Bought a used Ruger GP100 awhile back. It has a scratch on the left side of the frame.
Any ideas how to blend this in without re-doing the whole frame?
It's not really all that bad, just hate a damaged gun.
Bought a used Ruger GP100 awhile back. It has a scratch on the left side of the frame.
Any ideas how to blend this in without re-doing the whole frame?
It's not really all that bad, just hate a damaged gun.
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You could sand it out with wet/dry sand paper working up to 2000 grit. But it will be shinier than the rest of the gun. There was a old timer on my pistol league back in the day that polished up a stainless 1911. He used fingernail buffers on the entire gun. He did this while watching TV at night. You could see yourself anywhere you looked on that gun. The shiniest carry gun that I ever seen. If not, just let it go and keep it unique. Scratches and bumps create character.
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Short answer, you can't disappear it, but you can blend it.
I used this technique to clean up a refrigerator, and my GP100. I eventually ended up glass bead blasting the entire frame, but you can blend out the scratch with Scotchbrite pads and your favorite Stainless Steel cleaner/polish.
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Polish it. Before you know it, you'll have it disassembled and getting every nook and cranny. It will turn out beautiful.
I thought about Scotchbrite, but the one scratch is pretty deep. Maybe best to just leave it alone.
I'm a woodworker. Steel is too unforgiving.
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FWIW, if you go the 3m pad route test in on an area under the grips first. The burgandy 3m pads leave a more scratchy finish on a S&W 629 barrel than what came from the factory. They also get finer as they get broken in. Tested it on a junk take off barrel some drunkard ruined trying to drill and tap, but I got a little used 629 for a song even when adding in $100 for the like new replacement barrel I got for it off of ebay.
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Burnishing, while tedious, can be very effective.
After the scratch is gone then you'll have to blend in the finish.
I thought that was a 1911 thing
I would let it ride, but your not me.
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