Post and a question?

tanstaafl72555

This Member's Account Has Been Permanently Banned
Life Member
Joined
Mar 1, 2017
Messages
7,184
Location
Spring Hope NC
Rating - 100%
10   0   0
I had one of my favorite handguns in my truck glovebox. Carole and I have "matching" Sig 228s. Great shooting little handguns and I love the balance and feel. Anyway, you can imagine the shock and horror when I opened my box several months ago and found that there was a good deal of surface rust on the slide and the barrel/ext chamber. I pretty much flipped out, and brought the gun inside, cursing myself for not bothering to do the "normal" thing of at least putting a light coat of oil on it every 4 mos or so. I did a light touch with steel wool, put a coat of oil on it, and went into grieving :) .

Anyway, I sat down yesterday and began the long, tedious and painstaking process of removing this without a bunch of unnecessary scratches. Found out a few things about bluing, WD 40 (it is a good rust penetrator), and copper pennies. I was able to remove most if not all of the actual rust by simply a series of surface apps of WD 40 on the affected areas, and then rubbing with a paper towel. I then used a copper penny (found it googling) and it was really quite good for removing the pitting. (PENNIES WORK GREAT ON RUST!!! IT IS LIKE THE COPPER COMBINES WITH THE RUST AND LIFTS IT RIGHT OUT!!! ... use a pre-1980 penny which still has a higher copper content. The zinc pennies work, just not as well) Cleaned and then wiped and then a coat of breakfree and it looks pretty good. I suppose you could say it looks like a truck gun...., because it was! The inside of the barrel and the sear/trigger were fine. Going to check the functionality of it this a.m.
Question? Is it worth it to go for a cerakote finish on the slide and frame, now, or just leave as is? The slight pitting that was there is now a series of discolored spots. Should I try to buff them out? If so, what should I use? I thought about a wheel with compound or something, but don't want to mess anything up.

Thanks in advance
 
If you do decide you want it coated go with gunkote Nano black as it’s more durable that cerakote.
 
You could have one of those coatings that makes it Look like it was put in a glove compartment and left for 4 months to "mature".
 
Bronze wool...……….
For really crusty stuff I start with copper scrubber, but for light stuff the bronze wool is the answer. Don’t press hard though, the removed iron oxide is harder than the bluing and can scratch up the finish.
 
Back
Top Bottom