RUST!!! What steps to take?

[Matth3w]

Originally Posted by Frenchy

Blue Wonder has had a great effect on my Gen 1...It sits out on my night stand, and has not exibited any signs of rust for well over a year.

Where can you get blue wonder? I spent 30 days in GA and even though I keep my pistol pretty clean, it has small amounts of rust on the slide.

[Alton]

The best thing I have found to stop rust is Johnson Paste Wax.

In the summer I carrie a Kel-Tec P3AT in my pocket and I have spilled pop and water on it and have been in the rain with it and no rust.

Rob

[rogerxd45]

Originally Posted by ppdoriginal

First of all I want to say hi to everyone, I am knew here, but just like all of you guys, I love XDs. Rust seams to be a problem among some of us, I bought a used XD9 SB and of course it did not showed any rust at time I bought it. I was carrying it conceal with a comp-tac CTAC IWB holster and some how the humidity was getting to it. After I carry the pistol for about 8 hrs, I got home and it was showing some rust spots. After reading some threads at XDTALK, I found out that the Some XD models 2005 and earlier showed some rust problems, and believe me, I keep my guns clean and well lubricated. My options was to get the rust remove and get a new coat on the gun, either duracoat or one of the other coats available online. But after doing some math, I determeine that I was going to spent at least $100 to have the problem temporarily fix. I say temporarily, because rust can not be stop, it can be slow down, but not stop. Believe me I know, I am a corrosion protection tech, or cathodic protection for those familiar with that term. So what I desided to do was to pay about $160 dollars out of pocket, and trade the XD9 SB for a brand new XD-357sig. Now I am a happy camper, and I am not stress out about my investment rusting away for now...

well they dont rust when you keep them nice and oiled and NEVER SHOOT THEM!!! why do you have two guns with zero rounds fired?

[ArmyGuy45]

what state you in HR

[Nastynewt]

Originally Posted by HOLYROLLER

Pulled my XD sub from my holster and found some surface rust along the body side of the slide. I have a faded Melonite finish and am afraid that if I try to polish or sand it, it will affect the rest of the finish.

What are my options? I am cheap and would prefer to fix it myself as opposed to paying someguy $100 an hour. Refinish it? Blue it? Duracoat? Polish?

Also, there is rust on the inside of my holster now, can i still use it?

Thanks in advance, HR.

Melonite is not a finish it's a treatment of the metal before the finish is added.
Call SA and give them you SN they will tell you if you gun has the Melonite finish.