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Gun refurbish

KodiakkKodiakk Member Posts: 5,582
edited January 2012 in General Discussion
Buddy of mine found a TC flintlock that someone took a SOS pad to. Messed up the finnish, wood, and brass. Scratches all over the poor once beautifull brass.

Can anyone give me some tips to polish the brass back up? Not sure what to use to take the scratches out.
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  • bartman45bartman45 Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If the brass parts are solid brass, should not be any different than polishing any metal. A soft buffing wheel with a very mild metal polish should take care of it. Tread lightly, and if you can, practice your technique on some brass scrap....
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  • yoshmysteryoshmyster Member Posts: 22,051 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Take a tripoli and a buffing wheel get polishing.
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  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Buffing wheel and rouge, but absent that, on the brass you can do a decent job with Brasso, towel, and a LOT of elbow grease.
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  • torosapotorosapo Member Posts: 4,946
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 11b6r
    Buffing wheel and rouge, but absent that, on the brass you can do a decent job with Brasso, towel, and a LOT of elbow grease.


    That or Never Dull the 2 most important things to have onboard the ship.
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Funny, I'd expect you to have said Blitz Cloth.
    If scratches in the brass are deep you need to buff them out with an abrasive buffing compound and cloth wheel.
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  • Bill JordanBill Jordan Member Posts: 1,402 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you have a finnish problem, try a Swede or a Norwegian.
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  • slumlord44slumlord44 Member Posts: 3,702 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good advice but if the scratches are too deep to polish out, Start with 320 wet or dry sandpaper and keep goint to finer paper till you get to 600. Then polish as previously recomended.
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  • coledigger4coledigger4 Member Posts: 826 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    And is you want a super-fine polish, use lambs tallow last. Many, many years ago, we used that stuff on the lifter bases of injector pumps. Takes forever but makes for a mirror finish!
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  • bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by torosapo
    quote:Originally posted by 11b6r
    Buffing wheel and rouge, but absent that, on the brass you can do a decent job with Brasso, towel, and a LOT of elbow grease.


    That or Never Dull the 2 most important things to have onboard the ship.


    Beer and Women.
    Remind me not to sail with you.[;)]
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by torosapo
    quote:Originally posted by 11b6r
    Buffing wheel and rouge, but absent that, on the brass you can do a decent job with Brasso, towel, and a LOT of elbow grease.


    That or Never Dull the 2 most important things to have onboard the ship.


    Wrong Brasso.
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  • KodiakkKodiakk Member Posts: 5,582
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by eboydell
    quote:Can anyone give me some tips to polish the brass back up?

    I think you may have to get the barrel re-blued.


    Definately will redo the finnish on the barrel, but I'm going to use the old fashioned browned finnish instead of blueing.

    What is the downside to putting a metal lacquer over the brass to hold the finnish better?
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  • asphalt cowboyasphalt cowboy Member Posts: 8,904 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Kodiakk
    quote:Originally posted by eboydell
    quote:Can anyone give me some tips to polish the brass back up?

    I think you may have to get the barrel re-blued.


    Definately will redo the finnish on the barrel, but I'm going to use the old fashioned browned finnish instead of blueing.

    What is the downside to putting a metal lacquer over the brass to hold the finnish better?


    If you intend to use chemical brown rather than rust brown try Mark Lee Express Brown. I've yet to get even results with Birchwood Casey.

    Took me a few minutes to find it.

    http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/cid=0/k=metal+clear+coat/t=P/ksubmit=y/Products/All/search=metal_clear_coat
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