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Stainless rust removal redux
Hi,
I took note of the recent discussion concerning stainless steel and removing rust. Kept several good posts (thank you Ed, Carl...) for future reference. A friend of mine kind of neglected his stainless revolver a bit too long and it has developed little rust spots here and there. Here are a few links to images that illustrate the problem: http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/rust_overall-1.jpeg http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/rust_detail-0.jpeg http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/rust_detail-1.jpeg http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/rust_detail-2.jpeg http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/rust_detail-3.jpeg http://www.iserv.net/~lfisk/rust_detail-4.jpeg A gunsmith friend thought bead-blasting it would be the best cure but the citric acid treatment sounded interesting to me. Neither of us care to try messing around with nitric acid. Mechanical means, buffing and such would probably be quite noticeable I think compared to the rest of the finish. Any suggestions? Or would the best course be to just leave it alone, chalk it up as a lesson that stainless steel isn't necessarily carefree I also wondered it electrolytic derusting works on stainless too. I remember people discussing the use of stainless for an electrode and toxic gas it would generate but not trying to derust the stainless piece itself. And how would that affect what was passivized? I've used electrolytic before on a few items with impressive results but nothing stainless. Messy as heck but it doesn't really generate any dangerous byproducts to dispose of. -- Leon Fisk Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b Remove no.spam for email |
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