First 6 Shooter... Smith & Wesson 686-6 .357 Magnum *Cleaning Tips*

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MackDaddy

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I just bought this beauty off another CGN member and I was wondering if anyone had tips on how to keep the shine on it and polish it? There's some dark marks on the cylinder which could probably be buffed out but what to use?

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I feel that too many people over clean their handguns. May be ok on a stainless steel gun but on a blued gun it just removes the blueing. If you want a gun to look like new then buy two and only shoot one.
 
L Frame said:
For trouble spots on a stainless, try a pencil eraser ! Works great !
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X2, Here is the steps if you really want a spotless cylinder face.
Apply lead cutter solvent and wait for ten minutes or so, then use bronze brush, you may already remove 90% of the lead residue. then use a pencil eraser and take away more. last step is KleenBore lead away cloth, cut it into 1.5 square inch and wape the cylinder face, it really remove all the powder and lead residue. one cloth can lasting quite a while. BTW great gun you got there.

Trigun
 
I use the Birchwood Casey cleaning cloth, aptly called Lead Remover and Polishing cloth.
A little piece of this cloth goes a long way.
I bought one a few years ago for about six bucks.
Just polish by hand and no more carbon rings,etc.
Only use it on stainless though.
 
Top shelf of the dishwasher, don't forget the jet dry , for a spot free shine.(JK)
A buddy of mine got reamed, in police college, for suggesting this.After class was over the instructor pulled him aside , and said he thought it was funny too, but had to bark at him, or some of these kids would've tried it.
By the way nice chunk, other than the exceptionally long barrel.
Scott
 
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