Tarnish removal ?

[reloaderlen]

I recently purchased a couple of rifles and upon cleaning them and removing the scope mounts I found a build up of tarnish underneath the mounts,it's very hard and I cannot get it to come off any ideas ? One rifle is blued and the other stainless. I have tried Kroil And finger nail polish remover with no luck.

 

[Joel Russo]

It's most likely a build up of Locktite. Use 0000 steel wool and a little elbow grease and it will come off.

 

[Lefty38-55]

Look up the "Frontier" rust cleaning 'cloth' by Big 45, it is a wound ball of a special alloy that is harder than rust, but won't touch bluing or other finishes. It is awesome~!

Link = www.big45.com/

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[reloaderlen]

Thanks I will give it a try

 

[Edd]

If it is loctite, you can probably just heat it and wipe it off.

 

[LoneTraveler]

About all Loc-tite's have a heat point they soften at for screw removal. I am with Edd on this. A little heat should do the trick. just be careful with just enough heat to get the loc-tite to release its grip.