Polishing Nickel

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Droknows
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Polishing Nickel

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Has anyone had any luck? I’m looking at my buddies 586 4” Smith and Wesson thats got a hazy nickel finish. It’s not scratches, but like cloudy in spots. Anyone have a trick for polishing it up or is it just a woods gun now?
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Post by rug357 »

I used Mothers Mag and Aluminum Polish from Walmart to clean up couple of Nickel revolvers.
I just use soft cotton cloth and do it by hand. It cleaned up my revolvers nicely.
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rug357 wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 11:30 am I used Mothers Mag and Aluminum Polish from Walmart to clean up couple of Nickel revolvers.
I just use soft cotton cloth and do it by hand. It cleaned up my revolvers nicely.
Ditto. Do it by hand! Short cutting with Power tool will never make you happy.
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Post by Droknows »

Thanks guys I’ll give it a try. Can’t hurt it anymore than it is
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Post by XenShooter »

I've used Flitz Paste Polish and a micro cloth with pretty good results.
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Post by TC6969 »

Toothpaste works good for the "hazy finish."

Get the kind with the first ingredient Hydrated silica.
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Outgunu
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Post by Outgunu »

Neverdull, comes in a tin can with cotton soaked in magic juice. Shined up my nickel 357 pretty good.
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Post by photohause »

I'm with TC, I like to start with the softest least aggressive avenue first, ten proceed. Neverdull. is a great product, but sometimes does not work.
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