years ago. Now all they have is the Scotch-Brite bonded to
synthetic sponges, which I don't like. Thanks for the tip on where to find
the plain ones.
BTW, some of the off brands' no-grit pads are green, but 3M's green pads
have grit. If you're looking for the no-scratch type, beware.
--
Ed Huntress
Does anyone above 50+ find it disturbing that we once could buy firearms via
mail order
and blood wasn't flooding the streets? Now we can't and blood is flowing.
Ah for a return to the simpler times. Outside of getting our foot off of the
neck of our
black citizens, we have not marched forward as a society, I say we have marched
retrograde.
Wes
I believe that we have lower murder rates than ever before. (more or
less).
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1976 -- 18,780 murders per 214,000,000 population
2006 -- 17,034 murders per 299,000,000 population
If we go back in history, I recall, possibly incorrectly, that murder
rate was higher in those older times as well.
neck of our
I recall when you could order directly from the want ads in Popular Science or
Popular
Mechanics a submachine gun that had the barrel welded closed. On the same page
you could
order a new barrel from a different ad.
We not only used to hang murderers, but rapists, kidnappers, horse thieves, and
some say
even adulterers.
Now, a hangman's noose is alleged to be a symbol of racism. Perhaps that's
because of the
percentage of the above crimes committed by blacks.
About a year ago two crosses were burned in Durham, NC. One paper mentioned --
one time
-- that a note was found near one of them that said something to the effect of
"GANGS
BEWARE"! I never saw that mentioned again. However, plenty was said about the
cross
burnings being racist and everybody and his brother assured the NAACP that they
would do
all they could to catch whoever did it. I'm not sure if they ever caught them
or not.
The "authorities" couldn't or wouldn't stop the gangs from running rampant in
Durham, but
they could surely condemn those who might have been able to do so! :-( We
don't want to
*scare* the little gangsters! The killings go on in Durham, Raleigh, and in
between!
Every few days there are one or two more bodies found. But you'd better not
spray paint
"racist" remarks in an "expression tunnel"! Still haven't heard what they plan
to do with
the four who admitted involvement in that event. Probably found that one or two
were sons
of a doctor or lawyer and we have to handle this with "kid gloves." :-)
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