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Full Size Witness 45 acp
kc5gxc
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I bought the Witness on GunBroker. It looks like stainless steel, but I read that it's the wonder finish on this pistol.
It has some scratches on the frame. Can I buff or polish this frame whthout screwing up the "wonder finish" ?
I don't know how deep this finish is...sure looks like stainless.
Thanks, Pete
It has some scratches on the frame. Can I buff or polish this frame whthout screwing up the "wonder finish" ?
I don't know how deep this finish is...sure looks like stainless.
Thanks, Pete
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The "wonder finish" is a nitride-based finish, similar to the glock "Tenifer", the Smith and Wesson/Walther "Melonite", the Sig Nitron, etc.
The difference is that those guns have a blackened parkerized/phosphate finish OVER the nitride one, where as the Witness is just nitrided steel.
The actual finish is probably super-duper thin so any visible scratch probably went through the finish. The finish itself is going to be super hard, and resistant to polishing.
In short, no, I don't think you can just buff out the scratches easily or without hurting the remaining finish.
I bought the Witness on GunBroker. It looks like stainless steel, but I read that it's the wonder finish on this pistol.
It has some scratches on the frame. Can I buff or polish this frame whthout screwing up the "wonder finish" ?
No
I appreciate the info on this finish.
Pete