Top 11 inexpensive Gun Maintenance – Solvents, Lubes, & Bluing

Hello viewers what i have for you today is kind of work-in-progress video in this video right here I’m gonna see how. Aluminum black can be used on aluminum knife handles to repair any damage to a. Black finish and this particular video. Was inspired because of course i bought this knife here this is the crkt foresight and there are a lot of videos. On youtube if you want to see those about this knife so this isn’t really about the knife in particular but i bought this knife used and it has an aluminum handle and as you can see it was a used knife when i bought it and it was very well-loved so that handle which is a normal a dark. Black finish is kind of beat-up and. Damaged all around and now it’s just. Surface damage the knife itself is perfectly functional no issue with the knife but i wanted to see if i could. Maybe touch that up a little bit and so i was just browsing on amazon and i saw they offered a product called aluminum black and this is from birch wood casey. I’ve used their bloomin solution for. Firearms before so i wanted to try this. Solution out and see if it might help the aluminum finish on my foresight and. Now this is just an experiment i have no. Idea how it’s going to react so what I’m gonna do essentially is I’m gonna use the rubbing alcohol here to clean off the foresight’s handle as well as i can, and then we are going to apply some of. This aluminum black and see how it changes the appearance so let me hold. This up the before image relatively. Close to the camera so you can see how it looks before okay but you can see. Damage right there and on this side you. Can see damage right there and so the pocket clip is stainless steel I’m not going to remove it for this because you. Have to disassemble the knife to do so you’ll notice i put some skateboard tape on it to help get it out-of-pocket so I’ll try and avoid that area I’m just gonna use cotton swabs to apply it but. Hopefully you know by the end of this little experiment we’ll see if this improves the appearance or not so I’m. Going to go ahead and do it and see how. It comes out so let’s go ahead and try so first thing I’m going to do is. Use some cotton balls in the rubbing alcohol to clean off the knife you know. Get fingerprints off of it. And I’m just doing this really basic. Task I’m not going to in depth I’m sure you. Could spend a lot of time doing this and cleaning it off but I’m just trying to. Make this a nice quick job and of course whenever you’re doing finishes on knives on guns the more prep time you. Put into it the better they’re a finished result will be but still I’m. Just making this a quick evening project i don’t intend on spending all day doing this so I’m going to do one side at a. Time okay looks pretty good let’s just. Dry it off of it. And then I’ll final rub down with a paper towel. Okay so let’s start with this side right. Here i don’t know if the results are supposed to be instant or not allow to. Work one minute rinsed with cold water so I’ll rinse it with water off-camera see how that works but let’s take a look. We have a seal on here and what can i. Used to open that I’ll just find a random tool on my desk you know i better shake. It up a little first i don’t know if it needs it or not but just in case there. We go so I’m just going to gently swab. In these areas that need coverage and. Again i could be doing it totally wrongs. And how much coverage it needs on it. You. But I’m going to go ahead and rinse it off and bring it back and see how it. Turns out so let’s check that out okay. So after one application you can see there is a definite darkening on the. Raised edges, but they’re on the tips there’s still definitely a silver tinge. There so I’m gonna keep giving this coats of the fluid until i get a better. Result but again a lot of the areas that. Only had light scratching are a little bit darker than they were before although you can still kind of tell the difference between the two areas of coating so that’s kind of interesting result there so I’m going to keep this. Process up I’m gonna do it off camera just for sake of space, and we’ll see how. It works all right so i just did about. Four applications of the aluminum black. On this knife so you can see the. Difference in the handle itself it. Actually to me i think it’s kind of big difference and now you can still of. Course see gouges where it got gouged but instead of being that bright shiny aluminum finish it’s a darker more matte. Subdued black color which i think is. Pretty cool so i think this is a win-win. And the good news is you can get a bottle of this stuff for about $6.99 on. Amazon and i mean there’s enough in here. That it’s gonna last you for life essentially i mean unless you’re refinishing you know say an entire firearm or something but look at that. Difference i mean compared to the beginning of the video wow that is a big. Deal to me so great product and super. Easy to apply i mean i’ve done this in less than 20 minutes so really. Nice maybe I’ll do a couple more rounds. Of it just to see how dark i can get it and some of the upraised edges a little bit more but even so as it sits this is. A much improved knife over what i. Started the video with about 20 minutes ago so look at that oh great job so i. Totally recommend aluminum black metal finish great. Product can make your very well-used and. Loved knives good as new. Assuming you have a black aluminum finish on it I’m kind of curious how it would react if you had like a red anodized aluminum or something like that or some other color but dang in black. Oh it’s great because you see I’ve been done the other side yet and you can see the difference look at the points there and you can see the shiny aluminum and. Then the same points on this side way. More subdued so super cool product guys. Thanks for watching the video have a great day if you have any questions let me know if you have any applications for this other than knives and guns let me know too i think this is a cool product awesome so thanks for watching have a great day.

