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cecollins0811 Reg. Aug 2013	Posted 2016-04-27 5:40 PM Subject: Cleaning gag bits - help!
Expert Posts: 1631 Location: Somewhere around here	I have a few old gag bits that I haven't used in quite a few years but I'm wanting to take them out of retirement. I was messing around with them and the gag sliding motion was very choppy! Not smooth at all and would've been disastrous if I put it on a horse before I messed with them. Any tips on how to clean them and make the gag action smooth again? Edited by cecollins0811 2016-04-27 5:41 PM
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redmansmyman11 Reg. Jan 2012	Posted 2016-04-27 8:03 PM Subject: RE: Cleaning gag bits - help!
Expert Posts: 1482 Location: on my horse	is it gooey crud that is messing with the action? If so throw it on the top rack of your dish washer for a cycle or two and that should clean it up. Otherwise if there's rough spots on the metal itself you can lightly sand with a nail file on the shank part. If the mouth piece is also damaged I would just replace them.
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cecollins0811 Reg. Aug 2013	Posted 2016-04-28 7:27 AM Subject: RE: Cleaning gag bits - help!
Expert Posts: 1631 Location: Somewhere around here	redmansmyman11 - 2016-04-27 7:03 PM is it gooey crud that is messing with the action? If so throw it on the top rack of your dish washer for a cycle or two and that should clean it up. Otherwise if there's rough spots on the metal itself you can lightly sand with a nail file on the shank part. If the mouth piece is also damaged I would just replace them. Mouthpiece is good, still smooth and nice. And tried looking through that gag part to see if there was something stuck int here or if it was rusty and I didn't see anything noticeable really but I might try putting them through the washer, couldn't hurt right? They both are sweet iron mouthpieces though so how would that effect the bit?
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shakeit0410 Reg. Jun 2012	Posted 2016-04-28 8:47 AM Subject: RE: Cleaning gag bits - help!
Extreme Veteran Posts: 310 Location: North Dakota	Throw them in a bowl and cover them with Coke and let soak for 24 hours, then toss in the top rack of the dishwasher. The Coke will help dissolve any rusty spots.
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cecollins0811 Reg. Aug 2013	Posted 2016-04-28 11:21 AM Subject: RE: Cleaning gag bits - help!
Expert Posts: 1631 Location: Somewhere around here	Interesting coke idea! My husband suggested using olive oil or vegetable oil cooking spray and spraying it on it. Would that be ok?
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BARRELHORSE USA Reg. Sep 2011	Posted 2016-04-28 9:09 PM Subject: RE: Cleaning gag bits - help!
	cecollins0811 - 2016-04-28 11:21 AM Interesting coke idea! My husband suggested using olive oil or vegetable oil cooking spray and spraying it on it. Would that be ok? To keep sweet iron from rusting anything from bacon grease to used motor oil will work... lol and what hubby said ..
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cecollins0811 Reg. Aug 2013	Posted 2016-04-29 7:19 AM Subject: RE: Cleaning gag bits - help!
Expert Posts: 1631 Location: Somewhere around here	BARRELHORSE USA - 2016-04-28 8:09 PM cecollins0811 - 2016-04-28 11:21 AM Interesting coke idea! My husband suggested using olive oil or vegetable oil cooking spray and spraying it on it. Would that be ok? To keep sweet iron from rusting anything from bacon grease to used motor oil will work... lol and what hubby said .. Tried the spray yesterday after the bits went through the washer and it worked like a charm! I probably would've tried the coke idea first but I don't have any in the house! Maybe I'll keep some around just for this use lol.
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