Our house has no central A/C so I run a dehumidifier 24/7 in the bedroom. All of the guns have held up well so far except…

My late father’s Remington 760 has gathered some surface rust. Most of the parts have finish worn off, the fore end cap, the tip of the barrel. Even the receiver has light surface rust.

Restoring the finish would be 500$ minimum at Fords, and closer to $800 for the original bright blue.

I have cleaned it twice and rubbed it down with oil once and a silicone rag once. Neither really did anything. Should I clean it up again and put it in a rust proof bag? What else can I do? I’d rather not refinish it, but I also don’t want it to go to shit.

Have you tried CLP? I find it pretty good for rust protection as it has a slight rust removing properties and it stays "wet" and forms an even layer on the metal.

They also have a collector long term storage formula that is suppose to protect the gun blue but I've never once had an issue with the original formula unless it's cold bluing which is trash anyway.

Exposed ferrous metal will rust absent a protective barrier. If the special rifle has no original protection left a restoration is recommended. For temporary protection a light coating of grease will help.

Eezox plus a Bore Store Silicone Treated Gun Storage Case

Try waxing it with Renaissance Wax after cleaning off the current rust.

Breakfree Collector is a thick oil designed specifically for long term rust prevention.

It's what I use on my surplus rifle collection, which rarely get shot. The good thing about Collector is that - unlike some of the long term rust prevention oils/greases out there - it doesn't have to be cleaned off/out before you can shoot the gun.


Or Renaissance Wax is what many museums use for rust prevention on exterior metal.

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Eezox plus a Bore Store Silicone Treated Gun Storage Case

^^^ This is the correct answer.

Anything to put a layer between the metal and air that keeps out oxygen will work. But most things will need regular applications.

Some of the best rust spray on the market (plenty of YouTube tests) is WD-40 specialist rust preventative.

I use it on vault doors and antique safes in un-climate controlled storage. It works well.

Rig Rag

If you boil the parts it will change the iron oxide (red rust) to black oxide, that will stop the oxidizing and you can then brush off the scale and then oil or use CLP or anything else

Mark Novak does a YouTube channel called anvil where he goes over it several times.

I've had great results with Corrosion-X.
Been using it for at least twenty years. I've never had rust on any of my guns.

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Originally posted by smschulz:

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
Eezox plus a Bore Store Silicone Treated Gun Storage Case

^^^ This is the correct answer.

Agree with your agree. Eezox's smell is a bit annoying, but it works.

If you’re interested in removing rust from a blued steel surface rather than just preventing its formation, an “old trick” is to rub it with something made of copper, such as a pre-1982 US one cent coin (~95% copper). For large areas of light rust I’ve successfully used bronze wool with a lube like CLP, but pure copper wool is also available:

https://www.amazon.com/Copper-...62645039&sr=8-3&th=1

Of course the advice to “Test in an inconspicuous spot first” always applies.

Cosmoline? Works on Army guns.

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Cosmoline? Works on Army guns.

Cosmoline is great at preventing rust... It's also messy, and a pain in the ass to clean out/off when you want to use that gun later.

Vaseline . Easy to clean off if needed .

Breakfree collector long term protectant is made just for this purpose and works very well.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Breakfree Collector is a thick oil designed specifically for long term rust prevention.

It's what I use on my surplus rifle collection, which rarely get shot. The good thing about Collector is that - unlike some of the long term rust prevention oils/greases out there - it doesn't have to be cleaned off/out before you can shoot

I don’t have any issues with rust, but thanks for this info as I have now ordered it and will apply to my firearms that I do not use very often just to be sure.

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Originally posted by selogic:
Vaseline . Easy to clean off if needed .

This is what I use.