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Offline smoke-eater

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Re-finishing a Stainless Smith
« on: April 23, 2006, 07:17:13 AM »
:? I just bought an older M64 2" for a price I couldn't pass up.  It shows little evidence of having been fired much, but is badly scratched up.  I called S&W, and was given an estimate of $135 to re-finish.  I've also considered bead-blasting, or maybe buffing it myself using Scotchbrite pads.  Not looking for perfection, just a better looking gun.  Any opinions or suggestions?
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Re-finishing a Stainless Smith
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2006, 05:21:46 PM »
Depending on how bad it is, start big go little.  From OOOO steel wool, to scotch brite, and then finish it with chocolate.  I know, it sounds wierd, but it works.  If you get it to where it looks good, then put in some hours of work with normal chocolate, its just abrasive enough to give it an amazing shine.  Of course, clean thoroughly afterwards.
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« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2006, 07:48:41 PM »
There are special stainless abrasives used for polishing up stainless finishes.  The one S&W uses is almost certainly a coarse polishing Z"stick" abrasive used to charge up their polishing wheel.  That's where the dull brushed finish comes from.  

Shinier finishes come from finer polishing and buffing compounds including tripoli and rouge sticks on muslin buffing wheels.
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