38/44 HD Stock Restoration Gone Awry

[rct269]

Well she appears to have survived her trip around the block in good order-----a damn sight better than some I've seen!!

You might try a little dab of 0000 bronze wool and a little oil on the nasty little marks the trigger shoe screws leave on the trigger. It won't make them disappear, but it should blend them in some---at least make them harder to see from a distance.

Ralph Tremaine

 

[spin132]

You might try a little dab of 0000 bronze wool and a little oil on the nasty little marks the trigger shoe screws leave on the trigger. It won't make them disappear, but it should blend them in some---at least make them harder to see from a distance.



Ralph Tremaine

Thanks for tip (again) Ralph, grandkids running wild her tonight, my home team is playing in National Championship game! I'll try that first thing after dust settles.

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[rct269]

Make sure you're getting bronze wool---and not bronze washed steel!

Steel wool, never mind what it's coated with, has NO place anywhere near a gun---especially no place near bluing--unless you want to remove it!

That said, I have no idea what steel wool might do to case hardening colors---and I have no desire to find out!

Take a magnet with you. If it sticks, drive on down the road!

Ralph Tremaine

 

[A10]

Thanks for tip (again) Ralph, grandkids running wild her tonight, my home team is playing in National Championship game! I'll try that first thing after dust settles.

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Congrats btw, your team outclassed my Huskydogs for most of the game. Hard to see Penix get hurt like he did, but at least they let him finish the night.

 

[raljr1]

Yeah, she's been around the block, but it was a leisurely stroll, based on how she looks. No one appears to have roughed her up.

 

[JSR III]

If you don't have any luck finding medallions, PM me as I think that I have a bag of them somewhere in the deep recesses of the "room".

I do not recall if they are plastic or metal or what attachment method they require. Finding them may be the larger issue.

 

[spin132]

Congrats btw, your team outclassed my Huskydogs for most of the game. Hard to see Penix get hurt like he did, but at least they let him finish the night.

Thanks A10, have to admit to being anxious much of the 2nd half, game was closer than final. Felt bad for Penix, quite a story and player!

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[handejector]

You might try a little dab of 0000 bronze wool and a little oil on the nasty little marks the trigger shoe screws leave on the trigger. It won't make them disappear, but it should blend them in some---at least make them harder to see from a distance.

Even bronze wool will make case colors fade. I have never found a way to remove rust from case colored parts that did not remove some color. The hardness penetrates into the steel, but the colors do not. They are only a surface coloring.

The marks left by a trigger show CAN be improved slightly with cold blue. Use a good one. Dip only the very tip of a Q-tip into it. There should not be enough in the cotton to drip if you mash the Q-tip- it should be almost dry. Dab the marks lightly. They won't disappear, but it knocks the glare off and blends them a little. Quit when you are ahead- you don't want little dark blue circles.

 

[JSR III]

Even bronze wool will make case colors fade. I have never found a way to remove rust from case colored parts that did not remove some color. The hardness penetrates into the steel, but the colors do not. They are only a surface coloring.

Try your fingernail and a few drop of oil. Scratch until you get the rust off. Works on surface rust but not so much deep pitting.

 

[rct269]

Even bronze wool will make case colors fade. I have never found a way to remove rust from case colored parts that did not remove some color. The hardness penetrates into the steel, but the colors do not. They are only a surface coloring.

The marks left by a trigger show CAN be improved slightly with cold blue. Use a good one. Dip only the very tip of a Q-tip into it. There should not be enough in the cotton to drip if you mash the Q-tip- it should be almost dry. Dab the marks lightly. They won't disappear, but it knocks the glare off and blends them a little. Quit when you are ahead- you don't want little dark blue circles.

Given the choice between what I said and what he said, go with what he said--------guaranteed he's been there and done that more than I have.

And when it comes to cold blue, especially for tiny applications such as this, I'd be inclined to use a Birchwood Casey Touch up Pen----which has a tiny point---like any other pen---more like a "sharpie" actually---and as he said, "Quit when you are ahead"---you can always do it over again, but trying to do less than you've already done is another matter altogether!

Ralph Tremaine