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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: long carabine on April 28, 2009, 07:32:09 PM
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Cleanong my rifle Sunday i accidently got 2 or 3 water marks on my rifle. I tried to clean them off but they will not come all the way out. What can I use to get them off. Tim
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What kind of finish is it?
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I'm not really sure what finish is on it but it is carly maple stained dark.
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Not making light of your question and assuming she is not a 5,000 dollar rifle nor a collector's item; but one you intend to 'use', rub aliitle oil on her and go on down the road consider it patina. She will get a lot more 'marks' on her til your done with her! :)
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That is a option Roger. The marks give Betty ( the rifles name) character. lol Tim
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Cleanong my rifle Sunday i accidently got 2 or 3 water marks on my rifle. I tried to clean them off but they will not come all the way out. What can I use to get them off. Tim
If its linseed oil and its taken on a gray or white appearance it will go away on its own in most cases as the finish gives the water back the the atmosphere and a little oil in a 2-3 days will make it invisible.
The Grumbacher's/boiled linseed oil finish I have been using for a top finish does not seem to water spot.
Now if you have some strong soap/detergent in the stuff you got on the finish it can require a little work fix as it may eat into the oil. I found Simple Green to be very hard on finishes, only tried it once.
If you have problems with this give it a few days after getting it back to normal then wipe on a *thin* coat of Homer Formbey's low gloss Tung Oil, I think Wally World has it in plastic bottles. Its really thin but its not too bad for water proofing. Wipe on pretty wet and wipe back off in a minute or so.
Dan
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That's one of the good things about a real linseed oil or oil varnish. If it does get water spots, they'll dry up and go away.
Warm the stock with a hair dryer (don't get it too hot) and rub on some wax. Can't hurt, and might help...
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When cleaning my shooter for the first time, I inadvertently allowed water to run out the touchhole and over the wrist, down the comb. The water was also black with fouling, which stained the wood. It never came off, but now I don't see it anymore for all the oxydation and discoloration of wood and metal. Some people (who don't know Kentuckies very well) think my gun is an original.
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If it's a white water stain, use a heat gun. We use it on antique furniture all the time and it removes those ugly rings from glasses with ease.
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Acer is correct about that diluted crud out of the touch hole - It must be that the sulfur compounds in the fouling oxidize the stains, never to go away.
Tom
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If it is a varnish, rub it with good old Maynaise(sp?). I have seen many water stained objects like kitchen cabnets "repaired" with this and I have used it myself.
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consider it patina. She will get a lot more 'marks' on her til your done with her! :)
I agree with Roger, "it's called patina". In all seriousness, I am enjoying the "how to" responses. Lots of good info.
DMR