Glock finished stripped by orange juice???

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Yep, thats right. A very credible guy here at a local gunshop that lives for pistols told me that when he attended a Glock armorers training course somewhere, they showed him a "special" trick that consisted of dipping a glock slide into a glass of orange juice for a few seconds....then he pulled it out and to everyone's surprise the slide was bare as anything and there was black floating debris in the orange juice... i said "are you kidding me" he said "i know i know it sounds far fetched, but its true."

I was amazed, because although i got rid of my two Glocks, they DID have the best finish of any gun out there. And to think that something could strip this tough-as-nails surface with that little effort...

comments? BS: yes or no? ***and don't try it, because Glocks arent made with stainless steel so it would rust as far as i know.
 
Even in the unlikely event that this is true...

The black on the glock slide is just color, and is not very tough--My glock's black oxide shows holster wear.

The "tenifer" surface treatment which makes the slide incredibly hard and virtually rust-proof would be completely unharmed--It's treated steel, not a coating.
 
I guess i didn't see any certificates or anything, but he's a pretty educated guy from what it seems..maybe i shouldn't have used the word credible, but i assume he was at least being honest with me when he said he was at some sort of Glock training course or program.

I question it too, but i want to see pictures of the front of your slide disassembled and dunked in a glass of OJ:neener:

What waywatcher was saying is true..it obviously wouldnt do any harm past the treated tenifer steel, but i don't doubt the black would come right off. Guess that means it wont rust either way??? I have no idea..just thought i'd bring it up for discussion's sake. I guess i'll never know if its true or not since i wont be buying another Glock to dunk it in orange juice.
 
Orange juice or extracts from it are used in cleaners. It's the citric acid I believe.
 
"THE GLOCK OJ EXPERIMENT"

I just tried the OJ experiment on a First Generation and a Third generation
and have found out that your "credible educated" buddy is full of SH*T!!!

I was looking for a good excuse to refinish my G20 with a camo finish so I had nothing to lose. I dipped it in a bowl of OJ for a couple of seconds nothing happened so I decided to leave it in the bowl for 15 min again nothing happened.

So I figured I might as well try it on the Third Gen G27 after the First Gen finish held up again nothing happened.

You need to go back to this guy and ask what B.S. GLOCK armorers course he took.
 
Orange juice contains citric acid which will attack standard bluing like any other acid. However the Glock finish is not standard bluing , is very corrosion resistant so give it a try with your Glock !! ...Citrus cleaners contain another chemical found in citrus fruit but not citric acid.
 
JD,

Was it fresh squeezed or concentrate?
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I used concentrate. Good thinking REDHAT I am going to squeeze some oranges right now. I just bought a box of oranges from costco yesterday.

I will post my results within the next hour.
 
Concentrate would have more acid in it than fresh squeezed depending on how much water you added to the concentrate mix. If you really want to do the fresh squeezed orange test, then do it. You've already proved that the glock stands up to orange juice. :)

-Ryan
 
Whether you use concentrate of fresh squeezed, as the Mythbusters would say this Myth is BUSTED!!

I had to try it, I have seen some pretty silly stuff so it wouldn't have surprised me if it did work.
 
A very credible guy here at a local gunshop..
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:D Every gunstore comes with one of those guys. I think he has to be there under federal law. He'll tell you what really happened on 9/11 if you give him a chance. And he was an "operator" at some point, but he's not allowed to talk about that.
 
Maybe he was talking about the Gen. 1 Ceramic Glock 7. They had a lot of finish issues - that's the reason for the limited release.
KBs were also a major issue in that model (you load SMG ammo and it blows apart... mag, frame, slide... you name it). That's why Glock doesn't mention them on their website anymore. A part of their history they'd prefer to forget.
 
I read the OP's post and I thought to myself... "I am absolutely certain that I've spilled Orange Juice on my Glock before". I bet it'd take a buttload of time in OJ to remove phospate.
 
Hey did you guys here about the taco bell little packet hot souce that removes rust from and polishes stainless steel?
 
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