Rusty Crust Colt Detective Special (clean up time)

Luck!
That’s like my 1938 DS. It was Parkerized for the war but it wasn’t stamped with the flaming bomb so it wasn’t done by the war department.
 
A $5 can of aerosol brake parts cleaner from your auto parts store will save you some time. Wear gloves and eye protection and take it outdoors. Flitz is an excellent choice for final polishing. One drop of CLP on a brush will be enough to lube the internals if you take your time to brush it around thoroughly. I'm eager to see the results!!
 
J-Bar said:
A $5 can of aerosol brake parts cleaner from your auto parts store will save you some time. Wear gloves and eye protection and take it outdoors. Flitz is an excellent choice for final polishing. One drop of CLP on a brush will be enough to lube the internals if you take your time to brush it around thoroughly. I'm eager to see the results!!
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I might have to boil the whole gun! it’s RUSTY as all getup
 
wcwhitey said:
Boiling it might restore some of the bluing. Worth a try! Just make sure you dry it.
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Can’t do worst! i think this gun was stored in a desert outside somewhere, then used to hammer something head, hence the bent rod. and ended up as someone glove compartment gun but fell behind the firewall of a 1972 Camaro. Owner of the Camaro was doing some renovation and found his lot gun 30 years later. And now with being boiled!


DEFINITELY!!! this car
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Never done it, or had it done myself.
A friend had a similarly gunked up
firearm full of mung, and a man he'd
worked with had taken a firearm to
a gunsmith that took the wood furniture
off and put the whole thing in an
ultrasonic cleaner doo dad he had
and let it run for a while. The fluid
bath that it was in looked like old
oil drained out of an car.
The guts looked like factory new.
Put it back in a tray full of whatever
kind of lubricant he used and the
gun essentially had decades of
neglect washed away in hours.

Might be an option
All those old D frames are
good friends to have
 
Ranger99 said:
Never done it, or had it done myself.
A friend had a similarly gunked up
firearm full of mung, and a man he'd
worked with had taken a firearm to
a gunsmith that took the wood furniture
off and put the whole thing in an
ultrasonic cleaner doo dad he had
and let it run for a while. The fluid
bath that it was in looked like old
oil drained out of an car.
The guts looked like factory new.
Put it back in a tray full of whatever
kind of lubricant he used and the
gun essentially had decades of
neglect washed away in hours.

Might be an option
All those old D frames are
good friends to have
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wish I had a ultrasound! would definitely use it. Just finished the Fitz internal parts. Going to give the side plate, and frame another bath to clean the Fitz off, and time for put it back together

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