[rickbaales]

Dang it, to make a long story short there was some excess oil on my gun with a stainless steel finish and the gunshop owner used a rag to wipe it dry. The rag was damp with formula 409! Crap, should I soak it in oil over night? I wiped it down with hopes oil immediately, but am worried it will ruin the stainless steel finish.

 

[collim1]

WOW, really? Its a gun, it will be fine.

You would never be able to put a handgun in a duty retention holster. Lots of wear from that. You would have cringed when I dropped my P226 on the asphalt on one day. It left a nice pock mark in the slide. Get over it, the gun is fine, it was meant to be shot and carried.

You didn't mention what type of gun it was. I might understand if it was $2k+ 1911 but a carry gun does not deserve such worry.

 

[KarlThomas]

409 will wipe off with a damp cloth. No need to soak in oil. Just a little water, then I'd apply a light layer of oil. Not that I think it will do any harm, but if you're concerned about it, it will come off easily.

 

[rickbaales]

It's a ss springfield 1911. I guess I'm more annoyed at myself than anything for not catching it beforehand.

 

[bustedknee]

Dang it, to make a long story short there was some excess oil on my gun with a stainless steel finish and the gunshop owner used a rag to wipe it dry. The rag was damp with formula 409! Crap, should I soak it in oil over night? I wiped it down with hopes oil immediately, but am worried it will ruin the stainless steel finish.

I'm fairly certain the 409 on the gun will cause the stainless steel finish to peel off.

The SS finish is attached to a copper layer which is attached to the carbon steel.

It happened to my brother-in-law's gun. And it was either 409 or Windex. He had to soak his gun in buttermilk for 24 hours to neutralize the 409.

Just to be safe, I would get it in the BM soak overnight then oil it heavily tomorrow.

 

[DerekL]

It will be fine.