Stainless Steel question

BC Mike

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Lucky for me that there aren't any dumb questions because now that I have the excellent Flitz and Autosol cleaners, I need to know if stainless steel is a plating that will eventually wear off or an integral element of the steel that will only get better every time it is polished. For instance the cylinder looks perfect but the sides and barrel aren't up to the same level of mirror like finish.

Can I polish out swirl marks and also brighten areas that are a bit factory dull such as the recess where the cylinder ejecter rod resides?

Thanks,
Mike
 
SS is most assuredly not a plating. It is the steel. Yes, you can polish out tool marks. Use a cloth wheel and jeweller's rouge in a bench grinder(eye protection is required). The Flitz will do, but it'll take longer.
Don't polish the top of the barrel. It'll cause glare under sun light and some artificial lighting. Buggers up your sight picture.
"...where the cylinder ejecter rod resides?..." You'd be best to leave that part alone.
 
sunray said:
SS is most assuredly not a plating. It is the steel. Yes, you can polish out tool marks. Use a cloth wheel and jeweller's rouge in a bench grinder(eye protection is required). The Flitz will do, but it'll take longer.
Don't polish the top of the barrel. It'll cause glare under sun light and some artificial lighting. Buggers up your sight picture.
"...where the cylinder ejecter rod resides?..." You'd be best to leave that part alone.
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I mean the cutout in the underlug of the barrel, not any part of the actual ejector rod. Thanks for the info.
Mike
 
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