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Old 03-31-2011, 10:01 AM
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Never use steel wool coarser than 4/0.
I have almost entirely abandoned the use of ANY steel wool.
It WILL scratch the pre-war carbona blue on highly polished guns. Look at one with a 5X magnifier BEFORE and after using 4/0 steel wool. You will see fine scratches from 4/0 steel wool.

I use only the fine bronze wool from Brownell's with any good oil. 'CorrosionX' seems to dissolve rust as well as or better than anything else. Time and a warm environment help.

I do not wax guns, but I seldom display either.
RIG is my favorite. A super thin coat applied with the sheepskin "RIG-Rag" is the least obnoxious coating there is EXCEPT for wax. The coating is so thin it does not make hands and objects the gun lays on oily.

Some of the 'brown tint' seen on a gun is rust, some is merely dried oil.
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