[Healeys] Rust Protection Fluids

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Tue Jun 8 06:18:39 MDT 2021


Boeshield is good stuff--we used to fog the guts of airplanes with it. 
IIRC, it's colorless but, would it react with bluing?


On 6/8/2021 4:45 AM, Bob Haskell wrote:
> I use Boeshield T-9. No experience with firearms.
>
> https://boeshield.com
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob Haskell
> Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar
>
> On 6/8/21 7:24 AM, simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Not specifically a Healey query but we all know about rust….
>>
>> So, I’m restoring an old pistol. (We’ll get one thing straight 
>> first….I’m no Wyatt Earp. This thing is a nice old .177 air pistol. A 
>> Webley & Scott Mk1. My wife’s father’s. About a hundred years old. 
>> Still works well.)
>>
>> Thus far, I’ve disassembled, removed the old bluing and any rust. 
>> I’ll reblue it per instructions from the net and from the bottle of 
>> blue. No problems so far. Actually, the only issue is the difficulty 
>> in obtaining parts.
>>
>> I’m advised by the bluing manufacturer’s blurb on the bottle to 
>> finish off the whole process by “Saturating metal in Barricade Rust 
>> Protection”. That stuff seems to be WD40 in all but name with the 
>> property that, perhaps, it leaves a more lasting film on the metal. 
>> But the manufacturer would tell one to do that, wouldn’t they?
>>
>> Nanny has taken away most of our firearms in the UK, so a lot of this 
>> type of stuff comes in from overseas. Typically the US. Anyone know 
>> anything about this stuff or similar???? Years ago, when playing with 
>> Her Majesty’s firearms, we used to keep little bottles of Jenolite 
>> something or other, but that seems to be unavailable now. Only their 
>> Rust Converter.
>>
>> I’ll probably just reblue it and wrap it up in an oily rag for 
>> another 20 years. (Just so long as my grandson doesn’t find it).
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Simon
>>
>>
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