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Josh Prahin 12-31-2017 11:13 PM

Cleaning up a sterlingworth
 
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Can someone give a suggestion on what I can use to clean up this Fox sterlingworth ?

Rick Losey 12-31-2017 11:18 PM

what are you cleaning off it

Josh Prahin 12-31-2017 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick Losey (Post 231857)
what are you cleaning off it

When I acquired the gun someone blued the receiver so stripped all the bluing off of it. I wasn’t real sure if I should try and clean it up a little better. All the bluing is off of it right now. I def don’t want to polish it.

Dean Romig 01-01-2018 07:45 AM

Unless I'm missing something I would leave it as is.

Of course you could send it out to have it re-cased.





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Josh Prahin 01-01-2018 08:07 AM

I’ll leave it as is. Thanks for the replies

Bill Murphy 01-01-2018 09:50 AM

What did you use to take the blue off?

Josh Prahin 01-01-2018 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy (Post 231871)
What did you use to take the blue off?

White vinegar. I lightly rubbed vinegar soaked rag over it until it was removed

Rick Losey 01-01-2018 10:34 AM

well- i'm with Dean on this- and that was the reason for my question

looks good for an old piece to me

Jerry Harlow 01-01-2018 03:11 PM

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When there is no finish I like to remove the dull tarnish with Flitz, Wenol, Simichrome, or any other similar product. You can make it shiny or use just a little bit to make it uniform. Or you can use cold blue (I know you just removed it) and then 0000 steel wool to give a uniform gray finish, quitting when you like the color. This one pictured is uniformly shiny and I like it better than dull. The polishes leave a protective film also. Just what I do.


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