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Kahrnonymous
10-05-2011, 10:47 AM
Kinda was thinking about polishing the barrel, maybe but just was a spur of the moment question...

Bawanna
10-05-2011, 10:51 AM
I've never heard of it effecting the warranty. I polished mine and they shine up really nice. I did the whole thing, barrel hood. Can't hurt making things run smooth either.

Kahrnonymous
10-05-2011, 10:56 AM
Sweet! You dont bye chance have a few pictures and the process you did do ya!? Thanks!

Bawanna
10-05-2011, 11:03 AM
I'll have to dig to find any pictures, I know I posted some way back.

I just used a polishing wheel on a dremel tool with some generic polishing compound. Then some Flitz on a cleaning patch. The mat finish shines up pretty easy really. I didn't have the real fine 1000, 1200, 1400 grit sandpaper at the time but that would make it probably even faster and more effective.

I finally got a polishing wheel for my bench grinder but haven't tried it out on anything, gonna be a whole lot more aggressive than the dremel I'm sure of that.

Kahrnonymous
10-05-2011, 11:35 AM
Cool thanks might tackle this when I have some down time!

Ressom
10-05-2011, 11:59 AM
I polished mine as well. Used flitz and a dremmel. Mainly focused on the barrel hood. I didn't do a mirror shine, just enough to remove the mat finish. Looks much better... no wear marks on the hood even after shooting.