Can you remove rust spots on a blued finish with wire wool without removing the blue?

[nige346]

An old bronze coin with oil is also good, needs to be an early all bronze coin with a smooth edge, Oil prior and then lightly rub with the edge of the coin, The rust will clear and the coin will wear on the edge you use, keep rotating and applying the oil, I've used this method many times and not damaged any blued finish, I know keep a collection of old 2p & 1P coins for this purpose and get the missus to keep her old one's.

DON'T do this with any post 1992 coins as they changed the composition, They look the same but are plated steel which will wreck the finish. This was shown to me years ago by an elderly restorer and is a method iv'e used ever since.

[Bluefan]

An old bronze coin with oil is also good, needs to be an early all bronze coin with a smooth edge, Oil prior and then lightly rub with the edge of the coin, The rust will clear and the coin will wear on the edge you use, keep rotating and applying the oil, I've used this method many times and not damaged any blued finish, I know keep a collection of old 2p & 1P coins for this purpose and get the missus to keep her old one's.

DON'T do this with any post 1992 coins as they changed the composition, They look the same but are plated steel which will wreck the finish. This was shown to me years ago by an elderly restorer and is a method iv'e used ever since.

That is bloody marvellous got to ask how did he find out if you know. Thanks for sharing got to be tip of the year but it's in with a shot at tip of the decade.

[nige346]

That is bloody marvellous got to ask how did he find out if you know. Thanks for sharing got to be tip of the year but it's in with a shot at tip of the decade.

No idea where he got it from, I cleaned an old BSA standard recently, removed the rust and exposed all the original etching intact, takes patience as only covers a small area at a time, I actually have a lot of his old tools which he gave to me when I started my engineering apprenticeship after school, lovely old squares and dividers, scribers etc, all hand made, really nice guy that was happy to pass on knowledge and skills many of which that would probably long forgotten now if he hadn't. proper old school gent, to this day I still wipe my tools down with a oil rag before putting away,

[rovercoupe]

Copper pan scouring pads worked well, try dry first as some people say that if you use oil it holds the rust and causes the bluing to be removed but I have had some nothing to lose guns and had to use oil to get the last bit of corrosion off.

[Bluefan]

No idea where he got it from, I cleaned an old BSA standard recently, removed the rust and exposed all the original etching intact, takes patience as only covers a small area at a time, I actually have a lot of his old tools which he gave to me when I started my engineering apprenticeship after school, lovely old squares and dividers, scribers etc, all hand made, really nice guy that was happy to pass on knowledge and skills many of which that would probably long forgotten now if he hadn't. proper old school gent, to this day I still wipe my tools down with a oil rag before putting away,

You touched lucky meeting him and so did we when you passed on the tip thanks again
The Tipton pads Flint mentioned are available on Amazon UK me I'm looking out my old loose change first, I've had plenty of time to mull over a pearl of wisdom given to me as an apprentice "there's always time to do it twice but never enough time to do it properly " that usually was aimed at those in charge and never us lowly grunts .
Cheers again for the tip .

[Discocom]

thanks everyone for all the tips - amazing knowledge on this forum