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Posted: 10/25/2005 4:31:57 PM EDT
| Seriously, does anyone know a way to keep these things from rusting so fast. Its not like I keep it in my trunk or in the garage or even in the basement. It is in a gun cabinet in the second story of my house and I have to clean surface rust off of it like once a week. It shoots nice, its just that I cant keep the finish from rusting. It hasnt pitted or anything because I clean it enough to remove the rust before it gets to that point. And the rust is hard to see when it forms, you just see the orange on the rag after you wipe it with cleaner. Plus there is some orange rust deposits in the fabric of the case I keep it in sometimes. Do they all do this, or do I just have a lemon. And if they are all like this then what can I do to make it so I can store it for longer than a week without having it covered in rust. None of my other guns do this either. |
| Thats odd,I keep a Romy locked in the trunk of my Jeep and have several more in my safe with no problems.You may try to spray it with a good lube,I use G-96,or your best bet would be to paint it over the finish.I've seen great results from Dura Coat and even High Temp engine paints work good. |
Its not a true phosphate finish. It looks a bit like it but the finish on a WASR is just oven paint, as you'll discover once you get the barrel nice and hot and it starts to peel off. Same on the Century FALs, I thought I had a parkerized Century FAL until I started to rub grey paint off of it. To toot my own horn, I'd refinish it in Norrell's Moly Resin for $100 in any color you'd like. You pay shipping one way, I pay to ship it back to you. IM me if interested. |
I think its a combination of both. And I no longer keep it in the gun case.. I keep it with the rest of my toys in a cabinet so it wont be lonely. |
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