How do you guys polish stuff
That title was grammatically correct by the way. Anyway, I am thinking about polishing some hammers and trigger sears while I’m stuck at home for the week. What do you guys use for polishing? I have a case tumbler with everything setup to to rifle casings, but I am worried that either the cleaner is going to mess something up, or I will leave something in for too long. Is the a way to mess it up in a case tumbler? Is a case tumbler ok to use with parts like these? Should I not use the liquid solution and just use dry tumbling media? Thanks for any advice!
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Use felt wheels on your Dremel. You can use things like JB Bore Paste, Brasso, Flex (I think that is what it is called), even toothpaste and/or baking soda. Any very fine grit compound will work. The idea is to smooth out the rough surface, not grind it down. Using something like this stuff will take quite a bit of time and effort to grind it down to the point it is dangerous.
I was planing on using case tumbler cleaner and just applying it with a spray bottle. The plastic is spread out like a cutting wheel, but in strands like wire. It is hard plastic, but flexible like weed wacker wire but much thinner. The other wheel I was planning on using is almost, what feels like, pure cotton or some other organic soft cloth. It’s just a whole bunch of layers of cloth held together somehow.
What kind of polish you going to use? The plastic wire polishing wheels? Are they impregnated with diamond?
I have a dremmel with he soft polishing and plastic wire polishing wheels, but I’m worried that I might take too much material off the trigger sear and make it unsafe. Is that possible with a dremmel? The tumbler is filled with pecan media also.
4″ nylon buff mounted on 3600rpm grinder motor. I load the buff with gray diamond rouge. I use my jewlery wood hand vice to hold small trigger parts.
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The lathe for round stuff, obviously. A hardwood sanding block for flat surfaces. I have a separate granite slab for polishing stuff that must be PERFECTLY flat. A Foredom Moto-tool to get into small places. I go to the body shops for good wet and dry paper.