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of the images below to see a larger version of the image.
Figure 1 showsBirchwood
Casey's Blue & Rust Remover. Basically a Phosphoric Acid
solution, it works wonders in quickly removing blue from a milsurp's
metal surface.
Alcohol works just as well (Hint: because that is what it is
made of!).
Figure 3 shows Birchwood
Casey's Gun Scrubber.
Also Break Free's Powder Blast works very well.
Note:
I am not trying to be a poster child for Birchwood Casey,
but this is what is handy at the local gun stores near my house.
1) I start out by cleaning all
of the visible dirt and oil off of the rifle using the Gun Scrubber.
Note: Be careful with this stuff. It burns your skin, hurts
your eyes, has strong smell, and will melt plastic or vinyl.
2) Clean all of the rifle parts
with a good degreaser as shown in figure 5. It is important
to remove all oils on the rifles surface.
3) I use .30 caliber cleaning
patches to apply chemicals, apply finishes, clean, etc.
Note: Make
sure you wear eye protection while using the chemicals in this article.
Most are highly toxic and will hurt like a dickens if you get it
in your eyes.
4) After cleaning the rifle,
rinse under water and dry with a clean rag.
5) Soak a stack of three cleaning
patches with the Blue & Rust Remover.
6) Apply the solution to the
surface of the rifle.
7) Look at the rust on the patch
in figure 10.
8) After you have covered all
of the exposed metal with Blue & Rust Remover solution you
need to wait around 2 minutes for the solution to work. Steel wool
the surface to help the process.
9)Figure 12 shows the
blueing removed from the rifle's surface.
10)
Repeat steps 1 through 4.
Note: You may have to
do this procedure more than once to remove all of the blueing.
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