Thinking of putting a high polish on my SP101.

[Playboypenguin]

Should I do it?

What polish should I use?

What technque should I use? Dremmel...by hand?

 

[clayking]

By hand, Mother's Mag. I did it to a Taurus Tracker, what a difference............ck

 

[chris in va]

I thought about doing that to mine, but after shooting just 50 rounds through it the cleaning job alone is a chore in itself, then you'd have to polish it back up again.

 

[Playboypenguin]

I thought about doing that to mine, but after shooting just 50 rounds through it the cleaning job alone is a chore in itself, then you'd have to polish it back up again.

If I do it the gun will pobably go out of the shooting line-up. I think I can be happy shooting the other seven .357mags i have in my safe.

 

[fisherman66]

I did my GP100 by hand with Mother's. I used a dremmel with the cylinder flutes, but they were a little rougher. Doing it by hand will keep the flat areas from looking wavy.

 

[pesta2]

Fisherman66 and Clayking:

Was that "Mother's Mag & Aluminum Polish", looks really nice. I have a Tracker in .41 mag and might do it to it.

 

[PotatoJudge]

For those that haven't seen this yet:

http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=287875&highlight=sp101

Makes me want to get an SP101 and do it myself.

PP, you should do it, or at least accents, probably with Mothers Mag or Billet polish, and some by hand, some with a small felt tipped dremel attachment.

If you don't like it, you can always go back.

 

[fisherman66]

Yes Pesta, that's the correct polish. I have heard others say Flitz works well too.

 

[buzzman_45011]

+1 For the Mothers polish. I do my 686 with it and it looks great

 

[clayking]

Was that "Mother's Mag & Aluminum Polish", looks really nice. I have a Tracker in .41 mag and might do it to it.

Yep, that's the one.

Once it is polished, there is little upkeep afterward. I shoot my Tracker alot, as I like the 45acp in revolver. I just wipe it down with lead free or silicone cloth to keep it clean.

I did not use a dremel or any type of tool for polishing. It is best to take off the grip and cylinder and release as it makes it easier to polish the harder to get to places. The barrel is the easy part since there are no obstruction's and a back and fourth motion yields results quite quickly......................ck

 

[bullfrog99]

can you polish the cylinder face? would that help with cleaning? Have GP-100 that is seemingly perminantly stained there...

 

[JWT]

Bullfrog99 - my GP-100 cylinder face was also very stained. I used a Kleen Bore Lead Away gun cleaning cloth, as recommended on some earlier post, and with just a bit of rubbing it looked like new.

 

[bullfrog99]

Thanks for the tip

 

[Playboypenguin]

bullfrog99

The best I can tell is that the Lead Away cloths work through some type of black magic. I just cannot find any other way that explains the way they work so well. Here are before and afters I posted before of my Vaquero cylinder.

 

[tomh1426]

Lead away cloths , Ive been looking for somthing like this.
Thanks