Brass plating removal

[billwatson2]

Does anyone have a technique for removing brass plating? I know it's not usually an issue, but I've got a Hawken I'm trying to make presentable for a civilian impression at Twin Rivers in November and I know the run-of-the-mill Hawkens had steel furniture, not brass. Right now this thing looks like it ought to belong to a New Orleans riverboat gambler with a jewelry fetish, the only things missing are an ostrich feather and rhinestones. I'd like to calm it down to look like something a somewhat over-the-hill uncle might drag out if he were called upon to escort female family members in uncertain times.

Usually brass plating comes right off, when you don't want it to. This stuff is tough. It's on some heavy metal, I can see it on the underside.

Chemicals? Reverse electroplating?

[Spinster]

Some gals might have an uncle who just got off the riverboat...... after all, the Cumberland River is just right over........there.

Can't you see it? Right over on the other side of Fort Donaldson? Squint harder...........

[jmatchlock]

have a technique for removing brass plating?

Bill, Yes -I have done it - I sent PM with my phone number -I can talk better than I can type . regards Conley Sluss

[TheQM]

Bill W.

Wet or Dry sandpaper in various grits, WD-40, and lots of elbow grease!

Been there, done that!

[Curt-Heinrich Schmidt]

Hallo!

Depends upon the thickness of the plating, but...

A buffing wheel with sundry grit compounds will abrade the plating off.

CHS

[jmatchlock]

Bill. I use a battery charger to remove the plating, Conley Sluss

[billwatson2]

Well, folks, at least two of these Thompson-Center parts are solid brass. Looks like I'm going to have a really flashy civilian weapon....

[50th VA Corporal]

Well, folks, at least two of these Thompson-Center parts are solid brass. Looks like I'm going to have a really flashy civilian weapon....

Remove the brass parts, wet them and leave them outside on a window sill or something and let the patina begin. The natural elements and a little bit of time will take care of them being so shiney and a natural patina looks good.

At least that is what I do.

[Curt-Heinrich Schmidt]

Hallo!

The sulphur in blackpowder will tarnish brass. A wiping every now and again will eventually, over time, turn the brass brown or blackish.

Some lads talk about yellow or brown mustard applications.

Cold blueing liquid will also quickly chemcially turn brass "bronze," mellow, brownish, or even black. An application of liquid blue followed by some 0000steel wool and oil, will gently "age" the appearance of bright brass.

On the other hand, some times, most times, a Thompson-Center can only look like a...
Thompson-Center.



CHS

[billwatson2]

"On the other hand, some times, most times, a Thompson-Center can only look like a...
Thompson-Center. "


Yes. It has occurred to me that the smart thing to do might be to refinish the stock, clean it up until the sparkle blinds anyone who looks at it, then sell it and use the proceeds to buy a beat-up old muzzle-loading shotgun. Beat-up shotguns were selling by the gross, it seemed like, during a recent jaunt in Tennessee and Kentucky during the famous 600 mile "Route 127" or whatever yard sale.