You could tell it was working, as bubbles were coming off the parts.

We then removed that parts and rinsed them really well.

Here they are, after parking.

Even the parts that aren't going to be painted can be oiled and then will have a very rust-proof finish.

Ted had got us a new gravity-feed paint sprayer, and it worked much better than the cheap air brush I tried last time.

Here I am spraying some small parts.

We then put a base coat of flat black on the pistol.