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[juicy]

RM, I'm no Glock fan (quite the opposite actually), but that stippled tan frame with the polished slide/barrel actually looks.... interesting. Like... different, in a good way. I kinda like it more and more the more I look at your pics actually, haha.

[Slono]

Wow... how do you polish the slide so well without taking off a huge amount of material? I'm afraid that by the time I'm finished with the slide, since I would have gone through several sand sessions with different grits, half of it would be dust on the table.

[turok_t]

Originally Posted by Slono

Wow... how do you polish the slide so well without taking off a huge amount of material? I'm afraid that by the time I'm finished with the slide, since I would have gone through several sand sessions with different grits, half of it would be dust on the table.

Use 2000 grid sand paper with a bit of water and sand in one uniform direction. I would not use anything less than 2000grid. You need to keep on sanding until you achieve the desired effect. It requires alot of patience.

[Gunny_McSmith]

Originally Posted by turok_t

Use 2000 grid sand paper with a bit of water and sand in one uniform direction. I would not use anything less than 2000grid. You need to keep on sanding until you achieve the desired effect. It requires alot of patience.

where can I find 2000 grit sandpaper, or in which department I could find some?...I cant seem to find any....

[LoneWolf91]

Originally Posted by Palucol

where can I find 2000 grit sandpaper, or in which department I could find some?...I cant seem to find any....

Canadian Tire....Automotive section.

[Gunny_McSmith]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf91

Canadian Tire....Automotive section.

ok...Merci! ....I'll go check tmr!

[turok_t]

Originally Posted by Palucol

ok...Merci! ....I'll go check tmr!

Yup canadian tire auto section has it. If you can find above 2000 grid, i would suggest getting those too to gradually fine sand your slide. The key ingredient is PATIENCE.. dont rush things... gradually sand it down

[Gunny_McSmith]

Originally Posted by turok_t

Yup canadian tire auto section has it. If you can find above 2000 grid, i would suggest getting those too to gradually fine sand your slide. The key ingredient is PATIENCE.. dont rush things... gradually sand it down

and in one direction only.... good ...ill keep that in mind...thx!

[Slono]

what would you recommend for sanding a barrel? Would you NOT sand it since taking off material would result in barrel wobble?

[turok_t]

Originally Posted by Slono

what would you recommend for sanding a barrel? Would you NOT sand it since taking off material would result in barrel wobble?

You can, but i would only do a light sand or else you will get barrel wobble..

[Slono]

Thanks. I was dumb and sanded my nova barrel down because its milling lines were getting on my nerves. Whenever I cocked my slide it would sound like a DJ mixing vinyls. The light sand I did made it look dull silver and I want it polished like a mirror again.

[turok_t]

Originally Posted by Slono

Thanks. I was dumb and sanded my nova barrel down because its milling lines were getting on my nerves. Whenever I cocked my slide it would sound like a DJ mixing vinyls. The light sand I did made it look dull silver and I want it polished like a mirror again.

What kind of sandpaper did u use? by "kind" i mean grid.

Here is an example of a waterblock i sanded with only 1500-2000grid sandpaper. This is how it looked after it was done.. I only sanded this for 20mins



Now imagine what it would look like if i spent 2 hours with finer sandpaper... Ill leave that to your imagination

[Shirley]

You would then need a huge buffer and poilshing compounds.
The faster the buffer is, and the more heat created, the shinier it will be.

[Slono]

What kind of huge buffer are you talking about? I sanded mine with 1000 grit, and it was literally a light "scrub" that was about 15 seconds. It looks bad becAuse I sanded in two directions instead if 1, but I think I can correct it because not much material has neem taken off it.

[Overkill1369]

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