Removing small scratches?

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Leejack

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What do you do to remove tiny scratches on stainless steel guns; particularly the slides? Any best practices or techniques, etc?

Most of mine have been blue.

Thanks,

Lee
 
Mother's Mag polish...

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You have to match the existing finish to remove scratches. If the finish is 400 grit, then you need to use a 400 grit abrasive. Anything finer will make the polished area too shiny. Practice with different abrasives on scrap metal until you find a match. If the scratches are on a blasted area, such as the top of the slide, that area would have to be blasted with a matching grit.
It might be best to just get used to fine scratches and use marks.
All the posts about shining your gun up with Mothers polish do not answer the question properly. Not everyone wants their gun shiny.
 
Like Bill .....I tend to leave the small scratches alone ....unless I'm ready to take the whole gun to a brightly polished finish.

When I want to polish the gun / Flitz is a good choice. I've also used other mag wheel polishes - but you need to make sure it is not abrasive ( some are / some aren't ).
 
Small scratches like that are like the little dings and scratches in my pickuop bed. They don't bother me. I'll evaluate the situation when it's time to sell and take care of it then. If spraying in a liner or getting a gun refinished will more than pay for itself on resale it will be done then.
 
I am with the rest, the small scratches are only character marks for a good gun. I don't even notice them. You can tell that gun has been used and not just left to lay in a safe.
 
Keep in mind that if you take your handgun to a "brightly polished finish" those normal handling marks will show up more than ever. At that point you may become more obsessed with polishing than shooting the thing...
 
Not everyone wants their gun shiny.
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Mr. DeShivs, bowing to your experience, I have used Mothers Mag polish on several different S & W S/S revolvers to return them to as new condition. I was also able to slowly “clean” the matt finish on my Taurus to an S&W like S/S finish. I found that the trick is 100% cotton cloths, a VERY lite touch, and lots of time before the boob tube.

P.S. your tips on restoring the spring on my 80-year-old Shrade safety button knife worked very well. Thanks :D
 
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