Following the easy steps of virtual kc’s. Perma blue liquid gun blue kit will keep. The mettle of your firearm rust free and protected included in the kit is virtue. Kc’s cleaner degreaser blue and rust remover and perma blue also included is. Wet/dry sandpaper a sponge blue and. Gobber’s service cloth and barricade wipes after you have disassembled your firearms clean all the metal parts with the included sponge saturated and cleaner degreaser make sure to. Thoroughly clean all metal parts and then rinse with water you can now remove. Rust and/or bluing with the blue and rust remover saturate one of the dobbers in the solution and apply it to the metal parts with a small pad at steel-wool polished the metal lightly to remove rust and old bluing continue this process until the metal is gleaming the. Metal has deep scratches or pitting sand the areas with sandpaper followed by a steel wool polish to smooth it out makes. Sure the metal is completely clean of rust and no bluing before moving to the next step next reapply the cleaner degreaser scrub. With a sponge and rinse again with water. Now this point of the process try to. Avoid touching the metal with your finger tips to prevent markings on the metal when it comes to the bluing process now when it’s time to start the bluing process timing is very important. You can work on sections of metal rather than the entire piece using a dawber in. The perma blue apply ot entire surface allow the perma blue to stay on the metal for no more than one minute then. Rinse it with water and wipe dry it’s better to leave it on for less time because you can always go back and repeat the process if you would like a darker finish after ordering rinsing. Polish the metal with fine steel wool and look at the coverage of bluing if there is streaking or you want a darker. Finish repeats the bluing process after. You finish the bluing process wipe down all metal parts with barricade wipes and. Allowed curing overnight. For more information on virtual kc’s. Perma blue liquid gun blue kid or other gun care products you can go to virtual kc.com.

Well hello friends I’m dave Andres a. Fellow gun enthusiast and your host for. Hobbies tv.com here to share a little insight into what. Has been described as the fastest gun cleaner on earth the hoppy’s bore snake in fact some folks say this little. Invention has no equal in the world of shooting sports because it performs three primary cleaning functions in one. Simple motion but let’s not get ahead of. Ourselves before the bore snake story can have any real meaning to you as a solution it’s important to understand the very nature of the problem that is. How exactly do guns get dirty the bad. Guy in the story is carbon the nasty. Pervasive stuff that builds up as a result of normal use carbon does its. Darnedest to cling to the metal inside. Your barrel taking a firm grasp of the pores of the metal and playing heck with the performance and accuracy of your gun oh it’s wicked stuff that carbon and it. Never stops building up and it’s the nemesis of every scientist who ever tried to come up with something to prevent it if you shoot you get carbon. End of story or is it how about we use. This trusty Remington 870 for purposes. Of demonstration first off though we’ve. Got to make sure the gun is absolutely. Empty so always take the time to double check in the name of gun safety now if i. Were showing you a traditional gun cleaning process I’d get the gun situated in my copen cyclize gun mount. Which more than earns is keep has a safe. Way to do minor gunsmithing and as a. Shooting tool out on the range but the hoppy’s bore snake is meant to be used in a more freehand fashion okay let’s. Get acquainted with this bad boy at first glance the bore snake looks like nothing more than a six-foot-long piece. Of synthetic cord with some decorations on it but don’t be fooled this ingenious one-piece design. Qualified for a united state patent now. This part right here goes to work first removing large particles from the bore. Then this bronze brush right here gets. After the remaining carbon deposits and then this main floss area comes along to. Finish the job wiping the bore clean and true so here. We go you just drop the breast weight in. Through the breech and feed the cord on. In letting gravity do its thing. Then you go ahead and grab the brass weight what just happens to be stamped. With the gauge or caliber it fits prepare to be amazed you just go ahead. And pull the bore snake on through just like this and don’t worry if it feels a. Little snug that’s how it’s designed and. Then all of a sudden you’ve got yourself. A clean gun thanks in part to this long. Floss which is 160 times more area than. A conventional cleaning patch man that’s. A lot of cleaning power one of the great things about the hoppy’s bore snake is that it preserves and protects the. Integrity of your rifles rifling and crown and the chamber and bore of the. Shotgun because there is no exposed metal which explains in part why the. Bore snake has become so popular even. With the old school gun guys like me i had one guy asked me the other day why. The heck this didn’t get invented thirty years ago at the end of the day the. Hoppy’s bore snake is no substitute for traditional gun maintenance using products like hoppe’s number nine or hop easily gun cleaner that kind of cleaning. Will always have its place right here in the gun room where you’ve got the time. And the energy to spare but what if you’re out in the field after a long hard hunt or at the range after long. Hours of practice what if you’re just too darn tired to clean your gun the traditional way what if it’s too dark to. See what you’re doing you can’t let your. Gun go unclean especially if it’s taken on a little bit of moisture you just be asking for trouble that’s where the hoppy’s poor. Snake comes in just bust it out of your kit or backpack uncoil it and put it to. Work right then and thereafter all it’s lightweight compact and. Fully capable of unfailing even the. Dirtiest of guns no matter what kind of. Mischief you got yourself into yes. Hoppy’s bore snake has become the talk of the gun industry it scores high marks with every day gun guys and shooting. Pros alike all of whom appreciate that. This hard-working bore cleaner is also machine washable hack a lot of guys have. More than one which is very useful when you consider that their buddies are always trying to make off with them now. One thing about a good cleaning it tends. To take away some of the protective oil you’ve applied so an optional final step. With the hoppy’s bore snake is to put a few drops of hoppy’s elite oil on this. Area right here and then run it through the bore that’ll protect your gun. Against friction wear and rust regardless of whether you’re preparing for another day in the field or strolling your gun away in the safe by the way it’s perfectly okay too as well. Apply a little hoppe’s number nine or elite oil to the exterior of your gun. There’s no better way to keep rust at. Bay and the oil will not harm your wooden stocks but let’s get back to that. Bore snake i tell you it’s one of the. The Smartest gun accessories to come along in a while it’s fast its effective and. It’s a darn good solution for those times when a traditional cleaning just. Isn’t in the cards thanks for watching I’m dave andrews for Hafiz tv.com. You.

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