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Bought a nice LC about 10 years ago with the receiver in the white...partial renovation. Sent it to my gunsmith to be charcoal case colored. Came back perfect. Put it in a sock and stored it away. Took it out several times over the course of 5 years and then left it alone. Recently, I pulled it out again and all the color has gone black on it. You can still see some color on it but basically it looks like it was re blued. My gunsmith uses Galazan lacquer and he has never heard of this happening...have any of you?
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You stored it in a sock? A gun case? Has it been in that for five years?
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It was in a clean sock for actually 10 years. It's a 10 ga, Trap Grade LC...quite rare....but now black.
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Carl, Try running it through a sonic cleaner.
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Ultrasonic cleaner? What do you think that will do, it's super clean now. Is it that you think the lacquer will be cleaned off and return the case color?
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Bought a nice LC about 10 years ago with the receiver in the white...partial renovation. Sent it to my gunsmith to be charcoal case colored. Came back perfect. Put it in a sock and stored it away. Took it out several times over the course of 5 years and then left it alone. Recently, I pulled it out again and all the color has gone black on it. You can still see some color on it but basically it looks like it was re blued. My gunsmith uses Galazan lacquer and he has never heard of this happening...have any of you? Carl, You didn't mention it having Galazan lacquer on it in your first few sentences, then say your gunsmith uses Galazan lacquer. Regardless, no one here can determine why your case-colored receiver is now black. My only guess is oxidation in a questionable environment. Photos would be a great help. JR
Last edited by John Roberts; 01/12/24 11:56 PM.
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Do as Mike states. You might me amazed at the results.
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John, Ghost Rider, I will try as you suggest.
Please clarify something for me, if there is oxidation, isn't it visible? I don't dispute that my storage of the gun may have created issues, but if the gun looks pristine, can there still be oxidation?
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Well, you have said that it no longer looks "pristine", so something is going on, oxidation or something else.
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Take a small part off of the gun that is CCH and has turned black.
A couple screws, or the forend latch plate if it has one.
Try cleaning just these small part(s) with something like acetone and see if the black disappears and the Colors re-appear underneath.
Acetone shouldn't harm any real case hardening colors.
It will cut through any lacquer or most any clear coat finish applied over it.
Maybe just that clear coat has turned color for some reason.
This will let you find out w/o disassembling the entire gun or having to take it/send it somewhere to have someone do a super-sonic cleaning.
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