Removing rust

[Sammy1]

Located a S&W model 10, 1971 era with really bad rusting. I need advice on stripping the rust away.

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[FrankB]

We have to see if the revolver works. 👍👍👍👍

[Duelist]

We have to see if the revolver works. 👍👍👍👍

Lot of time and effort to resucitate an Astra.

[FrankB]

@Duelist I don’t know if YouTube demonetizes these videos, but the first has over 12 million views(!!!!).

[Spartan1980]

Located a S&W model 10, 1971 era with really bad rusting. I need advice on stripping the rust away.

Evaporust is the best thing since sliced bread. But it will take the bluing off too so be careful that you intend to do a total refinish if you use it.

[Duelist]

@Duelist I don’t know if YouTube demonetizes these videos, but the first has over 12 million views(!!!!).

O.O

[Rocky Racoon]

There’s something off on those popular restoration videos. The rust is too orange, too uniform and yet somehow never deep enough to leave pitting.

I strongly suspect chemicals are used to produce that superficial rust, rather than time and moisture.

But the restoration techniques are valid.

I’ve used Krud Kutter and Ready Strip Rust Remover. They work.

[FrankB]

There’s something off on those popular restoration videos. The rust is too orange, too uniform and yet somehow never deep enough to leave pitting.

I strongly suspect chemicals are used to produce that superficial rust, rather than time and moisture.

But the restoration techniques are valid.

I’ve used Krud Kutter and Ready Strip Rust Remover. They work.

I watch these videos occasionally, and their popularity could cause the channels’ makers to cheat. Sort of like the antique/vintage business.

Edited to fix spelling/extra word errors.

[Duelist]

There’s something off on those popular restoration videos. The rust is too orange, too uniform and yet somehow never deep enough to leave pitting.

I strongly suspect chemicals are used to produce that superficial rust, rather than time and moisture.

But the restoration techniques are valid.

I’ve used Krud Kutter and Ready Strip Rust Remover. They work.

I watch these videos occasionally, and their popularity could cause the channels to their makers to cheat. Sort of like the antique/vintage business.

Well, that actually makes some sense. If you were going to deliberately set out to rust a gun to the point of pitting (that astra had visible surface pits) and then show the process of resuscitating it, using an RIA or Rossi or Taurus would be much preferable to using something valuable.