best poilsh job possible

[onemsumba]

EDIT Polish not poilsh

I'm polishing the bolt on my mauser style rifle. specifically the extractor. I believe it to be Stainless steal.

Current it is dull with streak marks. I would like to get it as close to a shinny mirror finish as possible.

I've read on here the suggestion for Simichrome or Flitz. Aslo i've seen post refering to (jewelers rogue?)

What is the best way to go about polishing the extractor and maybe the whole bolt body.

i know i need to get it clean first then what. I'm not worried about the easiest or fast method. just the one that will produce the best result.

 

[highorder]

If you have access to a buffer, that would be my first choice providing you know what you are doing.

Otherwise, Flitz and some time with a lint free cloth will do.

 

[rcmodel]

A mirror polish is nothing more then removing all the microscopic scratches you can from the surface of the metal.

You can do a passable job by hand with progressivly finer grades of black wet or dry paper.
Followed by red Crocus cloth.
Followed by Simichrome.

Or, even better with a Dremel tool and red rouge on a felt polishing wheel. (If you are very careful not to round off any edges or get the extractor too hot from friction.)

Perhaps best is a cloth buffing wheel on a grinder motor and red rouge or white 555 buffing compound.
http://www.brownells.com/aspx/ns/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=24793&title=NO. 555 WHITE POLISH

Or Green chrome:
http://www.texasknife.com/vcom/product_info.php?cPath=225_177&products_id=588

rcmodel

 

[dasanii19]

"Green" Heavy metal polish. You can Buy it at your local les schwab tires. Make sure to buy the cotton and not the liquid.

 

[rcmodel]

But, I've never heard of Les Schwab, or his tire store.

rcmodel

 

[dasanii19]

But, I've never heard of Les Scuab, or his tire store.

rcmodel

You have never heard of les schwab tires?

 

[rcmodel]

Nope!
But I don't get out much.

I just Googled it, and the nearest Les Schwab tire store to my part of Kansas is in Price, Utah.

That's 834 miles from here.

rcmodel

 

[Jim K]

I sort of hate to say this, but your super polish job will last until you operate the bolt the first time.

Jim

 

[Jeff F]

Or, even better with a Dremel tool and red rouge on a felt polishing wheel. (If you are very careful not to round off any edges or get the extractor too hot from friction.)

This is one of the few times I can recomend a Dremel tool. As rcmodel said use care.

 

[1 old 0311]

I have mirror polished Parkerized barrels, pistols, with just Mothers. Takes a bit of time, 60-90 minutes, to cut through it, but look like chrome plated.
If it gets tarnished, or real powder fouled, just takes a few minutes to clean up.

 

[onemsumba]

I found, a local company that does custom hardware who is willing to polish it for me at a reasonable price. I'll post before and after pics.

Its worth it to me to pay a few bucks rather than mess with something when I don't know what i'm doing.

the streaks in it now are from my agressive cleanning of baked on grease. so I'm not worried about it getting scuffed up by working it in the action.

thanks for all the advice

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Les Schwab is great, excellent customer service for tire, breaks, batteries etc.. absolutley recomend them but not if they are 850+ miles away.

 

[GaryK]

I polished a mauser bolt once. It came out pretty good. I used a buffing wheel and white stick polishing compound. You can buy buffing wheels and polishing coumpound in several grades from Home Depot. I put mine in the chuck of my drill press. This setup has worked well for me for years. It works great if you want to polish a pocket knife also.

 

[krs]

Good buffing wheels with muslin buffs, correct rouge for the type of metal and the level of polish desired, real care to avoid dips around holes and rounding of edges. A real nice job can be done but it's no job for the inexperienced or anyone who's impatient to get done.

 

[rcmodel]

I found, a local company that does custom hardware

I would assume a hardware polishing company has little or no firearms experience.

Caution them to leave the locking lugs, bolt face, striker & cocking piece, and cocking cam alone.

No metal removal or heavy buffing on those parts!

rcmodel