the offical everything to do with polishing thread

[g29cc]

If you have a cord or cordless drill you can put it in a vise ( the drill ) and use it as a back yard bench polisher

Here is my latest finished project slide XDm 9

[sourpatch45]

Originally Posted by g29cc

If you have a cord or cordless drill you can put it in a vise ( the drill ) and use it as a back yard bench polisher

Here is my latest finished project slide XDm 9

very good work!

a little too much "bling" for me but good work

[g29cc]

Thank you !

I should note, polishing is really an art form. If notice on the roll marks they are not "rolled" over or stretched. This is hard to accomplish if your not careful. The key is lots of prep before you start to polish this area.

Just go slowly and carefully when you are around areas you dont want to "roll" over.

Thanks
Todd

[Foskey]

Originally Posted by g29cc

If you have a cord or cordless drill you can put it in a vise ( the drill ) and use it as a back yard bench polisher

Here is my latest finished project slide XDm 9

Man that's beautiful! Very nice work!

[Lantz]

It is sharp! and even if you missed the bad guy the sun reflection would blind them until you reloaded

[eXtremeDuty]

Has anyone used a Mothers Powerball on their barrel yet? I think I might try it out on my 9 with Mothers PowerMetal polish. I've done wheels and engine parts with it before, works great.

[ThePants]

Nice writeup! That'll come in handy.

...was anyone else a little worried they'd find porn when they clicked the link in his sig?

[Boxer]

Is polishing all that good? I am of the opinion that bluing or any non polished surface for that matter will allow for better adhesion of a oil/rust inhibitor. So with that being said, it seems that the polished surface is somewhat more susceptable to rust.

[GreenBayShooter]

I started with some sanding films I bought at Hobby Lobby for $3 (Testors part #8802). They are intended for building model cars and the like, and can be used wet or dry. There are 5 films. The black film is the coarsest. I used the Orange film (2nd coarsest) with polish applied to it. This did the brunt of the work removing the bluing/melonite/whatever coating. The film is also quite flexible for getting into the nooks and crannies...



Here's the polish $5 at a local hardware store:

It looks like milk, but resist the temptation to drink it

Once I was down to bare metal for the most part, I used steps as described in the first post, with a dremel and the polish. I used one of those hard white tips (sorry, I don't know what it's made of).

Here's the result, next to an unpolished XD45c barrel. Sorry for the lousy picture, it was my Blackberry camera:

Its not quite a mirror, but I'm going to put a final polish on it later.

[DonXD40]

Originally Posted by g29cc

If you have a cord or cordless drill you can put it in a vise ( the drill ) and use it as a back yard bench polisher

Here is my latest finished project slide XDm 9

Man, you did a beautiful job on that and I can really appreciate that, however for me, that is just way too flashy for CCW/Daily carry. It is stunningly beautiful, just not practical for my purposes.