cosmolinelover
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Hi Guys,
I live in NM where for cooling we use evaporative coolers. Basically since its so dry here, we humidify the house to cool it down. It tends to work ok as long as its not humid outside, but at the expense of really increasing the tendency for things to rust.
I've filled my safe with desicant but it just hasn't held up well over this summer. Right now I'm looking at my AK and it literally looks like it was just found out in a swamp somewhere. Not pretty.
My brand new AR has already began to show signs of rust on the few non anodized parts, and I've only had it for a month.
Two questions:
What do you guys use in high humidity climates to keep your guns from rusting? So far I've been using these reusable desicants they sell over at the Sportsman's Warehouse -- and last summer they seemed to do the trick. For whatever reason though its not cutting it anymore (and I've replaced them all fairly recently).
Number 2:
Whats the best way to remove rust? At least for my AK, which seems to have taken the brunt of the beating, it looks like a job bigger than any Hoppies #9 is going to accommodate. I'm thinking about some kind of bath I could drop her in perhaps, kerosene maybe? And for the smaller rust issues, I've heard just some hoppies solvent and steel wool can go a long way....but this is a level of Rust thats new to me.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
-Cosmo
I live in NM where for cooling we use evaporative coolers. Basically since its so dry here, we humidify the house to cool it down. It tends to work ok as long as its not humid outside, but at the expense of really increasing the tendency for things to rust.
I've filled my safe with desicant but it just hasn't held up well over this summer. Right now I'm looking at my AK and it literally looks like it was just found out in a swamp somewhere. Not pretty.
My brand new AR has already began to show signs of rust on the few non anodized parts, and I've only had it for a month.
Two questions:
What do you guys use in high humidity climates to keep your guns from rusting? So far I've been using these reusable desicants they sell over at the Sportsman's Warehouse -- and last summer they seemed to do the trick. For whatever reason though its not cutting it anymore (and I've replaced them all fairly recently).
Number 2:
Whats the best way to remove rust? At least for my AK, which seems to have taken the brunt of the beating, it looks like a job bigger than any Hoppies #9 is going to accommodate. I'm thinking about some kind of bath I could drop her in perhaps, kerosene maybe? And for the smaller rust issues, I've heard just some hoppies solvent and steel wool can go a long way....but this is a level of Rust thats new to me.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
-Cosmo
