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Serious rust issues - best way to remove
- Thread starter gh1950
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Pb blaster works really good, just spray and let soak for several hours and wipe away !!!
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I hate to mess up a premium Battleworn Finish, but I just ordered the Big 45 Frontier
In case anyone else is interested, it is significantly cheaper ordering from the manufacturer than from the seller on Amazon.
In case anyone else is interested, it is significantly cheaper ordering from the manufacturer than from the seller on Amazon.
If you can get to it at all, take a big caliber brass and flatten the end on a surface the same radius or flatness of your gun then use the brass to scrap off the rust, it won't remove the blue but will take the rust off without scratching the harder steel finish.
An old-fashioned *copper* penny will work as well.
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Whatever's chosen, always work up from the gentlest method slowly. All to easy to get gung ho and do as much damage as good.
Who remembers Naval Jelly........ Not a bad product.
Who remembers Naval Jelly........ Not a bad product.
Naval Jelly is good for a lot of applications. It will remove the rust...and the blue. And it will leave a phosphate coating that you probably don't want on your gun.
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FWIW..... I never use anything equal or harder than the surface. So. I like the brass wool method with kroil. But what I've recently been doing with great success is electrolysis. Just youtube it. I tried it first on some old carcano clips and slowly moved up to my firearms. To date no finish loss and all rust removal. It pretty much turns it all black, you then take hoppes9 and clean it all off until the patches, rag, paper towel you're using stops showing black.
Using electricity has proven to be the quickest method for me and key is no damage and 100% rust stopped and removed.
Using electricity has proven to be the quickest method for me and key is no damage and 100% rust stopped and removed.
I used to use Naval Jelly a lot, refurbishing old farm equipment. @Old School is correct though, don't put it on anything you don't want to have stripped to the metal. I've used some phosphating finishes on some trailers, and I like the way the work for what they do
