How To Do It~?

[Ala Dan]

Remove oxidation from blued surface of gun, without damaging the
firearm~? :confused:

[Jorg]

Try a cotton cloth with a little light oil and some pressure. Many times, a little surface rust will come off with just a bit of rubbing. If that doesn't work, use a 0000 steel wool with a little light oil and use just enough pressure to remove the rust.

[CWL]

Car wax. It is formulated to remove the surface oxidation (probably a combination of chemicals & micro abrasives) and leave a shiny surface. This is why your polishing cloth will have some color on it after you do the final buff on a just-waxed car.

Leaving the wax on will protect your gun, but you can remove the wax with rubbing alcohol if you don't want it.

[rcmodel]

Use it enough times and it will take the bluing off.

Bluing shops will often use 0000 steel-wool and oil to remove bluing tank residue on just completed bluing.

It will not hurt bluing if used properly.

Heres more:
http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/GunTech/NewsletterArchive.aspx?x=v&p=0&t=1&i=901&mc_ID=2013

rc

[Ala Dan]

Many thanks fella's, as I knew that THR was the place for valuable
information~! ;)

[Oro]

Car wax. It is formulated to remove the surface oxidation

True waxes just leave a shiny coat - it's the polish blended into combo "cleaner/waxes" that do the oxidation removal.

Try what RC model said. A very mild, mild polish used very lightly also works well. I've used both Flitz and Mother's polish with great success on older firearms. Used lightly, they will cut the looser organized oxidation without the tougher bluing.

Once you get the finish you want, waxes are good to protect the now raw steel. Like a true carnuba wax or Renaissance wax (I splurged on some of that a few years ago and really like it).

[chriske]

I was once asked that question by an old farmer whose single barrel 12 ga.was completely covered by a thin brown film ofsurface rust.
I used the finest steel wool I could find drenched in gun oil & gently rubbed away for a couple of hours, meanwhile listening to his old-time stories (I just love those : can't get enouhg of them)
Cleaned all the rust away, left the original bluing intact & made a friend. Rich reward IMO.

[Milkmaster]

Bronze wool is your answer!

I recently restored an old shotgun that had been ignored. It was suggested I use bronze wool instead of steel wool. It worked like a dream! It does take a little longer with the bronze wool than with the steel wool, but the results were desirable for the difference. The bronze wool will not remove the bluing at all. I bought the bronze wool at a local hardware store. I think Brownells sells it as well.