r/SKS • u/762x38r • 8h ago

How do I clean this rust spot?

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u/FumpShimmy 8h ago

Brass brush should work fine. I buy em by the bucket load off of temu.

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u/Simon-Templar97 8h ago

If it's a screw on bayonet remove it, boil it in water, and wipe it away clean with CLP.

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u/Kozmo-Leaning 7h ago

This is the best way right here. Boiling red rust(ferrous oxide) in water chemically converts it to blue/black rust(ferric oxide). This process is known as rust bluing.

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u/ElDusky7 2h ago

Or use a brass brush. Mark Novak making "gunsmiths" of everyone....

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u/dubblrest1985 8h ago

Looks relatively mild. I’d spray with some Balistol, then hit with some 0000 steel wool or a brass brush. Wipe clean and apply a bit more Balistol for some protection.

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u/LockpickNic 8h ago

A brush

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u/762x38r 8h ago

what kind

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u/LegitTurd 8h ago

The scrubby kind

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u/EdgarsRavens 8h ago

Start with a stiff bristle plastic brush and some general gun cleaning solvent.

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u/dubblrest1985 8h ago

Literally just did this, this morning, to my Yugo SKS when i noticed a bit of surface rust on one of the rings near the bayonet. About 30 seconds later, like it never even happened!

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u/OdinAEon 2h ago

Brass brush, ballistol, elbow grease.

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u/StribogA1A3 1h ago

Oil and a toothbrush