Cleaning/Maintaining bluing......

Marlinman336

January 17, 2005 17:49

What do you guys use? I've heard anything with a corrosion inhibitor isn't great, since bluing is a form of corrosion....

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MM336

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  22WRF

  January 17, 2005 17:52

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  Der Gebirgsjager

  January 17, 2005 19:43

  I understand what you are talking about, and what is involved in this question. It is true that bluing is a form of rust. So, it makes sense on first examination that a cleaning agent advertised to attack or prevent rust would attack bluing. BUT---it ain't necessarily so. The red oxides of water induced rust, and the black/blue oxides of caustic soda are different. Common sense should tell one that if the products found in every gun store and sporting goods counter of the Marts would thin or dissolve the bluing on guns the manufacturers would constantly be in small claims court paying for rebluing jobs. Now, some of the metal cleaning and preserving agents will attack that high gloss stock finish, but not the blue metal finish. The question, though, was: "What do you guys use"? I use plain old Hoppes No.9 for most cleaning applications, but for really large jobs I use kerosene--which is one of No. 9's major components anyhow. I long ago settled on G-96 spray cleaner for light preservation jobs, and G-96 gun oil for longer term preservation. For really bad copper coated bores I use Sweet's 7.62 solvent first, later followed by Hoppes, then by G-96 cleaner and oil. To clean a bore in which you've fired corrosive ammo there is no substitute for hot, soapy water. Then dry the bore and use---G-96 Gun Oil![:D]

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