Barrel & Mag polish done!! Lots of eye candy!!

[thumperdogg]

Pictures can never give anything justice, but I tried to show it off!! The mags show a stock M&P 10rd vs my polish job on a 10rd mag. I will be honest, this took me a LONG time to do, but very pleased with the end results!!

 

[Tydeeh22]

excellent work, how many hours invested?

 

[IndianaResident]

I dig it.

 

[thumperdogg]

excellent work, how many hours invested?

Honesty prevails, I actually had about 8 hours in it beginning to end, smoke breaks included, lol. I was not in a rush, so I took my time. I went over and over and over and over....you get the point. Well worth it to me!

 

[Tydeeh22]

Honesty prevails, I actually had about 8 hours in it beginning to end, smoke breaks included, lol. I was not in a rush, so I took my time. I went over and over and over and over....you get the point. Well worth it to me!

 

[Mackey]

Big difference.
Looks good.

 

[combat45acp]

Honesty prevails, I actually had about 8 hours in it beginning to end, smoke breaks included, lol. I was not in a rush, so I took my time. I went over and over and over and over....you get the point. Well worth it to me!

What did you use to polish it?

 

[GBuck]

Looks great.. The only thing I can see wrong is, SERIOUSLY, WHO HAS BIG ENOUGH HANDS THAT THEY NEED A PACMYER CONDOM ON AN M&P .45?!?!?!

 

[thumperdogg]

Looks great.. The only thing I can see wrong is, SERIOUSLY, WHO HAS BIG ENOUGH HANDS THAT THEY NEED A PACMYER CONDOM ON AN M&P .45?!?!?!

I have small hands lol, never had a grip on a pistol so I thought I would try it, using the small back-strap of course!

 

[thumperdogg]

What did you use to polish it?

Dremel, cotton polish wheel, Meguiars Polishing Compound, Blue Magic Metal Polish Creme (the best IMO), and a lot of time.

I debated on the soaking in vinegar thing to help remove the black coating, but after reading about possible pitting and not wanting to get vinegar into the inside of my barrel, I opted against it. I am sure there is something you can use to help remove the black coating a lot faster than what I did, but I figured if anything polish will not hurt my barrel or remove any "steel".

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Ooh z'pretty. Wouldn't do it myself, but I'm glad to see you can find some satisfaction.

 

[ChrisBarnes]

Very nice work. Thank you for showing it off to us.

 

[sgreen3]

So what did you use to remove the Black finish? Or did it come off in the polishing process. Looks really cool. Id like to try that on mine when i get it home. Thanks for posting!

 

[CCF]

Now u can do these cuts and show off your work.

 

[thumperdogg]

So what did you use to remove the Black finish? Or did it come off in the polishing process. Looks really cool. Id like to try that on mine when i get it home. Thanks for posting!

The black came off during the polishing process. It was time consuming, but yielded great results without damaging the barrel.

 

[thumperdogg]

Now u can do these cuts and show off your work.

1st off WOW!!!! That is awesome! I could never do that, nor do I have the machinery to do so. I would love to have something like that done to my slide! Did you do this? If not who did?

 

[CCF]

1sr of WOW!!!! That is awesome! I could never do that, nor do I have the machinery to do so. I would love to have something like that done to my slide! Did you do this? If not who did?

I did it to cut weight out of the slide for a competitive shooter. Helps control recoil etc... I can do it for you or even something different if you want.

 

[parson]

That looks good! I polished the barrel on my XD using Dremel and Mother's Mag polish.

 

[VikingWarlord]

Damn, dude. That's gorgeous. Great polish job.

Also, that slide above is awesome.

 

[thumperdogg]

Damn, dude. That's gorgeous. Great polish job.

Also, that slide above is awesome.

thanks!