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July 28th, 2009, 11:33 AM
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Surface rust
I did some manual labor last week wearing my 1911 in a supertuck. It was next to my skin and got a little sweaty. I noticed a little bit of surface rust on the trigger guard and slide.
What is my best option for cleaning it and preventing it in the future? Thanks, tm |
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July 28th, 2009, 11:36 AM
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Oil it
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July 28th, 2009, 01:32 PM
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I give mine the MiliTec 1 heat treatment. It leaves a thin coating on the gun that resists moisture, lubricates and protects your gun. Gunzilla is another good treatment.
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July 28th, 2009, 01:55 PM
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oil is your guns best friend.
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July 28th, 2009, 01:57 PM
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You can buy prepackaged oil cloths...perfect solution.
Keeping a 'wife-beater' between you and the gun would help a lot, also. 
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July 28th, 2009, 02:09 PM
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RIG works well.
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July 28th, 2009, 03:27 PM
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Light oil and 0000 steel wool to clean it. Paste wax or Rig to protect it.
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July 28th, 2009, 04:36 PM
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Hehehe, you should have seen my sig before I bought it in the pawn shop. A little is not how one would describe the rust. Typical cleaning and oiling should fix your problem.
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July 28th, 2009, 05:03 PM
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at school they want us to use a #2 pencil to "write" over the rustiness, takes care of it on an old rifle, M14 i think
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July 28th, 2009, 08:25 PM
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Folks may be interested to know that FLITZ polish will remove surface rust from a factory Blued firearm without harming the hot blue.
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