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May 12, 2005, 06:27 PM | #1 |
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Polishing satin stainless?
I used to polish the metalwork on musical instruments, light buffing on nickel plated clarinet keys and high speed polishing for silver flutes, among other things... Just wondering if there is a way to take the satin finish that comes on a S&W revolver and turn it into polished stainless? I realize what I used to do was basically just remove tarnish, but I was hoping some of the skills might be familiar.
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May 12, 2005, 07:18 PM | #2 |
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Yes, you can, but it's harder than it looks because you have to remove the scratches and machine marks left by the factory first.
This is how nice guns get ruined. Too many people don't have the skills or know the correct techniques and the gun winds up with dished-out holes, rounded-off edges that should be sharp, and wavy flats. You can do an acceptable job by using synthetic polishing pads to remove the deeper scratches, then polish to a shine with a stainless steel polish like MAAS or Mother's Mag Polish. While this will leave the gun with some scratches and it won't look quite like a nickel plated or factory bright polished gun, it will have a very high shine. |
May 12, 2005, 07:36 PM | #3 |
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When you refer to satin stainless, do you mean a brushed or bead-blasted finish? I have been told that trying to fix a bead-blasted finish is the very devil to do with consumer-level tools and equipment.
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May 12, 2005, 07:37 PM | #4 |
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This PC 625 started out with the standard brushed stainless finish.
I've never really "polished" it, but my usual cleaning routine is to finish up with a bit of rubbing with Flitz. Enough cleaning and it's starting to look polished already. Might work for what you're looking for. Good Luck... Joe
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May 12, 2005, 09:58 PM | #5 |
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wow, thats pretty good, I suppose enough care and time with a slow speed buffer and that Flitz stuff should do what i want... yeah, i'm referring to the standard dull finish, definitely not the bead blasted stuff... S&W calls it "satin" on their website descriptions.
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May 12, 2005, 11:21 PM | #6 |
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Get yourself a tube of Flitz, some cloth pads and about 6 evenings of letting your significant other dominating the tv. You'll love the results.
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