Register Log In

doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DIY Gunsmithing @ doublegunshop.com How far do you polish before blue

October
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

Who's Online Now

5 members (Stanton Hillis, Lloyd3, Dave Weber, ithaca1, 1 invisible), 433 guests, and 1 robot.

Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod

Forum Statistics

Forums10

Topics39,488

Posts561,973

Members14,584

Most Online9,918
Jul 28th, 2025

Print Thread

Re: How far do you polish before blue gunman #533372 01/09/19 11:53 AM
Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 990 Likes: 23 Durham NC Bill Graham Sidelock
Bill Graham Sidelock Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 990 Likes: 23 Durham NC	Originally Posted By: gunman Old barrels with many rust spots and surface unevenness's may look better cleaned up to a bright coin finish so a slightly subdued black will cover a multitude of faults . A fellow I know polishes up to a bright 320 and then takes a mild Scotchbrite pad to it to matte the finish back down. I'll have to ask if a subdued black is his objective, like you describe.

Entire Thread
Subject	Posted By	Posted
How far do you polish before blue	Gerald A. Mele	01/07/19 05:53 AM
Re: How far do you polish before blue	Der Ami	01/07/19 03:03 PM
Re: How far do you polish before blue	Mark II	01/07/19 05:55 PM
Re: How far do you polish before blue	Craigster	01/07/19 11:40 PM
Re: How far do you polish before blue	Mark II	01/08/19 07:15 PM
Re: How far do you polish before blue	gunman	01/08/19 08:23 PM
Re: How far do you polish before blue	Bill Graham	01/09/19 03:53 PM
Re: How far do you polish before blue	Der Ami	01/09/19 05:00 PM
Re: How far do you polish before blue	Gerald A. Mele	01/08/19 08:52 PM
Re: How far do you polish before blue	Stanton Hillis	01/10/19 01:03 AM
Re: How far do you polish before blue	Kutter	01/10/19 11:46 PM

Link Copied to Clipboard

doublegunshop.com home | Welcome | Sponsors & Advertisers | DoubleGun Rack | Doublegun Book Rack
Order or request info | Other Useful Information

Updated every minute of everyday!

Copyright (c) 1993 - 2024 doublegunshop.com. All rights reserved. doublegunshop.com - Bloomfield, NY 14469. USA These materials are provided by doublegunshop.com as a service to its customers and may be used for informational purposes only. doublegunshop.com assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in these materials. THESE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-ABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. doublegunshop.com further does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links or other items contained within these materials. doublegunshop.com shall not be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, including without limitation, lost revenues or lost profits, which may result from the use of these materials. doublegunshop.com may make changes to these materials, or to the products described therein, at any time without notice. doublegunshop.com makes no commitment to update the information contained herein. This is a public un-moderated forum participate at your own risk.

Note: The posting of Copyrighted material on this forum is prohibited without prior written consent of the Copyright holder. For specifics on Copyright Law and restrictions refer to: http://www.copyright.gov/laws/ - doublegunshop.com will not monitor nor will they be held liable for copyright violations presented on the BBS which is an open and un-moderated public forum.

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5
(Release build 20201027)

Responsive Width:

PHP: 7.0.33-0+deb9u11+hw1 Page Time: 1.524s Queries: 17 (0.617s) Memory: 0.8120 MB (Peak: 1.9026 MB) Data Comp: Off Server Time: 2025-10-04 11:26:25 UTC
Valid HTML 5 and Valid CSS