Barrel Polishing

[Moss_Berg5150]

So I got this 1911 barrell that I want to polish, it already semi polished at the ramp and outside chamber but I want to put a slick mirror finish all over this thing. Anyone have any good polishing tips? What compounds and techniques have you used? Is there a thread for this already? Talk to me TGT...

 

[Moss_Berg5150]

Thanks Cap, do I need to soak it or use any chemicals for prep?

 

[Texas42]

 

[Byaah_19]

I soaked in vineager for 45 min and polished with FLITZ on a rag. Took a while but the end product was amazing. Just polish till you get it to where you want it. My barrel on my glock took me about 2 hours but it now has a mirror finish. Never tried sand paper. My friend did his with a dremel with the polishing cloth and FLITZ only and got the same results I got but in about 25-30 min as opposed to my 2 hrs. Good luck and post pics when ur done.

 

[Texas1911]

why did you soak it in vinegar...?

I suppose to help clean the surface? At the point you are polishing something, you just wanna make sure it's not incredibly dirty. Don't see a big point to vinegar.

 

[dobarker]

I used a bit of fine, then super fine steel wool to get my P90's feed ramp started then went from 800 to 2000 grit sand paper. I suppose you could use a dremel and some lapping compound as well. I havn't tried that though.

 

[Byaah_19]

I used the vineager because the vid I watched on polishing said to. After letting it sit in the vineager for 45 min the black coating on my barrel started to wipe off with just a rag as I dried it. It seemed like it really dried out the barrel surface if that makes sense. It was my first and only time I have ever done somehting like this and I am now pretty confident I can polish anything metal. Oh yea I forgot to mention I also used steel wool.

 

[Moss_Berg5150]

Thanks for the advice guys I will start this today, I will try the vinegar thing cause I saw it used on youtube and it seems to work. Stay tuned...

 

[TheDan]

Vinegar is a mild acid. I've used it before for removing rust and carbon build up on car parts. Not sure what it'd do for a stainless barrel, tho

 

[ZX9RCAM]

If you use water, be sure to get "wet or dry" sandpaper......they are the black sheets.

 

[Mic]

..... My friend did his with a dremel with the polishing cloth and FLITZ only and got the same results I got but in about 25-30 min as opposed to my 2 hrs. .....

Any idea what stores carry Flitz (especially if somebody in Austin knows). I am planning on polishing some parts on my SR in hopes of improving the trigger.

 

[Byaah_19]

I'm in Dfw and both of my local gun shops carry it. If you can t find it look on ebay