Polishing compound

[indysims]

What's a good general purpose polishing compound for feed ramps, bolts, guide rods, etc...etc?

 

[chezuki]

I used this:

And a dremel to do this to a Glock barrel.

Sorry the picture is so blurry, it was taken long ago with a crappy camera. I no longer have the gun, but the barrel was a perfect mirror finish and looked chrome.

 

[sharpetop]

I've used Muthers, Blue Coral, etc. with a dremmel.

 

[Kagnew]

Flitz

 

[indysims]

Anyone use the lapping compounds? There is a YouTube video of a guy polishing the bolt of his Rem 597 and he uses a 220 and 600 grit lapping compound.
[ame]http://youtu.be/lzhOIl2OMog[/ame]

 

[Valvestate]

Once you get through the lower grits you could use a rouge.

 

[GREEN607]

NANO-Polish (made for custom automotive wheels; available at Wally World).... followed by any good 800-grit lapping compound.

 

[vtxrecruiter]

Flitz and or Jeweler's Rouge. Lapping compound is an abrasive, not a polish. It is used to do things like lap (even up) bolt lugs etc...

 

[Novocaine.223]

I used mothers for my M&P barrel

 

[LarryC]

What's a good general purpose polishing compound for feed ramps, bolts, guide rods, etc...etc?

I use Dremel 421 buffing compound for area's that require some metal removal, and white buffing compound to finish polishing. Flitz when I just want to clean & shine something. BE CAUTIOUS, If you use the compounds, run the Dremel slow. It will remove metal and ruin a feed ramp or trigger assembly if you are not very careful.

 

[gregkl]

Flitz and or Jeweler's Rouge. Lapping compound is an abrasive, not a polish. It is used to do things like lap (even up) bolt lugs etc...

Same here. Rouge(Dremel 421 actually) with a Dremel for cleaning up light machining marks like your feed ramp. Flitz by hand for making things shine.

 

[jumbopanda]

Mother's seems to work pretty well.

 

[Mech45]

Flitz and Simichrome

 

[Hoosier8]

I vote for Flitz.

 

[alloutjdm]

i use mothers polish you can get it at wally world or any automotive place

 

[karl77]

if the feed ramp is dull, i use a q-tip or a shotgun patch to buff it. if it's real bad, then i hand rub it, rather then use a dremel and bubba the part.

 

[TAT7]

Mothers or flitz here

 

[GREEN607]

Flitz and or Jeweler's Rouge. Lapping compound is an abrasive, not a polish. It is used to do things like lap (even up) bolt lugs etc...

As are 9/10 polishes, including Flitz.

I never said use a good 800-grit lapping compound and 20ft/lbs of torque. Anyone with real experience knows how to 'polish glass' with it.

 

[indysims]

I need a variable speed dremel... not just for things like this but for lots of reasons. Mine is the old style with two settings, Off or 500,000 rpm

 

[gregkl]

I need a variable speed dremel... not just for things like this but for lots of reason. Mine is the old style with two settings, Off or 500,000 rpm

lol.