"Rex B" wrote in message
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Find some Evaporust.
Dissolves the rust, doesn't hurt finishes.
2 hours max.
Good stuff.

Interesting that you've found it doesn't hurt finishes. According to the
Orison marketing website:

"EVAPO-RUST [is] perfect for removing weapon finishes such as Bluing,
Parkerizing, Zinc Phosphate, and Browning. Blueing and zinc phosphate
coatings (heavy zinc per MIL-DTL-16232 and light zinc per TT-C-490) can be
removed both at room temperature (@30 minutes) and 118 dergrees Fahrenheit
(@15 minutes)."

According to them, it eats up finishes (and rather quickly at that)! What
types of finishes have you tried that it didn't damage?

- Michael