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    Posted: 11 July 2004 at 12:02pm
Can I use brasso the polish my gun:) I think its a stupid questioni but its worth asking.
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Points: 175 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 July 2004 at 2:29pm

i donno, sure. go ahead u can use anything that gets the paint off.

steel wool would work fine, thats what i used
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Points: 799 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 July 2004 at 3:38pm
brasso wont get paint overspray off, it is a metal polish . yes you can use it, but if you have the abilty to get onto military bases, go into the PX and pck up somehting called "maas" it cmes in a little silver tube. nothing beats it.
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your supposed to use mothers polish
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Do you mean to clean it up and give it a shine? If so brasso may work but its like a fingerprint magnet. I used turtlewax on my gun before and it worked pretty good, just be sure to wipe it all off or it turns green and crusts up.
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Points: 17 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 July 2004 at 6:33pm

steal wool is definitly the best idea. may take longer but ends wup wit nice finsh or scotch bright pad will help if u can get it to spin at a high rpm while polishing...then again u can always crome it lol

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Wont steel wool cause scratches/cracks in the internals?
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Just don't over do it on the steel wool. You can use sand paper if you prefer, but i find steel wool to be better and easier to use.  Just use it lightly to take off scratches and rough parts. Be careful using on the inside of the body; if you take off too much metal the bolt might not seal correctly. If possible use a dremel [with polishing wheel] to polish the internals with 'Mother's Mag and Aluminum Polish.' It helps a lot.

Here are some sites on polishing internals http://www.model98.net/mod3.html

http://www.ottersccustoms.com/polishing.html (The do not sand inside of body warning is more applicable to Spyders because of how they are made, just use common sense.)



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i would not touvh the inside at all if your ju7st lookin to shine the out side jsut do the out side and aviod the inside

 
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Originally posted by Pmoney Pmoney wrote:

Just don't over do it on the steel wool. You can use sand paper if you prefer, but i find steel wool to be better and easier to use.  Just use it lightly to take off scratches and rough parts. Be careful using on the inside of the body; if you take off too much metal the bolt might not seal correctly. If possible use a dremel [with polishing wheel] to polish the internals with 'Mother's Mag and Aluminum Polish.' It helps a lot.


Here are some sites on polishing internals http://www.model98.net/mod3.html


http://www.ottersccustoms.com/polishing.html (The do not sand inside of body warning is more applicable to Spyders because of how they are made, just use common sense.)



I agree with everything but one thing. There isn't much of a seal created on the inside of the gun. The rear bolt o-ring seals MOSTLY on the inside of the powertube, and not really on the body of the gun.
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