Polish a matte finish ??

[300GRAIN]

I am buying a raging bull 454 casull tommmorow or sat.

And it has the silver matte or satin finish and it is scratched up and looks like crap to me..

So can this be buffed out to a shiny finish or am I going to just have to refinish it to a blue or chrome ???

Thanks for any help .....

[Eye Cutter]

I use 3M brand automotive rubbing compound and flitz to get the small scratches out of my hardchromed Para. Works well for me.

[eric nielsen]

Most platers use an industrial sandblaster to put on the matte finish.

If you contact a reputable GUN plater & inquire, I'm guessing the price to re-matte your gun will be very affordable. Don't sandblast it yourself though.

If you like, you can safely polish the finish to bright on your own.

[joshua]

If it's stainless steel why not just get it bead blasted? Just make sure he uses fresh beads so you don't get the sandblasted look. josh

[300GRAIN]

Most platers use an industrial sandblaster to put on the matte finish.

If you contact a reputable GUN plater & inquire, I'm guessing the price to re-matte your gun will be very affordable. Don't sandblast it yourself though.

If you like, you can safely polish the finish to bright on your own.

Thats what I was wondering if I could buff it out to a bright finish for now.

Any suggestions on exactly what compound to use ??

Thanks all ..

[EricW]

If you're 454 is destined to travel only between the range and your safe, making it purty by polishing or beadblasting (be damned careful - it's all too easy to do more harm than good) may be worthwhile, otherwise forget it. Unless you plate it, keeping it scratch free will become your life's project.

[eric nielsen]

Yeah I meant to say bead blasted. The gun platers have proven ways to seal off all the holes and critical surfaces. Don't want to guess what those ways are.