I was the victim of a smooze artist, he added color to the gun and sealed it in wax. It was still a good looking Colt but not worth what I paid. The only finish on it was the original Colt case and blue. The G-96 took off the wax and the toner ink that was mixed in, maybe a little cold blue also.
Got home and wiped it with G-96 and the rag turned blue. I showed it to my friends and they to thought it was worth the money. I once bought a nice? SAA for big money, lots of blue and case waxed shiny. Some gun dealers use wax to seal in the smooze, you can rub it and it still looks good, your dry rag does not change color. If you like the way your gun looks maybe wax is better than cleaning rust prevention products to preserve the look. Did you not notice it before or were you the victim of a smooze artist? Maybe a little of both? Most gun cleaners and corrosion protection products remove cold blue and dyes when rubbed with a gun rag. Have you every bought a gun that looked good, wiped it down, put it in your safe, and over time thought the condition diminished? You began to see scratches and blemishes that you haven’t noticed before. Most of the time smooze wipes off with your gun rag over time.
Most gun shows will have tables full of smoozed guns, the value to me is the same as if they were freshly cleaned with a SOS pad. A smoozed gun displayed above your fire place or taken on a hunting trip is just fine, have fun but don’t pay original prices. If the gun is bare shiny metal and you smooze it your not hurting it’s value, you can always clean it back to shiny bare metal. The gun is only original if it has not been smoozed. If your lucky enough to own an original gun with a natural patina, a so-called cleaning that exposes more bare shiny metal is not in your best interest. Pictures on the internet can hide what’s been done or a novice collector might not see it but it affects the value of a gun. When you shine a bright light on it you easily see the smooze.
A screw head is easy but a rust patch or sight is a no go. If everything goes good it looks better from 6 feet away. The part is cleaned, maybe sanded shiny then we experiment with cold blue, browning solutions, bleach, color dyes, and maybe a propane torch, the black art of smooze. Most everybody does it or at least tries it. This time, almost nothing can truly stop the Smooze from consuming Equestria, just as it almost did thousands of years ago.As a collector many of us have damaged screws, replacement sights that don’t match, or a rust area that needs cleaning so we get out the cold blue. Even though the witches themselves are now extinct in Ponyland (now Equestria), their final creation, the Smooze itself, still lives, serving a new master: Discord himself. The witches themselves believed the Smooze to be completely unstoppable, but the magic of the Flutter Ponies proved them very wrong. This slimy amorphous abomination has consumed Ponyland to the point where it even devoured the Rainbow of Light (AKA The Elements of Harmony).
Even though Megan saved Ponyland from annihilation, the witches plotted to strike back, but the question is how to take all of Ponyland for themselves? The answer: The Smooze. The might of Tirek himself has frightened both witch and pony alike into submission until Megan Williams arrived.
For centuries prior to Queen Majesty's death at the hands of Lord Tirek, the witches have fought against ponies in a series of territorial skirmishes. He is Discords friend who first appears in Make New Friends but Keep Discord as. There was a trio of witches who lived in Gloom Mountain. The Smooze is a minor character in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.