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Utah, thanks. Is the rust removed because it's an oxide ? Wouldn't the process hurt bluing or Damascus color ? I'm sure your experience is good with the original gun coloring, but I'm "scared" to try it on something nice.
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3 pages over a Birmingham clunker...you guys should consider getting a new hobby.
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Utah, thanks. Is the rust removed because it's an oxide ? Wouldn't the process hurt bluing or Damascus color ? I'm sure your experience is good with the original gun coloring, but I'm "scared" to try it on something nice. Daryl, I am not sure of the science behind it, but original, undamaged bluing/blacking is not removed.
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If you've got a Battery Charger and a box of Washing Soda, you can do it.
I haven't done it yet, but I plan to. I have to find a plastic tray long enough for barrels. I'll use a piece of U shaped steel from the scrapyard for the piece that collects the rust. I'll then make wood blocks to suspend the tubes inside the flanges of the angle iron, so rust is removed on three sides at once. Rotating the tubes will be easy with the blocks. From my experience, you seem to making this too complicated. I use a plastic tub I bought at Lowes. I hang the barrels with string or rubber tubing (old bike inner tubes) from dowels across the top. I use whatever wire I have. Wrap the wire around the lugs or even the barrel itself. For an anode, I use the lid off a 1 gallon tomato sauce can (For increased surface area) when doing a group of parts like the revolver. For barrels I use a piece of all thread lying on the bottom parallel to the barrel(s). Have never had to turn or rotate any parts. I have another barrel to do, so the tank is still on my back deck. I'll post a couple of pictures, even though the internet has many.
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3 pages over a Birmingham clunker...you guys should consider getting a new hobby. joe, You're so funny. I know you "stir the pot" intentionally, just to get a reaction. I can't resist, have you considered reading "How to Win Friends and Influence People"? Regards Ken
I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.
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3 pages over a Birmingham clunker...you guys should consider getting a new hobby. Well lookee who is still trolling around, good ol' UselessjOe. Buy any best guns recentlY?  
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I have another barrel to do, so the tank is still on my back deck. I'll post a couple of pictures, even though the internet has many.
A battery charger and some wire to go with this is my set-up for barrels.  I stirred up the rust on the bottom. This rust came from the Loomis barrels and a Winchester 1200 barrel I did at the same time. 
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I bet that works good for hemorrhoids...
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If you've got a Battery Charger and a box of Washing Soda, you can do it.
I haven't done it yet, but I plan to. I have to find a plastic tray long enough for barrels. I'll use a piece of U shaped steel from the scrapyard for the piece that collects the rust. I'll then make wood blocks to suspend the tubes inside the flanges of the angle iron, so rust is removed on three sides at once. Rotating the tubes will be easy with the blocks. From my experience, you seem to making this too complicated. I use a plastic tub I bought at Lowes. I hang the barrels with string or rubber tubing (old bike inner tubes) from dowels across the top. I use whatever wire I have. Wrap the wire around the lugs or even the barrel itself. For an anode, I use the lid off a 1 gallon tomato sauce can (For increased surface area) when doing a group of parts like the revolver. For barrels I use a piece of all thread lying on the bottom parallel to the barrel(s). Have never had to turn or rotate any parts. I have another barrel to do, so the tank is still on my back deck. I'll post a couple of pictures, even though the internet has many. I LIKE complicated. It's sometimes the most efficient. It's also a question of space in my shop, I'm cramped as it is. Instead of a tray, I'm considering eight-inch PVC, with a slightly smaller pipe inside of it to collect the rust. It'll remove rust from all sides of the barrels at the same time.. Regards Ken
I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.
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Do you by chance have pics of the Loomis or other barrels, before and after ? Thanks, Daryl
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