[Partyguy816]

I went and bought some Flitz from the gun store the other day (.99 job). Anyways I was using it on my 1911 and everything came out fine, so I thought I'd try a little on my glock. Uh, it's not as black as it was before. It's a little more between black and silver. Did I mess up the finish? I put some on this soft rag and rubbed gently for no longer than......oh 5 to 10 seconds max. Anyways what do you think?

[chevrofreak]

:scrutiny:

Flitz is abrasive, thats why people use it.

[R.H. Lee]

Flitz is for metal. Glocks are not metal.

[sgt127]

I'm going to guess that the Flitz is simply stuck in the pores of the finish. Get a toothbrush, preferably one no one is going to use again, dip it in oil, hoppes, Breakfree, whatever and scrub it a bit and blot off the goop that comes up.

[Lee Woiteshek]

I use Flitz on just about all my weapons. Especially the stainless ones. The only problem I had is when I owned a H&K P7M10. It took the bluing right off.

[Berg01]

I don't think Flitz is as abrasive as some of the other metal polishes, such as Simichrome.

[Rockstar]

If you want to use Simichrome or Flitz for polishing your Glock's internals, that's fine. The phosphate finish is a poor place to be using either Flitz or Simichrome.

[GlocksRock]

I've polished the internals on all my glocks with Flitz, and they all turned out fine. All nice and shiny.

[Partyguy816]

Thanks, I'll try that toothbrush thing tonight and see it if works. I'm afraid that I took off the blueing also. Could be a good reason to send it off to get chromed. LOL.

[saddlebum]

there isn't any blueing on a glock to start with :neener:

[Frandy]

Simichrome is a bit abrasive. Flitz is not an abrasive.

[Standing Wolf]

there isn't any blueing on a glock to start with

I think it's an applied coating more like paint than anything. On the proverbial "bright side," it can probably be removed and replaced.

[P95Carry]

IIRC .... "Tennifer", a Glock finish that is for all practical purposes rust proof. That tho can be removed!!

Riley - the top aspect of Glocks IS metal!! Slide, barrel. ;)

[chevrofreak]

Tenifer isnt a finish, it is a metal treatment that cant be removed without removing metal.


Flitz my not technically be abrasive, but it sure works like an abrasive.

[makarov]

I think the guy who suggested washing the gun off with a toothbrush is right on. Flitz is a *very* mild abrasive more like fine polish. I don't think it would have rubbed the tenifer finish out of the metal, it would have had to actually take off some metal to do that. More likely the Flitz is still on the gun and is making it look that color.

By the way Flitz and a dremel does wonders on feed ramps. I even polished an entire Ruger MK II stainless model with it. About an hour with the Dremel and the gun looked great.