Polishing the body

**fiendkuja** · 10-31-2002, 04:38 PM

hmm, any way to polish it up at home? hehe

**FrAuStY** · 10-31-2002, 04:49 PM

Yeah...I have a benchgrinder/buffing wheel combo.. and the different grits of rouge. One's 4000 grit, ones 8000, and the other's like 16000 (Jewler's rouge same stuff they polish diamond facets etc with

) Otherwise, lots and lots of elbow grease. You may want to check out http://www.micro-surface.com/ They make some of the finest grit abrasives known. Kinda pricey..but a lot cheaper than a benchgrinder and buffing wheel.

**fiendkuja** · 10-31-2002, 04:56 PM

hmm, should i go back to a rough grit sandpaper and work back up?

**fiendkuja** · 10-31-2002, 05:05 PM

i think ill start back around 600 and work up. i have 600, 800, and 1200 grit sandpaper and some more 3M sanding sponges. ill use those and i believe i know where i can get some stainless steel polish to finish the job.

one more question, will this process work on the stock black body rail too? it's aluminum correct?

**rpm07** · 10-31-2002, 09:33 PM

I did mine the easy way sent it to a crome shop paid $40.00 and had it cromed:)

**fiendkuja** · 10-31-2002, 11:38 PM

final product

finished it off by lightly sanding it again with two more sanding sponges and polished it with "MAAS" creme.

this is her finally

**Dubstar112** · 11-01-2002, 07:02 AM

Polished my old mag. Theres some finger prints on it. Sweet though

(Shot excellent, Im kicking my self for selling it

)

**The Frymarker** · 11-01-2002, 12:56 PM

looks great fiend

Yours looks good too dubstar

**fiendkuja** · 11-01-2002, 01:20 PM

thanks. took a total of 5 hours work but it is well well worth it

(i did the barrel a matching shine)

**Rancid Milk** · 11-02-2002, 10:10 AM

Originally posted by fiendkuja
one more question, will this process work on the stock black body rail too? it's aluminum correct?

I'd like to know this too, I think it would work, but I'm not quite sure.

**FutureMagOwner** · 11-02-2002, 11:35 AM

well i did some sanding on the back block of my autococker to flatten it out so it wouldnt hit the body all weird and it does work sorta but it feels alot more grainy and would probably be much harder to get it to shine good without tools and or polish

**rikkter** · 11-02-2002, 12:13 PM

you can do it with the blavck body because on my back up mag where the macronline is it was resting against the top of the breech, and from playing, turning tank on and off, shooting, the hose would move of course (a little) and it wore of the black on that one area so.. and its chrome pretty much. so. yeah you can

**fiendkuja** · 11-02-2002, 08:34 PM

the black body and the black body rail are two different stories tho. the black body is stainless steel with a black coat, the rail is aluminum with a black coat. hmm, i think ill just order a chrome rail then

**rikkter** · 11-02-2002, 10:26 PM

well.. if you want to save your pennies, buy the original rail and polish that.. lol.. i did that to mine and damn.. you get a mirror finish VERY easily. i only used 320 grit and 600 then buffed it and its already a good finish, but i need to get some higher grit for my body, and then i'll do my **** benchy frame and rail again. and it'll look nice

**fiendkuja** · 11-03-2002, 01:48 AM

the stock black one? oh, and can you polish the black vert adapter?

Polishing the body

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