Minor Surface Rust on "Blacked" surfaces....

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11 years 3 weeks ago #31456 by Sharkey
Minor Surface Rust on "Blacked" surfaces.... was created by Sharkey
Hypothetical Scenario:

You've had a little cache of weapons stored for a little while and felt the need to dig em up and give em a once over.

You find not an excessive amount but just some surface rust on many of the outer surfaces of some of them.

Insides and guts are all immaculate so nothing is wrong there and you just have a good amount of cosmetic crap to deal with. You cannot just sand it off since they all have blackened finished and emory paper or steel wool could create a bigger problem.

Are you concerned and how would you set out about getting rid of it and then prepping them for another long sleep?

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11 years 3 weeks ago #31458 by Libertarian623
Replied by Libertarian623 on topic Minor Surface Rust on "Blacked" surfaces....
Hypothetically you would just PM a friend that hypothetically thinks the same as you. And they would send you say a half gallon of cosmoline grease; that hypothetically works really great, situation averted.

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11 years 3 weeks ago #31464 by jtallen83
Replied by jtallen83 on topic Minor Surface Rust on "Blacked" surfaces....
On antique tools that I restore I use a fine brass brush, what the usually call a suede brush. I've never used it on firearms but on tools it will remove the rust but leaves the patina intact, it does take some work and trial and error for each specific surface.

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11 years 3 weeks ago - 11 years 3 weeks ago #31465 by MrMarty51
Replied by MrMarty51 on topic Minor Surface Rust on "Blacked" surfaces....
Hypothetically, I would get Me a can of "Sea Foam" "Deep Creep" and a soft rag and gently wipe the rust away, then, wipe the rusted areas dry, apply either cosmoline or, "Lubriplate" "NO. 105" to the concered surfaces.
Now, I would get a length of PVC pipe large enough in diameter to slide the rifle into, Cap one end, using "Permatex" "NO. 22058" to seal the end cap, slide the rifle into the tube, drop in several bags of dessicant, I would then warm the tube{s} up to at least room temps or warmer, cap the other end, using "Silicone Grease" such as "Permatex" "NO. 22058" to seal both ends with.
Hypothetically, then take the tubes back out to where You had or want them and bury them vertically, straight up and down, so it`d be tough for a metal detector to pick up a signal from, with the top end at least four feet under to make it even a tougher task to be picked up by a detector or to whatever depth would be good for You.
Well, that`s My take on the situation
The reason for warming the tubes is to create a vacuum within the tubes, so that, if the tubes would get warmer than when they were assembles there would be no risk of one of the end caps pushing off, or, the end caps could be secured with a piece of plumbers tape and some short sheet metal screws to secure the caps to the tubes. Hypothetically speaking that is.
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11 years 3 weeks ago - 11 years 3 weeks ago #31471 by Sharkey
Replied by Sharkey on topic Minor Surface Rust on "Blacked" surfaces....
Wow. This could be a record for the word "hypothetical" on the site huh... :laugh:

By the way, I have absolutely NO use for this information and was just asking for others that might be in such a situation so thanks for the responses... :)
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11 years 3 weeks ago #31474 by jtallen83
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Hypothetically, I'm getting the urge to dig and see, Hypothetically, it's been a few years! Hypothetically IF I were to do such a thing MrMarty's method would be the system I'd use......
ahh to hell with the hypothetical, they can come get some if they want, I won't just stand there while they dig, already have them marked on the range cards! :usa:

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11 years 3 weeks ago #31478 by Sharkey
Replied by Sharkey on topic Minor Surface Rust on "Blacked" surfaces....
Heating the tubes is definitely a good suggestion Marty... :thumbs:

And if you think the gubmet has every single weapon every owns mapped out, I don't see it as being possible even with all of their technology. So if there is ANY chance that something can be "canned" for a long period and maybe even OFF of your own property or at least slightly beyond a boundary, I say go for it.

The longer it stays put and even HAS been "gone" the better. Ammo as well.

:sharkey:

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11 years 3 weeks ago #31483 by MrMarty51
Replied by MrMarty51 on topic Minor Surface Rust on "Blacked" surfaces....

Sharkey wrote: Heating the tubes is definitely a good suggestion Marty... :thumbs:

And if you think the gubmet has every single weapon every owns mapped out, I don't see it as being possible even with all of their technology. So if there is ANY chance that something can be "canned" for a long period and maybe even OFF of your own property or at least slightly beyond a boundary, I say go for it.

The longer it stays put and even HAS been "gone" the better. Ammo as well.

:sharkey:

I think that a length of 8 or 10" PVC would have room enough for the rifle, a pistol and some amminition fur bof a um. might want to pack the pistol and booolits fur it into a seperate container, juz in case one would be found, keep the detectable amount of metals to a minimum, especially in the rifle container.

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11 years 3 weeks ago #31484 by MrMarty51
Replied by MrMarty51 on topic Minor Surface Rust on "Blacked" surfaces....

Sharkey wrote: Wow. This could be a record for the word "hypothetical" on the site huh... :laugh:

By the way, I have absolutely NO use for this information and was just asking for others that might be in such a situation so thanks for the responses... :)

..................:I-agree: ...........................

Htpothetically speaking, I hypothetically dont too, but if it was a hypothetic type of a sitcheaytion, I`d hypothetically jump the hypothetic barrier and hypothetically speaking geterdone.

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