[Taxarod]

I usually take it out a couple times during the process, wipe it a little see how is it coming, I hope you didn't loose any important parts though.

[svmeyer]

Nope, just a feedneck lol. I checked it 4 times previous to that, and it looked fine

[inmylife2415]

Originally Posted by svmeyer

Nope, just a feedneck lol. I checked it 4 times previous to that, and it looked fine

if it was a Q lock, F those necks. that was the first thing i ever tried to polish and it was a FAIL!!

[svmeyer]

It was actually a ccm feedneck. Now the world is one less lol

[Taxarod]

Ah lol, I see what you guys did there,

I want to polish one whole gun one day.

[inmylife2415]

i polished an entire shocker once. looked good for about 2 weeks then just looked beat to s***. the polished metal gets little flaws and scratches much easier and would cause you to re polish constantly, so i sold it wish i still had pictures to show it off.

[Taxarod]

Send me something to polish, I have nothing to polish right now and I doubt an all polished axe would look good lol, I'm just doing a couple parts.

[eskeoto]

I just started polishing one of my guns. I will post the body up when I'm done with it.
I didn't use any sandpaper on it though. Just stripped the anno with easy off and used a rubbing compound on it.
Here in a little bit I will go over it with some mothers and then some jewelers rouge.

Edit:

No jewelers rouge yet. I have some trouble spots that I need to smooth out before I finish it.

[phantommaggot]

Originally Posted by Taxarod

Send me something to polish, I have nothing to polish right now and I doubt an all polished axe would look good lol, I'm just doing a couple parts.

I have a cyborg frame you can polish

[Taxarod]

Originally Posted by phantommaggot

I have a cyborg frame you can polish

Do you need it back when I'm done?

[Spyder124]

eskeoto, looks good so far! I have an older intimidator body I am thinking about polishing as well, in hopes of getting the tooling marks out of it. keep us updated on your ironman

[skinz-n-bonez]

Has anyone tried Grease Lightning or better yet, Mar Hyde Tal Strip aircraft paint remover to strip the anno? If so, how does it compare with the Easy Off? I would think Mar Hyde would be better since it's suppose to be safer on aluminum, right?

[offthahorse]

On something like an empire 2 timmy (for example) where the factory color combo is something like a bare aluminum and gloss red accents, is the "bare" aluminum annoed?

Would the piece(s) still need to be stripped or can they be sanded and polished right away?
Also, you might look in automotive sections or automotive forums (or ask a professional detailer) for products to keep polished aluminum wheels protected.

Also, for those who don't have a buffing wheel set up and don't want one but want something better than a dremel or hand polishing, try the Mothers powerball, also sold in the detail sections of auto stores.

[orionz06]

That combo would be anodized without a dye. There would still be an anodic layer to remove. I would just polish through it and skip sanding.

[offthahorse]

So strip the clear anno and go straight polish ok

[cire83]

Here are pics of the Macdev driod that i polished the body n barrel on(the barrel is shown here on the vic.). and the Bob long marq vic v1 that i did the accents on.

[Card09]

Originally Posted by cire83

Here are pics of the Macdev driod that i polished the body n barrel on. and the Bob long marq vic v1 that i did the accents on.
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That vic. Omg is it nice looking

[cire83]

Originally Posted by Card09

That vic. Omg is it nice looking

Thanks... it turned out better then I imagined. If only it was mine(it is a team mates)

[Virginia Rebel]

Originally Posted by cire83

Here are pics of the Macdev driod that i polished the body n barrel on(the barrel is shown here on the vic.). and the Bob long marq vic v1 that i did the accents on.

My Vic looks absolutely beautiful. We just need to get the barrel done and I need to put different grips on it

[ProphetMN]

Dude this worked so good! Just did it to my Bob Long Vert Reg I picked up used. Thanks for the thread!