Yeah, I'm an idiot.

I've used mineral spirits in the past to clean parts. Dump some in a little tray, let'em soak, and clean them up the next day. I was recently doing some cleaning up and I cracked a glass bottle of Hoppes 9. I was looking for something to dump it in, so I poured the rest of it into my tray of Mineral Spirits.

I was cleaning the P22 the other day and stuck the slide in it, went to work. Got busy when I got home and didn't get to it until tonight.

Looks like I have a two tone P22 now.  After I polish it up I think it will look pretty good, but

So Hoppes 9 mixed with mineral spirits = eats blueing?

we just got a p22 and I hope you didn't mess yours up too bad . I would recomend in the future that you simply use hoppes9 by it's self . We cleaned ours and had no issues that you describe , my guess is the mineral spirits combined with the hoppes reacts with the coating in some way . By the way ours was right on out of the box , how does yours shoot ? Did you try any CCI stingers out of it yet ? We have only shot the cheap American eagle(federal)and it did good .

Eric

I'd let it soak in MS before with no ill effects, but never for more than 20-24 hours, and never MS mixed with Hoppes 9.  I'm not sure if the MS/H9 combo, or the fact that I scrubbed it good and left it for a couple days.  

A little part that was left sticking out had the finish left on it, so I let that part soak on the bottom overnight and it took the rest off.  There were a couple of little spots left but steel wool took them right off.

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To answer your question for ammo, Stingers are the best but they are also the most expensive.   If you really want a treat, shoot the Stingers after dark, if you can.  All I really shoot through it anymore is the Federal 550 bulk packs from Walmart.   $9.88 for 550 rounds is pretty good.

It shoots great, but MAKE SURE as well as the gun, you clean the magazines too.  I was having all kinds of problems, and cursing the gun, but most of my problems were from the dirty magazines jamming up.   I cleaned them up and it works GREAT now.  

I'm just waiting on my suppressor right now

Here's the pic.   It cleaned up pretty good.

That looks good. what a cool accident

I think it's going to be tough to keep it looking nice with the limited handling I've done since I put it back together.  I might look at getting it chromed or something eventually... I like the shiny look, and I don't have another bi-tone pistol.   It's PHAT yo!

Where in OH are you? I could reblue it for you if you want, leaving it that way it will rust very quickly and easily.



Hoppe's #9 will remove bluing.

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Quoted: Where in OH are you? I could reblue it for you if you want, leaving it that way it will rust very quickly and easily. Hoppe's #9 will remove bluing.

Isn't the slide on the p22 just cast zinc or the like?

So it can't be traditionally "blued" can it?  what's there originally is a paint.

Quoted: Quoted: Where in OH are you? I could reblue it for you if you want, leaving it that way it will rust very quickly and easily. Hoppe's #9 will remove bluing. Isn't the slide on the p22 just cast zinc or the like? So it can't be traditionally "blued" can it?  what's there originally is a paint.

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