Thread: Rust inside frame
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Old 02-10-19 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by WGB
Someone told me a shotgun cleaning rod with a brass brush works but I haven't tried that.
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I bet that would be a better option than dealing with the cleanup of tiny strands of steel wool.

I’ve flushed the tubes with WD-40 to help get out the steel wool and rust remnants on one frame before, but the solvents in WD-40 probably don’t play nice with a protective oil afterwards.
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