0000
by JLF 
, Monday, June 17, 2013, 11:44 (4181 days ago) @ stonewalrus
0000 steel wool. It actually works best dry, the idea is to "cut" with it, not slide it around on a film of oil or solvent. You can actually bear down pretty vigorously with it, and not hurt the blue, just don't be a gorilla, and use some common sense. This will take off all the recent surface rust, and leave just the little pits that we all know and love. It also cleans assorted gunk and crud, and can leave the blued steel looking a lot better. As a final step, give it all a good stout rubbing and polishing with SemiChrome, and that's about as good as it's ever going to get.
JLF
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- minimizing rust freckles on old blued gun -
stonewalrus,
2013-06-17, 06:07
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- A friend's OMSBH recently 'crusted' in much the same way - FOG, 2013-06-17, 06:44
- Test this on an inconspicuous spot first. - Andrew, 2013-06-17, 07:19
- Before you do anything else... -
AaronB,
2013-06-17, 08:38
- This has worked for me . . . - Kentucky, 2013-06-17, 09:31
- I've got a couple of old - Paul, 2013-06-17, 09:00
- 0000 -
JLF,
2013-06-17, 11:44
- 0000 - Maybe; Simichrome - *NO* - FOG, 2013-06-17, 12:17
- minimizing rust freckles on old blued gun - Catoosa, 2013-06-17, 23:25
- The best there is... -
Madbo,
2013-06-18, 07:56
- Thanks! just ordered several. I am always on the lookout - stonewalrus, 2013-06-18, 11:22