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#1040 09/14/06 01:48 AM
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Dumb question here: What is carding? Is an actual card of some sort used or is it just a misnomer for polishing barrels?


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Mark,
The latter. Carding [or scratching], is simply removing the loose rust while leaving what's adhered well. I prefer steel wool, and don't degrease the wool first. I wipe the work down with degreaser after each carding, instead.
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In the 1800's whenslow rust bluing began, a piece of cardboard was used to "card" the loose rust off the metal. Cardboard back then was layered with a glue that became brittle and helped knock that rust off--- Ever since it has kept that name.

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Ken,
I may win Trivia Pursuit now! Thanks for the answer, I have always wondered why they call it carding.
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I actually believe that carding comes from the name of the tool used in the processing of cotton or wool.
The word comes from the Latin name of teasel (carduus) which was used first for that function.
Manual cards (the hand tool) can be used for carding gun barrels.
You can also buy a card to clean your hand files.
I really doubt that this word has anything to do with cardboard.
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I agree with WildCattle.
I remember seeing my Grandmother Card Wool. The cards I am familiar with were made of wood with one end of rows of short pieces of wire embedded therein. In carding the wool or cotton a pair was used & the mat'l sort of combed between them. As a machinist/modelmaker have used a file card numerous times, here of course you only use one & use the card to clean the teeth of the file.
In all of my reading over the years have never seen mention of using cardboard to scratch off a gun barrel in the browning/bluing process.


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I had always read the term originated from the wool industry as well. Welcome back Ken!

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Steve that would be nice if Ken were back, but that post was from 2006.


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not enough coffee this morning apparently, Thanks for pointing out what I should have seen.


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Originally Posted By: SKB
I had always read the term originated from the wool industry as well. Welcome back Ken!


I've heard of people having flash backs....think it's the dust from all the "turd polishing".

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