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Posted: 3/27/2005 7:24:51 AM EDT
For felllow SEAK owners who have had this problem, what is the best type of soap to stop the chemical reaction that is causing rust to form around rivets, scopemount , handgrip and inside the reciever  I could not pull up a link by duing a search. Thanks for any info
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The best thing to do is to strip your AK down and boil 2 large pots of water. 1 pot of water you need to add DAWN dish detergent. Get a tooth brust and pour the boiling dish water over the rifle, this will open up the pores of the metal and neutralize the finish from rusting anymore. After you do this take the boiling pot of clean water and rinse the rifle off. Then I took a degreaser (brake cleaner) and completely hosed the rifle down, this way I can get off any soap residue that may do damage to the rifle. I dried the rifle with a hair dryer and then soaked it in CLP for about 10 minutes. I then wiped all of the access off and put the rifle back together. I did this as soon as possible to neutralize the salts. I have no problem with my finish. |
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Thanks Msokol13, I was hoping someone who had done this would chime in. I want to make sure I get it right. kythri, I am not refering to everyones custom builds, this seems to mainly be a problem with the seaks. I kept it general to keep this post from being a bash ORF post. If I can fix it by giving it a bath, I'll do it myself. Overall the rifle shoots very well and I am pleased with it. |
| Thanks for the info - I had seen something about this earlier, and wasn't sure if it was due to a specific finish or run of rifles, or something else entirely. I'm going to have some rifles back after a while, and was just curious if this was an issue that I'd have to deal with as well. |
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