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    Eezox or similar. It works. I treat my stainless Howas with this and keep up the treatment with use. I'm also diligent about properly drying the rifles after wet use - and they often gets used in drenching rain. I strip it down, dry it in front of the fire or in the sun in summer, and re-apply the Eezox. No rust. I have left my .243 on the bike overnight in the rain (long story) and it was fine.

    Comments re Tikka are spot on, they do it too, though not to the same extent. Several stainless brands will rust if not maintained.

    There's a really interesting YouTube video testing all the different coatings, you should see untreated stainless steel in the warm salt water spray after 12 hours. Looks like it's been on the bottom of the ocean for 12 years. Cerakote was mint!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flyblown View Post
    Eezox or similar. It works. I treat my stainless Howas with this and keep up the treatment with use. I'm also diligent about properly drying the rifles after wet use - and they often gets used in drenching rain. I strip it down, dry it in front of the fire or in the sun in summer, and re-apply the Eezox. No rust. I have left my .243 on the bike overnight in the rain (long story) and it was fine.

    Comments re Tikka are spot on, they do it too, though not to the same extent. Several stainless brands will rust if not maintained.

    There's a really interesting YouTube video testing all the different coatings, you should see untreated stainless steel in the warm salt water spray after 12 hours. Looks like it's been on the bottom of the ocean for 12 years. Cerakote was mint!

    Yeah, still get rust with Eezox (nowhere as bad as just oily rag treatment tho) I'm pretty pedantic about my rifles and never had any rifle as bad as this. Stainless on my tikka's and Remington are like new compared to the howa and had a far harder life.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hunty1 View Post
    Yeah, still get rust with Eezox (nowhere as bad as just oily rag treatment tho) I'm pretty pedantic about my rifles and never had any rifle as bad as this. Stainless on my tikka's and Remington are like new compared to the howa and had a far harder life.
    Do you put on a generous coating and let it dry overnight?
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    I used to have a business doing fabrication in stainless steel. It is indeed stain-less not stain-nothing. What works best is not so much oiling it but rubbing. Rubbing helps develop a layer of chromium oxide which is the outer protective layer. If it has not been cleaned in a while a soft rag moistened with WD40 will polish it up, or a commercial cleaner used for SS kitchen ware. Never use Steel Wool or any steel abrasive. Steel wool will impregnate the surface of SS with particles that will quickly cause rust. If you want to work a blemish or scratch out use a synthetic (green usually) potscrub. These are available in different grades from coarse to fine. Apply the same logic as you would with sandpaper. Including going with the grain. However you will end up with a matt burnished finish, you will never get back an original foundry bright finish. Use WD40 on the potscrub. Stainless not regularly rubbed will always tarnish to some degree over time. Higher grades will tarnish less.

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    Alright ya made me look.
    My Howa minis last 5 or 6 outings have been in the boat and the last time out it copped a bit of spray and wet hands handling.(salt water)
    Home from last trip it went straight in the safe thinking I better give it a wipe in the next few days....that was two or 3 weeks ago so reminded by this thread I got it out for a wipe just now.

    A few very small blemishes on the outside of barrel....nothing on action some salt crystals on scope.

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    A wipe with a patch covered in breakfree clp cleaned it up fine.

    I haven't found it to rust anymore than Sakos orTikkas I have owned.

    While the above may sound like I am a bit slack on the upkeep before and after any decent trip I would strip from stock and clean and then protect with breakfree or eezox or something.....drown it then wipe off as much as you can.
    Thats what works for me.
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    breakfree seems to be working for me so far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Micky Duck View Post
    breakfree seems to be working for me so far.
    Use Breakfree during the winter and Innox summer. Have always had a lot of time for Innox, had a 4 wheeler at the beach, used to hose down before heading home and when dry spray with Innox. Winter time seldom went near it. Never rusted in the 12 years it was there.

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    And a note on blued metalwork. Rubbing with oil or any petroleum solvent removes the blueing. Bluing after all is a form of rust. To remove rust from a blued barrel or action use fine DRY steel wool, ONLY. The steel wool removes the rust rust and redistributes the actual blue. Then when finished with the steel wool, wipe over with a lightly oiled rag. 3in1 oil is ideal. Or if you like expensive, your favorite gun oil. But ordinary 30-30 motor oil will do the same job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jhon View Post
    And a note on blued metalwork. Rubbing with oil or any petroleum solvent removes the blueing. Bluing after all is a form of rust. To remove rust from a blued barrel or action use fine DRY steel wool, ONLY. The steel wool removes the rust rust and redistributes the actual blue. Then when finished with the steel wool, wipe over with a lightly oiled rag. 3in1 oil is ideal. Or if you like expensive, your favorite gun oil. But ordinary 30-30 motor oil will do the same job.
    Ah no, never use steel wool dry. It will remove rust and but also mar the bluing. Always with oil. Use 0000 steel wool only.
    For spots only the tip of a fired cartridge case will remove rust, along with a bit of oil.

    Have refurbished many old rifles using 4 naught steel wool and oil and have never damaged the patIna.

    If rust is more deep seated a more invasive removal method is needed maybe back to the white and then a refinish be it blueing cerakote or whatever.

    As far as "stainless" goes people confuse the stainless used in barrels etc for true stainless 316.
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    Quote Originally Posted by zimmer View Post
    Ah no, never use steel wool dry. It will remove rust and but also mar the bluing. Always with oil. Use 0000 steel wool only.
    For spots only the tip of a fired cartridge case will remove rust, along with a bit of oil.

    Have refurbished many old rifles using 4 naught steel wool and oil and have never damaged the patIna.

    If rust is more deep seated a more invasive removal method is needed maybe back to the white and then a refinish be it blueing cerakote or whatever.

    As far as "stainless" goes people confuse the stainless used in barrels etc for true stainless 316.
    Well each to their own. Not going to tell you you're wrong but I did a lot of research on it and the net was NEVER use oil or petroleum products with steel wool on blued steel. It removes the blueing. I've used dry fine steel wool on a number of restoration jobs now and it works superbly. No scratching, excellent finish result. Then wipe with oily rag to protect. I guess we will differ and folk will do their own research and trials.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jhon View Post
    Well each to their own. Not going to tell you you're wrong but I did a lot of research on it and the net was NEVER use oil or petroleum products with steel wool on blued steel. It removes the blueing. I've used dry fine steel wool on a number of restoration jobs now and it works superbly. No scratching, excellent finish result. Then wipe with oily rag to protect. I guess we will differ and folk will do their own research and trials.
    Go for it. Like you say to each his own. I have seen the effect of raw steel wool on patina. Plus I cannot grasp how raw steel wool "spreads" the blueing. Blueing is not a movable object.
    I guess you cannot go wrong if it's off the net.

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    For years I gave my firearms a hard rub with vaseline on the theory of sealing the pores and leaving a water repellant outer. This always worked pretty well. The kroil oil is meant to penetrate to a millionth of an inch pore so a good rub with that may give protection. Wear impermeable gloves when using it though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woody View Post
    For years I gave my firearms a hard rub with vaseline on the theory of sealing the pores and leaving a water repellant outer. This always worked pretty well. The kroil oil is meant to penetrate to a millionth of an inch pore so a good rub with that may give protection. Wear impermeable gloves when using it though.
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    I have treated every stainless rifle I've ever owned more or less the same way, and Howas do seem to be more susceptible to rust than others.

 

 

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