Surface rust starting question

[lfine]

 I may have surface rust starting in the magwell of one of my guns where it was ground to blend and feed better. What’s the best way to treat this and then keep it from coming back? Thanks. 

[mwray]

Dry fire reloads will keep it and anything you put on it cleaned off

[lfine]

So what's the best technique to remove any that I see already?

[tha1000]

47 minutes ago, lfine said:

So what's the best technique to remove any that I see already?

 

oil and 0000 steel wool.

 

[lfine]

Thanks.  Heard that but wasn’t sure, frankly. 

[ltdmstr]

like he said, oil and steel wool to remove it.  then use barricade by birchwood casey to protect it.

[HI5-O]

I use fine bronze wool and Kroil to remove  surface rust. Bronze wool is gentler on gun finishes. 

[Blurryvisions]

I use Wd-40 for most of my rusting issues, if its bad I use scotch pads or bronze wool.  keep a nice coating of oil on it and it wont be an issue...

[M1A4ME]

14 hours ago, tha1000 said:

 

oil and 0000 steel wool.

 

Always worked for me.  Then wipe it out with an oily cloth every time you clean the pistol, just like you wipe off the outside metal surfaces.

 

 

 

[tha1000]

11 hours ago, HI5-O said:

I use fine bronze wool and Kroil to remove  surface rust. Bronze wool is gentler on gun finishes. 

 

I've used 0000 steel on blued finishes with no ill effect.

[Yondering]

16 hours ago, HI5-O said:

I use fine bronze wool and Kroil to remove  surface rust. Bronze wool is gentler on gun finishes. 

 

If it's rusting where he ground the magwell, there's no finish to be gentle with.

 

Either way, 0000 steel wool is fine to use on bluing and most other gun finishes, including barrel bores to remove lead. 

[lfine]

Thats correct. Its where he ground the magwell only. 

[920webb]

I use a product called Van's instant gun blue . I picked it up at a gun show it works really well .I had better luck with this than cold blue .

you can look him up on vansgunblue.com he has a how to video u can watch.

Good luck .

[Yondering]

On 10/26/2019 at 5:31 PM, 920webb said:

I had better luck with this than cold blue .

 

 

That stuff is cold blue. 

 

Cold blue does almost nothing for rust prevention; it's just cosmetic. The rust prevention comes from the oil on the surface. 

[920webb]

I was trying to give him another avenue for the gun finish . 

[nikdanja]

4 odd steel wool and oil. Lightly scrub the area and make sure it’s oiled. Then birch wood Casey makes a bluing pen. If you want to go that route, just dab some of that on and call it a day. 

[Yondering]

16 hours ago, nikdanja said:

4 odd steel wool and oil. Lightly scrub the area and make sure it’s oiled. Then birch wood Casey makes a bluing pen. If you want to go that route, just dab some of that on and call it a day. 

 

Never oil before applying cold blue. That doesn't work so well!

[Meli2127]

Fine Scotch Brite and a little cutting oil.  This works great and after that just make sure after each time you shoot it wipe it off and coat with lubricant. 

[Benevolence]

Naval jelly (home depot) removes rust (and bluing!!!). You can do a hot bluing with the recipe below. Adjust quantities and keep ratios. I’ve done it before and it worked very well, just use a stainless bowl over an outdoor stove and keep aluminum away. Use proper personal protection equipment to stay safe (fumes, heat, eye hazard). The lye (sodium hydroxide) heats up a lot when you add it in so do it slowly. Add DI water as needed to keep boiling temperature around 290F. Have a boiling container of water nearby to rinse the part in and get ALL of the salts off the part. After use, the bluing mixture is reusable but solidified into a weird solid/goop until reheated again. You can get the lye as drain cleaner and potassium/ammonium nitrate as stump remover at a hardware store

 

“5 pounds lye
2 1/2 pounds ammonium nitrate
per gallon of water

working temperature 285-295 degrees, soak 15-40 minutes depending on the hardness of the steel.
Have lots of ventilation when adding the ammonium nitrate as considerable ammonia fumes result”

Edited January 10, 2020 by Benevolence