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Hi Guys, well I just had to post this, knowing that my fellow lovers of historic rifles would find this of interest.

As of late I came into possession of a lovly springfield from one of our very own, I am in the process of restoring it.

At the outdoorsman show a few months ago I bought some rust remover from a guy I thought was a snake oil salesman....but the price was so low I thought...What the hell...

Finally tried this stuff...WHAMMO..:eek: rust just fell off, no smell no poisonous vapors no burning hands or acids and ZERO scrubbing, this stuff is heads and shoulders above naval jelly and hours of scrubbing.

I am just so impressed I had to share, knowing that rust is as much a problem to you gents as it is for me.

Oh yeah...I forgot to tell you....Its also reuseable!!!!!! yes reuseable, you only waste what you spill.

Cheers!



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It is great stuff. I used some on an old compass plane. It chemically changes rust back into iron, or something like that. The only tricky bit to using it, is that the part must be submerged in the solution for it to work properly. I imagine for a gun barrel a piece of plastic pipe would work pretty good. 2 thumbs up.
 
This stuff looks like it washes away the rust. I've also used some blue'ish watery like stuff on an old vehicle to convert the rust to a much harder and black compound that didn't flake away any more. It was called Rust-Morte. Not sure if it's the same as this or not.
 
john@ said:
Interesting, might have to get some.
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Hi john, I highly recommend you do get yourself some of this stuff, If your restoring old arms, or basicly anything made of steel/iorn,

I have never used anything so great, as I said, no fumes, no acids, no poisons....

I made a trough, laid the rusty barrel in it, went to bed, the next morning I pulled it out and TAAA DAAA:eek: a clean barrel,

the bore is really good aswell only a couple little pin tip pits.

The metal comes out dull and needing a little polishing.

The rust just falls away, no smell no toxins....its just great..

Just try it, its worth whatever you pay for it.
Very impressive.
 
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What's the chemical solution? I'd imagine it's got to be something very simple...

We've got a solution that's part acid and part plating solution. Dip your object in there, leave it, and it'll dissolve rust and replace it with a grey/black hard coating.

The downside is that if it touches a cut it'll burn like the fricking beejeesus.
 
Hunt&Hook said:
Does it dissolve blueing too?
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I have no idea hunt&hook....As you can see there was no blue left on the musket barrel when I started.

I guessing "and god sakes dont quote me on this;)" that rust bluing would be removed aswell, because its a controlled rust finish process...


Cheers
 
Just bumping this - I have an old .22 that was sitting in a barn that I am working on restoring.

It's been sitting in that barn since before 1980, and has a good layer of rust on it. I've removed much of the rust with WD-40 and elbow grease, but I want to remove the remaining rust, including that which is in the bore and action, and strip the blueing so I can reblue in the future.

Will this stuff take off the blueing as well?
 
Just to answer my own question, I pulled this off of the Evapo-Rust website:

http://www.evaporust.com/evaporust.html#Anchor_buy

How Evapo-rust affects coatings

EVAPO-RUST is highly recommended by the NRA gunsmithing school and is utilized by FBI, CIA, NATO and other law enforcement and forensics agencies. EVAPO-RUST is perfect for removing oxide weapon finishes such as Bluing, Parkerizing, Zinc Phosphate, and Browning.

Anodizing, Cobalt Tungsten Carbide, Powder Coating, Chrome, Nickel, Paint, and most other coatings will not be removed as long as they do not contain oxides. EVAPO-RUST will not harm lead or solder points.
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apu said:
most rust removers are phosphoric acid based, interestingly enough it is also added to coke cola.
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I posted in another thread.

It doesn't contain any acids, it is a chelating agent. (other products you might be familiar with are also chelating agents, MPro7, KG-12 copper cleaner)

I soaked a rusted cultivator tip (hardened steel) that had been sitting outside for at least 60 years. It soaked for about a week or 2 and I was astounded at the results. A couple pits were extremely deep, almost 1/16" and it cleaned most of them out, a couple I had to take a pick to get large particles of rust out and then put it back and it finished up the remainder.

If you want it in bulk, get it in the US and send it to a US P.O. Box. About $65 to $70 for 5 gallons. They ship it as 1 1/2 gallons of concentrate that you dilute, to save on shipping costs.
 
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Bought some, works good. Needed a buff with the wire wheel but it actually works. Mind you if the finish is pitted or rought, it will be that way after.
 
A freind of mine bought this stuff and soaked a couple very rusty Taps for cutting threads in the stuff.
They came out shiney and clean.
i was impressed.
will it work good brushed on to for rust on cars ect ?
 
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