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Posted: 9/23/2006 6:30:44 AM EDT
| Last night my basement flooded; nothing really big, just about 4 inches that has since receeded. But enough to ruin a couch, PS2, and boxes. 2 of the boxes contained 100 mags from our own 44mag.com.(black teflon with Magpul followers)and 100 mags from Paul at Bravo Company(grey, teflon coated green follower mags)that were saturated with water. Now, none of the mags were underwater; about 30 of each were wet. I spent about 2.5 hours inspecting, shaking the water out until dry(really dry)and drying off the mag bodies with a towel. Should I do anything else? They seem O.K. I just want to be sure. Thanks. |
What the hell? We woke up YESTERDAY morning to 2-3" of water covering our entire downstairs. (don't have a basement) Thank goodness most of our ground floor is ceramic tile, but still... What a pain in the ass!For the next few days we've got those giant fans blowing out the house, the carpet (the two rooms that have it) is pulled up with fans blowing through, and the furniture is outside. Not to mention all of the food storage, and a couple hundred ammo cans (those are locked up INSIDE). I hate water. |
Bathing must really suck! 
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sorry to hear about the damage.
meh, we'll be alright. It's just a pain, YOU know... Sounds like yours is worse anyway. It doesn't look like we really lost anything- maybe some little things, but nothing of real value. I'm pissed that the beautiful oak hearth that my husband built for our fireplace has split because of the swelling... Good luck with the work! I'm sorry, didn't mean to hijack, I'm just venting. Everything will be alright now though, I just got home from work to an empty (albeit windy) house, and I have a BIIIIIIIIG rum and coke I'm working on.  Oh yeah, CombatVet....  I'll think of you while I'm bathing tonight, okay?
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I can tell you a little about water damage, my collection was under 14 feet of salt water thanks to Hurricane Katrina. I couple of things I learned is to have a plan and learn how to disassemble all of your weapons. 1. If you find that the water is fresh water then disassemble and dry them completly. After drying give all parts a light coat of your favorite oil. 2. If you find that its SALT water then disassemble and wash with plenty of fresh warter then let dry. If you have some light rust take a copper bristle brush with oil and start to scrub. If you are worried about the finish then use a nylon bristle brush. 3. If you find that you can't get to your weapons right away like I have, you should disassemble the weapons and place them into a big rubbermaid container and drown the parts in 10w-30 moter oil, any kind of motor oil will do. The good thing about motor oil is that you get a lot for cheap, and it also protects bare metal parts from rusting further. Once you find the time to clean your weapons, gather all the parts and organize them and give them the cleaning of there life. |
With salt water contamination, I would add a little bit of Dawn or other detergent to the wash water to facilitate all removal of the salt, and to leave the surface of the metal just a bit alkaline during drying until it can be oiled. Not much is needed, maybe a couple capsfull or a measuring tablespoon per gallon. Just enough to act as a surfactant to wet out the parts and lift the rust. Noah |
| Go to Home Depot and buy a gallon jug of WD-40. Pour it into a cake pan and give them a good soaking. Then blow out the WD-40 with compressed air if you have it. If not get a couple cans of "canned air" and shake them out real good, then blow them out with that. WD-40 won't hurt anything. It will do what it is designed to, displace moisture. If you can't find WD-40 in a large amount clean Kerosene will work just as well. It just smells worse. Bill T. |
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