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Popa75 · 06-20-2007, 04:23 PM

My XD is now working great, I got back from the range last night and started to clean it and to my surprise the rag I was using for my final wipe down started to turn brown

. I thought that I dident have to worry I only bought it 4 or 5 months ago Melonite right, nope called springfield today and it missed the cutoff. My question is how do I compleatly remove the rust. The gun is cleaned and oiled every week becouse it is my ccw, I also use blue wonder armidillo. I have holster wear to, the wear does not bother me it is the rust any suggestions on how to keep it rust free, short of sending it back and waiting 4-6 weeks.

Whirlwind06 · 06-21-2007, 12:50 PM

I took a copper scrub pad and soaked it with CLP break free.
Scrubbed the slide with it. This took off the rust and left bare metal spots on the slide. De-greased the slide, then used cold blue to re-blue the spots. I wipe the slide down daily if I'm carrying or handling it.
If it is your CCW you should probably wipe it down every night.

06-20-2007, 04:23 PM	#1
Popa75 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 399	Rusting ? My XD is now working great, I got back from the range last night and started to clean it and to my surprise the rag I was using for my final wipe down started to turn brown . I thought that I dident have to worry I only bought it 4 or 5 months ago Melonite right, nope called springfield today and it missed the cutoff. My question is how do I compleatly remove the rust. The gun is cleaned and oiled every week becouse it is my ccw, I also use blue wonder armidillo. I have holster wear to, the wear does not bother me it is the rust any suggestions on how to keep it rust free, short of sending it back and waiting 4-6 weeks.

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06-21-2007, 12:50 PM	#2
Whirlwind06 XDTalk Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 36	I took a copper scrub pad and soaked it with CLP break free. Scrubbed the slide with it. This took off the rust and left bare metal spots on the slide. De-greased the slide, then used cold blue to re-blue the spots. I wipe the slide down daily if I'm carrying or handling it. If it is your CCW you should probably wipe it down every night.