Scoth-Brite Pads????

[357Texas]

To clean the whole gun that is old bluing is almost all gone and cover with rust and dirt can I use a heavy duty scour pad to clean it? If not what would be best it will be reblued when I find out if the headspace is good on it.
John

 

[UberPhLuBB]

You can get debluer from Brownell's. Should take care of you pretty well. You can also get cold-blue solutions from Brownell's, if that's what you want (well, you can get hot-blueing solutions too but they're expensive).

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/Store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=1083
http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/Store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=1084

 

[MICHAEL T]

You can get debluer at wal mart also cold blue.

 

[caneman]

Scotchbrite Pads

Hi, I'm a new member and this is my first post but I thought I'd jump in. I used to work at a bus manufacturing plant where they used the green houshold type scotchbrite pads for taking scratches out of stainless steel panels which had been scratched. It only worked for light surface scratches, not gouges. The scotchbrite in turn left it's own lighter scratches in the surface but the panels were intended to have a light brushed appearance. I'm told there are other, finer grades of scotchbrite of gray color available from industrial supply houses but there may be additional grades also.

I would expect the scotchbrite to leave a more scratched appearance than you want. Perhaps 0000 steel wool with an oil after you have used a blueing remover would be better.

Good luck in your project.

 

[HankB]

Plain old Naval Jelly rust remover is quite effective at removing bluing - that's what I'd use to clean a rusty old gun. (Assuming it's not something with collector's value.) This ought to leave a clean surface, ready for polishing and rebluing.