Finishing hard rubber stock spacers

[IDriveB5]

Anyone here use the hard rubber stock spacers from brownells?
http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=9650&title=HARD+RUBBER+BUTTSTOCK+SPACER

What did you use to finish them? One gun I want a satin finish, the other I want a gloss.

Im thinking some sort of laquer, but not too sure.

 

[Malikovski]

Not sure, but when I made pipes (for tobacco smoking), the stems were hard rubber and polished very nicely on a buffing wheel with abrasive compounds. Those were always polished to a mirror, but you could use a different grit to get satin.

Don't know how it would work with softer rubber, but if it's soft, painting it with anything is probably not a good idea--it will crack and peel if the rubber flexes.


Hmm...followed the link and it says hard rubber. I would definitely try buffing first and see the result.

 

[IDriveB5]

Thanks for the tip- dad's got a wheel I can use.