polishing your barrell
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Topic: polishing your barrell
Posted By: surfnbrad
Subject: polishing your barrell
Date Posted: 10 February 2005 at 2:16pm
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ok i thought of this when screwing wood together. you take a squeegee the (stick kind) grind down the one end so it will fit into an electric screw driver then tighten in tighly so there is no wobble. rub polishing cream all down the part of the squeegee that goes in the barrell then stick it your favorite barrell and turn it on the high velcoity spinning motion polishes to a shine i did this to my stock a-5 barrell and shoots farther and straighter than my 8' bigshot polishing reduces the friction beteween the ball and the barrell .
tell me wat u think ok
------------- Tippmann A-5: $230/ E-grip: $120/ JCS trigger: $32/ Tear drop Barrel: $35/ Bunkering you while using it: Priceless |
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Posted By: eaglesin05
Date Posted: 10 February 2005 at 2:39pm
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Interesting if it works
------------- Camo'd 98C Remote Polished internals Dbl trigger 14" J&J Ceramic Barrel Rocket Cock 2 Trigger Slop Mod 12V Revvy 03' Dye stikies R/T Drop Forward |
Posted By: Dozer_Da_Punk
Date Posted: 10 February 2005 at 2:42pm
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The stock a-5 barrel is an absoultly brutle barrel i find it hard to belive polishing it would do anything ------------- 
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Posted By: surfnbrad
Date Posted: 10 February 2005 at 3:05pm
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try it out your self but when i polished the big shot it was even better it doesn't make it perfect since no paintball will ever shoot stragiht as a bullet but just better ------------- Tippmann A-5: $230/ E-grip: $120/ JCS trigger: $32/ Tear drop Barrel: $35/ Bunkering you while using it: Priceless |
Posted By: lester98c
Date Posted: 10 February 2005 at 3:14pm
| sounds cool maybe ill try |
Posted By: Curlyman666
Date Posted: 10 February 2005 at 3:44pm
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sounds like an ok idea maybe ill try it on my stock 98 barrel but never on my J&J ceramic.would you be able to use something besides a squeegee like steel wool on a stick with polishing stuff?i do have a drill and some polishing bits but that wouldnt fit down a barrel ------------- signature |
Posted By: surfnbrad
Date Posted: 10 February 2005 at 4:03pm
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try it out on the ceramic it would be great im a hunter and i saw that a 20 guage barrell is rughly around the size of a (not sure) so u can buy the squeegee for the shot barrell which is steel but probaly wouldn't work sorrry i just checked 20g is to small go for a 16 guage size wool cleaner that would work in the barrell
tell me wat u think of the polishing idea im gonna start doing this at my field 3 bucks for a polished barrell no copy me lol ------------- Tippmann A-5: $230/ E-grip: $120/ JCS trigger: $32/ Tear drop Barrel: $35/ Bunkering you while using it: Priceless |
Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 11 February 2005 at 12:13pm
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Go for it, since its yer its idea....jus remember to come back and tell us on how it worked out. ------------- Do not steal....the government hates competition! 
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Posted By: HITMAN 4 HIRE
Date Posted: 11 February 2005 at 9:23pm
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i did the same thing to my pro-carbine stock barrel. it shoots just as good as a 16 inch j & j ceramic barrel. i recommend doing this with any stock paintball gun barrel. ------------- http://img56.imageshack.us/my.php?image=27278mo.jpg">  Because I can.
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Posted By: triggerhappy1
Date Posted: 12 February 2005 at 11:34am
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how could i do it without using a squegge? what about one of those fluffy cleaning rod things? i have one for a muzzle loader that fits perfectly. an should i just use mothers aluminum polish? ------------- 
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Posted By: Curlyman666
Date Posted: 14 February 2005 at 4:15pm
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yeah i got 12 and 20 gauge cleaning rods will a 12 be ok? and then just some aluminum polishing stuff. but i wouldnt do it on my J&J ceramic thats the only good barrel i got.sorry about the bump. ------------- signature |
Posted By: surfnbrad
Date Posted: 16 February 2005 at 3:44pm
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^^^the 12 guage may be a little big if u are using steel but if u use somthing soft like a stick squeegee then it would work good ^^^ ------------- Tippmann A-5: $230/ E-grip: $120/ JCS trigger: $32/ Tear drop Barrel: $35/ Bunkering you while using it: Priceless |
Posted By: cripple
Date Posted: 16 February 2005 at 4:05pm
| i wonder if it would be any better stripping the paint off |
Posted By: Mchlwise
Date Posted: 10 June 2005 at 2:50pm
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So I tried this last night. I just took a fiberglass rod I had laying around, and wrapped some cotton fabric around it until it fit tight in the barrell and then trimmed it off. I left it long enough on the rod so I could slide the barrell back and forth a couple inches while I was polishing. I used Soft Scrub for the initial polish because I didn't want it to be too abrasive, and then I used some silver polish for the final polish. I got a NICE mirror finish on the inside of my stock barrell now! I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet, and don't have any other barrell to compare it to, but the stock barrell now looks just like the inside of the after-market barrells I've looked at. ------------- n00b |