A good friend of mine brought over a 1911 that had been left in a crawl space for about 2 years and guess what...... its rusted up pretty good. Its nothing high end just a Springfield 1911-A1. I stripped it down to the frame and soaked it in coke, scrubbed it pretty good and then ran it through my ultra sonic. The frame and slide will definitely need to be reblued. I watched some videos on you tube and there seems to be a lot of different ways to blue a gun. Hot bluing, cold blueing, slow rust bluing.... In your experiences which provides the best finish?

Also, to remove the old finish should I just go to home depot and buy a gallon of rust remover and soak the parts or go buy the small bottle at the gun store and brush it on?

Any other tips and tricks would be appreciated. Thanks

Carey