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Old November 10, 2007, 07:42 PM   #16
BillCA
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Join Date: November 28, 2004
Location: Silicon Valley, Ca
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Will the mothers alone take out the brush marks that the smiths and rugers have or did you use something else before polishing them?
I picked up a used Model 67 where someone tried to buff out a scratch below the thumb latch with a 3M pad and botched the finish up.

Before:


I used Mothers' mag polish to blend in the rough finish. This took about an hour by hand using a soft cloth (actually old baby diapers are perfect). The result came out pretty well.

After:


Once I started though, I decided to do the whole gun, except the cylinder. I started with mother's mag polish for the bulk polishing and then moved to using Flitz for a final polish. Add a change of grips and it looks great.



But just a little reflective:
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