Thanks, Gentlemen. That almost-sunset time provided really good light for the pics -- I was surprised how clear they turned out!
RanchRoper,
You mentioned you might get some of the Flitz polish. It is good stuff, but Henry provided a caution on using it on the Big Boy. I chatted with one of the techs a few years ago, inquiring about how to care/clean the bronze. My hardcopy manual is different than the current online Big Boy manual. Under the maintenance/cleaning section, in mine Henry actually suggested to maintain the receiver we could use one of these three products:
Peek Metal Polish
Flitz
Nevr Dull
But that has been taken out of the newer web manual....wonder why
OK, here's Henry's caution, at least on the Flitz. You do
NOT want to spread this stuff
on any of the rifle screws...it will do the screw finish in. I always tried to use masking tape on the screws, until CT_Shooter gave me his helpful way of cleaning around the screws. He suggested to just use Q-tips around the screws --- very carefully! That works well, and fairly easy to do.
And follow the Flitz instructions, too. They say not to let the polish dry, or it will be difficult to clean off. So pretty darn quickly after you apply it (your rag should be filled up with black stuff that came off the bronze), just use another clean, soft cloth to wipe the Flitz off. That works, too. I have let it dry too much at times, and it is a pain to remove.
I think that's it on this cleaner. It works, as my pics show.
RanchRoper wrote:Excellent job. Looks like it just came out of the box. She's a beauty! I'll have to pick up some of that polish.
It was close to sunset, but I think the pics turned out okay under that late lighting. I especially liked the pictures where the polished brass reflects the uprights on my patio fence.
