In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.

Polishing

JunkballerJunkballer Member Posts: 9,294 ✭✭✭✭
edited November 2013 in Ask the Experts
Can "very-very" minor scratches be hand polished out of a Nickel finished pistol, if so any good products recommended ? Its a factory Nickeled Colt, not polished stainless. Thanks for any info [;)]

"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee

· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • JunkballerJunkballer Member Posts: 9,294 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would like to hear what you all have done to polish chrome (yes chrome) and stainless. Minor scratches on my harley pipes and a pistol made out of stainless.....[:)]

    "Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • tsr1965tsr1965 Member Posts: 8,682 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If its a Colt, leave it to a professional, who warranty's his work. Any polishing, can wear thru the plating. If the scratch is that minor, then you might also consider leaving it alone. A hole in the finish from being polished out, will detract a lot more from the value, than a minor scratch.

    Best
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Like a doctor's first rule "DO NO HARM" leave it alone .or take to professional Plating firm
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • JunkballerJunkballer Member Posts: 9,294 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks to both, you just re-affirmed my gut feelings [;)]

    "Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • beantownshootahbeantownshootah Member Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Junkballer
    Can "very-very" minor scratches be hand polished out of a Nickel finished pistol, if so any good products recommended ? Its a factory Nickeled Colt, not polished stainless. Thanks for any info [;)]
    '

    Yes they can (and I've actually done this). . .but I fundamentally agree with Perry and TSR, above.

    If the scratches are REALLY superficial, and the gun plating has never been worked on, you can take them out with metal polish. The issue is that its easy to go to far, and if you do, you'll wish you'll make things a LOT worse then just having left the scratches in place.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • JudgeColtJudgeColt Member Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I once traded for a nickel Model 19 that looked like it had been drug behind a car on a gravel road. (LOTS of tiny scratches.) I polished it carefully with jeweler's rouge so that it looked almost new. I have since done the same with several other well-used nickel guns with the same excellent results.

    I would not hesitate to polish "very-very" minor scratches the same way.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Sign In or Register to comment.