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Posted: 3/21/2012 9:55:30 AM EDT
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I finished my lower last night, but I put a knick in it by the bolt catch. What's the best way to repair a blemish on a lower? I have some cold blue, but didn't read if it work on Al. I heard sharpie, but that sounds kinda cheesy to me. Any advice on what works good for you would be great
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I finished my lower last night, but I put a knick in it by the bolt catch. What's the best way to repair a blemish on a lower? I have some cold blue, but didn't read if it work on Al. I heard sharpie, but that sounds kinda cheesy to me. Any advice on what works good for you would be great Aluminum black. Or just leave it. The rifle will still function. |
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Thank for the replies. I know it's gonna get scratched up eventually, but I guess I just wanted at least one day of it looking brand new. Every time I go to gawk at my baby, I end up just staring at my blemish. Move on. No sense in staring at the scratch. Stare long enough and others will pop up. You could always go use it as well? |
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It's a spikes lower. So it's more flat I meant the Aluminum Black. It's a stain, so it's more flat. To match gloss you have to use a paint. Paint suks because it comes off when you're cleaning. I've used the "pen" and it's a waste of time, IMO. |
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Thank for the replies. I know it's gonna get scratched up eventually, but I guess I just wanted at least one day of it looking brand new. Every time I go to gawk at my baby, I end up just staring at my blemish. Nothing wrong with taking pride in your stuff. You wouldn't leave a scratch or dent on your new car would you? Fix it and be happy with it. |
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Thank for the replies. I know it's gonna get scratched up eventually, but I guess I just wanted at least one day of it looking brand new. Every time I go to gawk at my baby, I end up just staring at my blemish. Nothing wrong with taking pride in your stuff. You wouldn't leave a scratch or dent on your new car would you? Fix it and be happy with it. That's right. The OP wants what he wants. Everyone has different standards. Every one of these threads seems to go sideways. Help the OP or go home. |
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Nothing wrong with taking pride in your stuff. You wouldn't leave a scratch or dent on your new car would you? Fix it and be happy with it.
Nothing wrong with taking pride in your stuff at all! I take pride in the fact that the first scratch is soon well camoflaged by the subsequent myriad of scratches. Or rather, I take pride in the fact that the scratches come by honest, hard use. 
The solution to the OP's problem is a summer of Waffenlauf and a cold season of Waffenskilaufen with weekly range time thrown in for good measure. One thing that is impossible to keep up with is scratches from honest, hard use. 
{{PS: When I was young that stuff used to bother me a lot...then as time wore on, so did my guns and then finally I didn't see the scratches at all. Or is that because my eyes ain't 20/20 anymore? }}}
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Thank for the replies. I know it's gonna get scratched up eventually, but I guess I just wanted at least one day of it looking brand new. Every time I go to gawk at my baby, I end up just staring at my blemish. Nothing wrong with taking pride in your stuff. You wouldn't leave a scratch or dent on your new car would you? Fix it and be happy with it. I would. My truck doesn't have a single panel that's not scratched, dented or dinged. It gets me from A to B. not worried about appearance, only functionality. |
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Birchwood Casey paint pen. Works wonders.
http://www.amazon.com/Birchwood-Super-Black-Gun-Touch/dp/B0049Q5JX4 |
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Thank for the replies. I know it's gonna get scratched up eventually, but I guess I just wanted at least one day of it looking brand new. Every time I go to gawk at my baby, I end up just staring at my blemish. Blemish or beauty mark, all in the eye of the beholder...and I be holdin' a scratched up rifle! 
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I think it's a matter of glass full or glass half empty.
I always thought that my rifles were too pretty so, I stopped babying them or worrying about scratched. Funny after I made that mental switch, I can't seem to beat up my rifles enough: they still look brand new in photos! On the other hand, when I was trying to keep my weapons pretty, I'd freak out of a nick or two. I would not bother trying to "fix" any nicks on your lower receiver. As long as it is properly MIL-SPEC anodized, the thin layer of aluminum oxide is a 9/10 on the Moh scale of hardness of minerals, with Diamonds being 10/10. When people think Aluminum, they think beer cans... but there are Colt M-16A1 lowers still in service! |
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I finished my lower last night, but I put a knick in it by the bolt catch. What's the best way to repair a blemish on a lower? I have some cold blue, but didn't read if it work on Al. I heard sharpie, but that sounds kinda cheesy to me. Any advice on what works good for you would be great Sorry, a bit off topic. I nicked mine first one as well. I have since used the press method with pliers as described here. Thanks Falarak! For me, it was easier, quicker and didn't nick my lower. |
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I finished my lower last night, but I put a knick in it by the bolt catch. What's the best way to repair a blemish on a lower? I have some cold blue, but didn't read if it work on Al. I heard sharpie, but that sounds kinda cheesy to me. Any advice on what works good for you would be great Sorry, a bit off topic. I nicked mine first one as well. I have since used the press method with pliers as described here. Thanks Falarak! For me, it was easier, quicker and didn't nick my lower. Without going too much into my stupidity, I installed the bolt catch detent backwards and it would not function. I had to drive out the spring pin with a roll punch. A few good whacks and the punch went all the way thru, marring the raised 1/2" long surface by the magazine well. But I did use the taped plier method to install the spring pin both times. |
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