[Healeys] Rust Protection Fluids

[David Lodge]

 I remember a chum's Dad back in the UK re-blueing (Is that a word?) an old shotgun by heating it and letting it ccol in a bin of used engine oil!  I've never seen as much smoke in my life!  
He wasn't popular with the neighbours after that, needless to say!

    On Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 04:25:11 GMT-7, simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com <simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com> wrote:  
 
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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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