Removing Scratches With Emery Cloth?

[orygunmike]

I have a brand new stainless steel Dan Wesson Pointman 7 1911 and there is a surface scratch on it that I would like to remove.

I was told by a gunsmith, "tape the emory paper to a flat surface and then rub the scratched portion of the slide ONLY back-and-forth (lengthwise) on the paper. Once the scratch disappears, go to the next higher grit and rub just a few times."

Has anyone ever done this? What were your results?

 

[Claude Clay]

a picture would help..........
do you know how it happened?

 

[Steve N]

Use wet-dry paper and a lubricant, like a gun oil, and wipe up the dirty oil frequently and put on fresh oil. The grit on the paper will wear down as you polish, but still change papers to a finer grit. I have seen kits for polishing plastics that go down to 2000 grit. If the part is polished, this rubbing will remove the scratch, but the surface will not have the same gloss as the rest of the gun. For this you will need to use a polishing compound like Flit, and work the area. Remember that slow and easy will produce a better finish than fast and hard.

 

[rcmodel]

That's the way I always prepped 1911 slides for bluing.

But not just any emory cloth, and not "Back & Forth".

You want black "Wet or Dry" in 400, 600, 800, and Red Crocus Cloth, depending on how fine a finish you have to match.

*Use light cutting oil on the paper to prevent loading up & scratching.

*Make all your strokes perfectly straight and in one direction only.

If you reverse direction back & forth, you will make little J-hook looking squiggles every time you change direction.

rcmodel

 

[dirtdog]

I use those green scour pads that they sell for cleaning dishes .