Just got done sanding and polishing my woodsrunner cock, lock plate, and frizzen. Regarding applying Jax Black to the lock plate, can one just drop the whole plate into the Jax Black or do you just apply it to the outside? Don’t know if there’s any concerns with patina on the inside of the plate? Thanks!
Jax Black lock plate
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I would just do the outside. Leave the inside "white". As I did with the lock plate on my SMR.
Thanks!!
Make sure to fully degrease before doing so!
Just a heads up if you've not used Jax Black before. It isn't a super durable finish. It's more or less intended to wear quickly giving the patinaed look. Or you can use steel wool and take it back to a desired level of gray. Or it's super easy to reapply for touch up so if you like the freshly applied look, it will stay like that a good while and can be maintained that way.
BlongIV
50 cal.
I built my woodsrunner last summer. I took the lock apart and dunked all the parts in the JAX. I figured it would keep corrosion to a minimum. so far it works flawlessly.
Mgbruch
40 Cal
Jax Black does little, if anything at all, to protect the metal. It's for color only, and wears off easily. The best defense against corrosion is a light coat of oil.
Jax Black is an appearance finish. It's intended to produce a certain look. It's not intended to be a primary protection against corrosion. To maintain its "look" it needs to be "refreshed" from time to time as needed to maintain that look, as usage wears it off. That being said, it is a finish bonded to the metal of the barrel by chemical reaction, and the Jax Black plus a coating of gun oil CAN protect against corrosion. BOTH the Jax Black finish and the oil coating need to be refreshed periodically in order to retain both the "look" and the corrosion protection.
You edited out the much simplified and less detailed part of my post that basically said the same thing you said? Also, anyone that doesn't know to oil metal to protect it from corrosion deserves what they got coming.
Yes, because I wasn't so much responding to your single post, rather I was using the relevant portions of a series of posts to summarize and support what I wanted to say about Jax Black. So it's not like I was responding to what you said, nor was I ignoring what you said, rather I was confirming what you said by repeating it.
Something to learn about forums: once you post your words no longer belong to you. They belong to the forum.
Something else to learn about forums is that quoting someone is a direct and purposeful prompt at their attention. Perhaps it was a mistake but the part of my comment that aligned with your statement was what got edited out.
Your post was knowledgeable and sharing info like that is always appreciated but you know doing that to the wrong person would lead to them flipping their lid and getting threads locked and or deleted not to mention suspensions or bans.
Not going to go any further with this and putting this thread on the old ignore list. Catch ya later.
People that flip their lids easily are well advised to not participate in online discussions where so much of the non-verbal cues and context present in normal human interaction are missing, and it's only the words themselves that get communicated.
As finishes like this age, I find the appearance to improve. Never felt the need to refresh the finish. This is all subjective, though.
Wow. Touchy AND snotty.
