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Polishing Nickel

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 7:26 am
by Droknows
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?

Re: Polishing Nickel

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 11:30 am
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.

Re: Polishing Nickel

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 12:28 pm
by n0rlf
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.

Re: Polishing Nickel

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 7:36 pm
by Droknows
Thanks guys I’ll give it a try. Can’t hurt it anymore than it is

Re: Polishing Nickel

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 4:08 pm
by XenShooter
I've used Flitz Paste Polish and a micro cloth with pretty good results.

Re: Polishing Nickel

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:51 pm
by TC6969
Toothpaste works good for the "hazy finish."

Get the kind with the first ingredient Hydrated silica.

Re: Polishing Nickel

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 3:32 am
by Outgunu
Neverdull, comes in a tin can with cotton soaked in magic juice. Shined up my nickel 357 pretty good.

Re: Polishing Nickel

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:50 pm
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.