Polish blue parts?

[carnaby]

I got a new Ed Brown thumb safety and I'm wondering how I can polish it to help it match the finish of my TRP? The TRP has the Armory Kote finish, and I don't want to send the part into springlfield for the treatment, too spendy. I'd just like to polish it a bit, as the Armory Kote is quite smooth and glossy.

Can I use high grit sandpaper, or will that just take the blue off? Steel wool? I really have no idea what to use.

 

[Dionysusigma]

Brasso, maybe. Don't quote me on this, as I'm not entirely sure.

 

[1 old 0311]

Lead wipe will take the blue off. You can also use Mothers Mag Wheel and Aluminum Polish, Autozone. Mothers will get the shine to a mirror like surface the longer you polish with it.

 

[Plink]

If the part needs much polishing, it's going to remove the blue. When you polish metal, you're removing a thin layer of it. Unfortunately, that thin layer contains the blue. You may need to just buff the metal shiny and reblue it.

Now if you can just shine it up with a wax type compound, go for it, as it won't hurt the blue. The Mothers mag polish is a good place to start.

 

[dfariswheel]

You can't polish a blued part to make it shine more.
What determines the shine of a blued part is the polishing that's done BEFORE it's blued.

Once the part is blued, any attempt to polish it will only thin or remove the blue.

 

[mrmeval]

Is it really grainy or pebbly? What is the finish on the part compared to the pistol?

Search on THR for the words 'flitz blue' and take a look at what others have said about Flitz metal polish.

 

[carnaby]

It's smooth, just a little dull compared to the TRP.

 

[GeorgeR]

Polish Blue Parts

Kevin Quinlan is right on with his Mother's Mag Wheel Polish suggestion. If you do decide to polish it, send me the polished part and I'll hot blue it no charge. I hot blue every week, so turnaround time will be short.

 

[carnaby]

That's a very nice offer. Does the hot blue turn out nice and black and somewhat glossy? I'm trying to match the Teflon Armory Kote on my TRP.

 

[GeorgeR]

Polish Blue Parts

dfaris wheel said it right. The amount of shine on a blued part depends on how much it was polished before it was blued.
If you want to match a coated part, why not coat the new part, and not blue it?