Henry .22 Golden Boy - Cleaning Brass
Norman R. Cross
While in storage the brass receiver has developed a light film in patches in
several areas. It is not rust but rather a very light transparent film of a
very faint milky color. Anybody have any ideas of a method or product that
would work on cleaning this type of brass? Preferably something that has
already been used on this type of finish?
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that cleans silver ware or bronze ware - and that might do the trick.
It is likely zinc chloride - or zinc sulfate - so I'd look at a source
of tap water or cleaning chemical causing it.
Martin
snakehunter
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I clean my Uberti 44 Henry brass receiver with Brasso and a soft cloth.
sta...@prolynx.com
# I have a Henry .22 Golden Boy with the octagon barrel & brass receiver.
# While in storage the brass receiver has developed a light film in patches in
# several �areas. It is not rust but rather a very light transparent film of a
# very faint milky color. Anybody have any ideas of a method or product that
# would work on cleaning this type of brass? Preferably something that has
# already been used on this type of finish?
#
Be careful! What you have is brass-plated zinc there, not solid brass
or bronze, once the finish is polished through you're cooked! I would
bet that they coat the finished product with some sort of wax or
lacquer and what you're seeing is the deterioration of that. You
could leave it alone, you could see if you could strip and recoat it
with a hard wax, or contact the company and see what they recommend.
If you just polish it off, you're leaving the brass plating open to
the atmosphere and further tarnishing.
Stan
Allan Matthews
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Contact the Henry Company..they respond very well to questions. I
think the receiver is made from what they call "Braslite" probably an
alloy of some kind and a solid casting but am not sure. They do
respond very well tho.Allan
Gunner Asch
#On Dec 2, 6:53�pm, "Norman R. Cross" <nrcr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
## I have a Henry .22 Golden Boy with the octagon barrel & brass receiver.
## While in storage the brass receiver has developed a light film in patches in
## several �areas. It is not rust but rather a very light transparent film of a
## very faint milky color. Anybody have any ideas of a method or product that
## would work on cleaning this type of brass? Preferably something that has
## already been used on this type of finish?
##
#Be careful! What you have is brass-plated zinc there, not solid brass
#or bronze, once the finish is polished through you're cooked! I would
#bet that they coat the finished product with some sort of wax or
#lacquer and what you're seeing is the deterioration of that. You
#could leave it alone, you could see if you could strip and recoat it
#with a hard wax, or contact the company and see what they recommend.
#If you just polish it off, you're leaving the brass plating open to
#the atmosphere and further tarnishing.
#
#Stan
The Henry is a Zinc receiver??????
And brass plated???????
What ever would one buy one for?
Gunner
[MODERATOR: The PAC here raffled one a few years ago, and Your Humble
Moderator had a chance to handle it when it came through to the winner.
Seemed like a darned nice product, independent of what it might have
been made of.]
Jim
"Gunner Asch" <gun...@lightspeed.net> wrote in message
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# The Henry is a Zinc receiver?????? And brass plated??????? What ever would
# one buy one for?
#
# Gunner
#
# [MODERATOR: The PAC here raffled one a few years ago, and Your Humble
# Moderator had a chance to handle it when it came through to the winner.
# Seemed like a darned nice product, independent of what it might have
# been made of.]
My understanding is that the receiver is plated aluminum.
No one complains about the 10/22 being aluminum, nor a bevy of 22's through
45's having aluminum frames, so take that into consideration before slamming
the Golden Boy.
That said, I have my eye on a solid brass Big Boy in .45LC. Got enough 22's
already.
RBnDFW
# On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 23:07:50 +0000 (UTC), sta...@prolynx.com wrote:
#
# > ...
# Contact the Henry Company..they respond very well to questions. I
# think the receiver is made from what they call "Braslite" probably an
# alloy of some kind and a solid casting but am not sure. They do
# respond very well tho.Allan
if it's like the H001, the brass part is a sheet metal cover over the
actual Zamac receiver. You may find that you can replace that cover for
not a lot of money, with a new one.
Then experiment with refinish on the old cover and report back here.
sta...@prolynx.com
# And brass plated???????
#
# What ever would one buy one for?
#
There are hundreds of die-casting alloys, some with strengths
approaching low-carbon steel. So it's safe for the intended purpose
and the innards that need to be steel are so made. The cosmetics are
great, but my take is that it's more of a looker than a plinker to
drag around. Take a look at the takedown sometime and compare it with
a Marlin or Winchester 9422, reminds me of the way certain low-end
airguns are made. Of course, Marlins and Winchesters have a lot
higher prices, usually, and that's part of the attraction of the
Henry. But you do get what you pay for.
Gunner Asch
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yes there are literally hundreds of die casting alloys..but they are not
Zinc. They may have a zinc portion..but Zinc is a low temperature alloy
with little physical strength and very low tensile strength.
Gunner, who works in casting shops and machine shops.
Tobyp...@charter.net
is my distinct priveledge to exchange ideas with each of you; we are individuals
and all have something to contribute. That being said perhaps sharing those very
philosophies might illicite more good will and knowledge within our micro cosim
rather than simpy NAME BASHING a successful American enter prise.
My collection includes six repeaters of which four are The Golden series and I
propose this to each of you... Of the four Golden types Idivested in I noticed that
two of those four came NIB with a cotton receiver-sock (black) in color and the
other two larger calibers DID NOT. Consider this and you experts please chime in,
should we leave the socks on and in vault storage or not? I own four safes and have
them loaded with dehumidifiers... But perhaps the socks are not made for every model
just the 17 and 22 variety.. Inso far as those smaller rifles having socks still
begs the question ... Socks on or not?
Lets talk fellow shooters.
Best regards,Toby
Martin Eastburn
people rifles and might stand in a closet or gun rack. While the larger
calibers are distended to the big boxes you have.
Martin