Polishing Matte Finish of a Kimber Custom II Sainless Steel

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Fist off, I must say I am very impressed with this pistol! I was thinking about taking the top rack in to have it buffed to a more mirror finish (similar to some of the higher end Kimber 1911's). I understand this can be done, has anyone out there done this and can anyone recommend a shop in the Vancouver area that can do this type of work.

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I guess your average gunsmith can do this, but I also know a guy that makes custom jewelery and knives, so I'm sure he could do it as long as you don't need to remove any material that directly affects firing. Not sure about cost though... if you're interested in talking to him, send me a PM and I'll give you his contact info. I think he's located near downtown, so you wouldn't have to ship anything.
 
I have an electric motor i think from an old table saw that I put a 6" buffing wheel from Princess Auto on, and using green compound I did it myself. I used 120 grit sandpaper to take the norinco logo and made/exported in china logos off. It also rounded all the corners nice as norincos are usually sharp from factory. I had to soak all the parks in vinegar beforehand to get the blueing off as it use to be all black. bought grips off of ebay too. what you see is bare steel, no coating at all and it hasent rusted at all in over half a year since i did it. Nickel plating will cost about $200 bucks if I wanted to do that.
the only parts i could buff where the outsides mostly as it was too hard to get into the insides, so theres no changing in fit really as the other guy suggested. if you do it with sandpaper you probably wont get as good of a finish but if its rough to begin with, i suggest sanding it fine then going over it with a buffing wheel lightly at the end to keep the square edges

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nice work, im currently working on a winchester 94 30 30. just another project. i do my polishing by hand... i start with brown scotch brite pads, then green, then switch to 400gt wet sand, 800 wet, 1000wet, then 2000 with compound i mix myself then hi polish with leather and a finer compound, and oh yea... alot of elbow greese....ALOT. i should post when im done in a year or so...lol
 
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