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Ok awesome. Getting somewhere and thank you. So what do you mean? a piece of wood with lense cloth mounted against it?
and thanks for the input
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What I am getting at, is I want to put a mirror polish on a matte stainless handgun just because. Can I achieve a rock solid flawless finish using a lense cloth or is the steel hard enough that the cotton wont scratch it like it does a glass lense.
I guess what I am concerned about is small scratches showing up in the finish.
You will never keep surfaces slat without using a flat surface to polish against.
Ok awesome. Getting somewhere and thank you. So what do you mean? a piece of wood with lense cloth mounted against it?
and thanks for the input
Flat.
At least wood.
In many cases larger areas are often easier to polish by moving the object (like a slide) over the abrasive.
Unless it is very close to being completed you might want to check into using finer grades of wet-or-dry paper with a water lubricant.
A glass plate you 'stick' the paper to with water works well to keep it flat.
Move the slide back and forth keeping even pressure.
Check frequently to see if the scratch pattern is uniform.
If it is already reasonable polished you could likely start around 400 grit and work up from there.
Auto body repair shops are a good source of very fine Carborundum paper (the black wet-or-dry metal working stuff).
It goes very very fine.
Some of the finest grades switch to other abrasives.
You can find things like 20,000 if you want to look.
Another thing that works well is diamond paste on glass or a steel flat.
You have to keep your on on the surface since it wears also.
It will slowly dish out.
McGuire's and compounds like that are the final step.