Trigger sear polishing

[leetrenchard]

Sear, accursed spellchecker.

Morning all.

Lidl have their Dremel fit sets in stock today.

One of these sets is a polishing set that has several shapes of green tipped tools that appear to be grindstones.

These are actually some sort of rubber with a polishing compound in it.

They are the absolute bees knees for bringing metal parts to a mirror finish and do so after only a very minor touch.

£3.99 or 2 for £6!

[joffy]

Sear, accursed spellchecker.

Morning all.

Lidl have their Dremel fit sets in stock today.

One of these sets is a polishing set that has several shapes of green tipped tools that appear to be grindstones.

These are actually some sort of rubber with a polishing compound in it.

They are the absolute bees knees for bringing metal parts to a mirror finish and do so after only a very minor touch.

£3.99 or 2 for £6!

I'll have to pop in tomorrow for a quick look

[pelletcaster]

IMHO based on experience not worth the money.
Better stick with quality tools.

[joffy]

IMHO based on experience not worth the money.
Better stick with quality tools.

I prefer using worn out wet and dry paper for polishing as it doesn't take too much off

[Brooksy]

As above, very fine wet and dry, 1000 grade, then 1500 grade, final polish with toothpaste.

[leetrenchard]

As above, very fine wet and dry, 1000 grade, then 1500 grade, final polish with toothpaste.

It'll only cost you £3.99 to try them out, you most likely won't be going back to wet & dry and toothpaste.

[mattyw1987]

These really do work well but on trigger sears I never use them as I like to try and keep the shape as close to original as possible and wet dry followed by autosol on a flat surface is more precise.

[TenMetrePeter]

Those in 60+ age group will remember ink rubbers. Used to wreck your paper but great for shining up steel similar to what you describe.

[craig9mm]

might be useful for air rifle cylinders,my old gunsmith used polishing stones for trigger sears on S&W and Colts

[angrybear]

I prefer using worn out wet and dry paper for polishing as it doesn't take too much off

As above, very fine wet and dry, 1000 grade, then 1500 grade, final polish with toothpaste.

Might I recommend to you both cockpit glass polishing kits, start at 5000 grade & go down to 25,000 grade, sadly since leaving the RAF I'm not sure where to get them

[TenMetrePeter]

Might I recommend to you both cockpit glass polishing kits, start at 5000 grade & go down to 25,000 grade, sadly since leaving the RAF I'm not sure where to get them

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