Reeder Custom Guns - a few suggestions

cleaner of rusty guns
a few suggestions
Friday, September 17, 2021, 08:45

try a true and new brass or bronze brush on front or back of cylinder to make sure it really has no other harder impurities which scratch the blueing, and remove the rust from pits with the brush. Soak in kerosene or diesel to passivate any rust missed. Apply a wax mixed with mineral oil (not a vegetable oil which goes rancid and creates acids).

Other suggestion is simply pull the cylinder and send it out for bead blasting and parkerize, the parkerize will absorb your protectant and hold it better than smooth metal.

Rust question - Ray Shepard, 2021-09-16, 18:27
- keep it simple. Forget all the home brews. Send the - Gary Reeder, 2021-09-17, 11:35
  - Thanks for the suggestions. Gary-- - Ray Shepard, 2021-09-17, 13:09
    - giving a bit of a break, tell him $75 plus shipping (nm) - Gary Reeder, 2021-09-17, 13:25
      - and that is just the cylinder. (nm) - Gary Reeder, 2021-09-17, 13:25
        Right, I'll let him know. (nm) - Ray Shepard, 2021-09-17, 14:20
- a few suggestions - cleaner of rusty guns, 2021-09-17, 08:45
- There are more humid climates than where I live... - AmBraCol, 2021-09-17, 05:46
- Gary is the man. That need chemical treatment - WB, 2021-09-16, 18:37
  - Hit it with some oil and a pencil eraser. No joke. - Stuart in GA, 2021-09-16, 23:40
    - I’ve got some fancy stuff at work for other applications - WB, 2021-09-17, 09:22