First attempt at conservation

[Gilevi]

here is my first attempt at some conservation. I boiled the parts for a little over an hour then, used a cardding wheel. i think the process worked pretty well. thoughts? Attachment 117254Attachment 117255Attachment 117256Attachment 117257Attachment 117258Attachment 117259Attachment 117260

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[Wthenley]

Looks nice...well done but not overdone. Good job

[Singer B]

Looks really nice. My question is does this type of process hurt the collector/monetary value of a piece like sanding a stock? Thanks!

[Gilevi]

Looks really nice. My question is does this type of process hurt the collector/monetary value of a piece like sanding a stock? Thanks!

it shouldnt, all it is doing is removing the rust

[jamie5070]

For more ideas, down this line of thought, check out Mark Novak's videos on youtube. "Anvil".
He does a similar thing and then follows up with a "steaming", to rust blue the items. Really evens out the finish.

[Gilevi]

its how i learned to do it. was thinking of doing the rust blue also

[browningautorifle]

was thinking of doing the rust blue also

We had a thread here about a rust blue gun a couple years back. If you do that keep us up on how it goes, we could use the education.

[Patrick Chadwick]

Looks really nice. My question is does this type of process hurt the collector/monetary value of a piece like sanding a stock? Thanks!

What Gilevi has done (and very well too) is cleaning. Rust was never part of the original finish! He has removed what was NOT intended to be there.
But be cautious - to go further and reblue a part is the start of falsification, by adding something - in this case, a new finish. For high-value collector's items, such as WW1 Lugers, adding a new finish is very harmful to the value.
And of course, if parts acquire a new finish and this is deliberately concealed from a prospective purchaser, then the seller has reached the borders of fraud!

[browningautorifle]

Looks better than rust for sure, looks good.

[gonzogeezer]

What carding wheel do you use?