Freckles

[BillBro]

Best way to remove some light freckling on a blued revolver? Or, is this a case of just arresting it and preventing any worsening? A friend at work asked me this and honestly I dont know if removal is advised due to the fragile nature of bluing. I havent even seen the gun yet but like I said, I'm not sure what to tell him.

 

[Fullmetaljacket]

Try a Frontier Big 45 pad. Looks like a Chore Boy scrubber but made from some kind of miracle material that I've been too lazy to research. I've had good success removing light surface rust from blued finishes. It won't make pitting disappear but does completely remove the corrosion and most importantly does not affect the bluing at all. Works better than steel wool and safer for the finish. I'm a fan.

 

[s&wchad]

Saturate the finish with a good penetrating oil (I like Kroil) and let it sit for a day or two. Oil the surface again and lightly go over it with fine bronze wool. You can get it at some hardware stores, woodworking shops and online.

 

[JH1951]

I have had very good luck with Flitz Polish. I have given new life to several lightly freckled pieces with the product. Just go very lightly.

 

[alwslate]

Very light freckles can just be kept oiled and ignored unless they really bother you. Wipe them down with CLP regularly and they will look no worse thirty years from now.

 

[Narragansett]

Saturate the finish with a good penetrating oil (I like Kroil) and let it sit for a day or two. Oil the surface again and lightly go over it with fine bronze wool. You can get it at some hardware stores, woodworking shops and online.

About the same thing I do except I wrap the gun tightly in strips of cloth and soak the cloth with Kroil. Let isit a couple days, reoil it with the cloth still on, and wait several days. Then i lightly rub with kroil soaked bronze wool. Gets a lot of the freckles, and the light surface rust

 

[BillBro]

The freckles dont bother me at all, not my gun. Thanks for all the great, and quick info. You folks are great!

 

[Bekeart]

Chore Boy COPPER Scrubber with motor oil.
When freckles are gone, can clean the motor oil off.
Oil holds the scrubbed freckles in suspension.
Watch for 100% COPPER - copper is softer than the blued steel.
Chore Boys are cheaper than bronze wool, and available locally.

Bekeart

 

[stansdds]

Oil and Chore Boy copper pot scrubbers work great, but make sure you get genuine 100% copper scrubbers. Some of the off-brands use copper plated steel, which will damage your firearm. A good pre-soak in a penetrating oil will not hurt and can force out moisture and debris from the freckles. Gently polish the oil covered freckles with the Chore Boy pad or a section of the pad. Once you are satisfied, coat the firearm in oil or Renaissance Wax.

 

[gwpercle]

I had great sucess with De -Freckling the model 58 (my avatar) with Turtle Wax Chrome Polish and Rust Remover , a soft cotten rag and my hands (no power tools) Carried by a Motorcycle Policeman for years the hot humid rainy climate of Louisiana had left it rather sad looking ... blue turning brown on grip frame ... lots of freckles ...but no deep pitting .
Mostly grunge, built up oil and light surface rust w/ freckles here and there.
I just knew the finish was shot . I used the TWCPARR and a rag and got a lot of dirt and brown rust off ...didn't look too bad ... after two more cleanings when the rag stoped removing brown "stuff" ...She looked good ... not New Blue Job good but I'm honest and I have worked hard on Police Duty ... I liked it ... A wax Job sealed the deal .
Try the Turtle Wax ... It's cheap , easy to find (auto parts ) if it doesn't look good enough ... you can always re-finish .
Gary

 

[Green Frog]

It's a mystery of life that we think freckles on the nose of a little girl are cute but they usually disappear with age, while we recoil from freckles on the blue of a young gun and they increase with age. There is something wrong with this picture!

Froggie

 

[BigBill]

I purchased three revolvers from the same seller he said light red freckling which he took as rust. It was dried oil.