[AndABeer]

I've sent a pistol off for some work including refinishing. The options for hard chrome are brush or satin. Does anyone have pics they can post that really show the difference? Or a website they can point me too? I appreciate it.

[Sean Smith]

http://www.condron.com/pics/colt/comm/carcom1.JPG

The flats of the slide are brushed, the rest is matte/satin. Too bad this one isn't mine.

[AndABeer]

Thanks once again Mr. Smith.

Brushed it is.

[FJC]

This pic is of that same gun above (happens to be mine ;) ), but a close up that somewhat shows the difference better.

As stated, the flats of the slide are brushed, the rest is matte.

http://www.condron.com/pics/colt/comm/carcom4.JPG

[doctorhumbert]

I think brushed HC surface receives scratches (microscopic size) more easily than matte surface. This would be true for any polished surface, but HC is almost scratch proof.

[Sean Smith]

In general, shiny surfaces do show scratches more easily. But Hard Chrome is so dang tough (65-75 Rockwell "C" hardness vs. ~30 for most steel) that it hardly matters.

[Kenneth Lew]

Brushed chrome does scratch.

Kenneth Lew

[C. H. Luke]

FWIW, I don't think the "Brushed" HC from one plater necessarily
matches that of another platers. Some are almost "mirror" while some wind up being like brushed S.S.