Cleaning and Polishing a Frame and Slide
- Thread starter calibrecarstairs
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Flitz. It won't remove deep scratches but it will shine up simple surface abrasions which is what seems to be most in evidence in the photo.
As for bead blasting, I can't recall if the Jerichos were stainless or chromed. If stainless then bead blasting should do a good job. However, I'm not sure if bead blasting would damage chrome plating. The shop doing the work should be able to tell you if that's a possibility.
As for bead blasting, I can't recall if the Jerichos were stainless or chromed. If stainless then bead blasting should do a good job. However, I'm not sure if bead blasting would damage chrome plating. The shop doing the work should be able to tell you if that's a possibility.
Looks like a nice pattern to scribe the rest of the gun that way.
As mentioned, bead blasting is your best option following some minor flat grinding. I’d use glass beads. Works well on stainless and available at Princess Auto, $50. for a 50lb bag.
As mentioned, bead blasting is your best option following some minor flat grinding. I’d use glass beads. Works well on stainless and available at Princess Auto, $50. for a 50lb bag.
Cerracoating is also a viable option.
Edit: Having looked them up now, the 941F are hard chromed. Quite thin at that. Polishing too much might burn through the finish.
Found some articles showing some police trade-ins to be stainless. Seems they sold both. Hard chromed are likely stainless underneath.
Edit: Having looked them up now, the 941F are hard chromed. Quite thin at that. Polishing too much might burn through the finish.
Found some articles showing some police trade-ins to be stainless. Seems they sold both. Hard chromed are likely stainless underneath.
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These are not SS, so any deep polish will have you into the steel, now a blue flat side on the slide with the silver would look good.
I had one that was blue frame and silver slide, I never tried polish, but it had a little corrosion in the slide finger grooves/serrations.
If you want to try , take grips off and try small spot on lower grip frame.
I would just shoot it.
I had one that was blue frame and silver slide, I never tried polish, but it had a little corrosion in the slide finger grooves/serrations.
If you want to try , take grips off and try small spot on lower grip frame.
I would just shoot it.
