Cleaning the bolt

Moet

February 15, 2007 00:58

I found online a disassembly/assembly procedure of a Mauser 98 bolt that the bolt was so clean it almost looked like it had been chromed?

Has anyone been able to achieve this level of shiny clean and if so how?

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  p3skyking

  February 15, 2007 01:03

  Bead blasting works pretty good for that.

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  Tailgunner1954

  February 15, 2007 01:21

  Strip the bolt, and boil the parts in a dishsoap and water solution. Rinse by placing the parts in boiling water. Remove with tongs, allow to dry (only takes a couple of seconds) and oil.
  
  Bead blasting is used to achieve a dull finish, not a shiny one.

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  p3skyking

  February 15, 2007 01:34

  quote:Originally posted by Tailgunner1954
  Strip the bolt, and boil the parts in a dishsoap and water solution. Rinse by placing the parts in boiling water. Remove with tongs, allow to dry (only takes a couple of seconds) and oil.
  
  Bead blasting is used to achieve a dull finish, not a shiny one.
  
  
  Ever seen hard chrome?[:p]
  Most Mauser bolts prior to the 40's were left in the white. The metal stained to a point that cleaning fails to remove. Soap, along with lye, etc., doesn't make a bolt shiny without additional polishing.

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  Tailgunner1954

  February 15, 2007 04:03

  Ever see TiN, TiCN, CrN, TiC? That's what we apply to tools every day. The only media we use for post-coat polish is 400grit Alumna (feels and looks like flour) and that only on a select few tools (IE: can seaming rolls). When we bead blast anything it's as part of the pre-coat polish work, not post-coat.
  
  Of course by having access to a few "goodies" I tend to use things like die grinder mounted felt bobs & brass wheels with diamond polishing compound to make things shine (and than have them coated with Crome Nitride [:D]).

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