The complaints on the Colt Forum were from several members who sent Pythons in to be refinished and a couple to have the roll stamps refreshed.

Ford's WERE famous for their "wet look" brilliant Colt Royal Blue level refinishes.
What these people got back were absolutely ruined Pythons.
The polishing looked like it had been done with sand paper, and the roll stamp refresh job looked like a kid cut it with a cold chisel and an electric marker.
No BS, the stamping refresh was just inexcusable.

The info was that Ford's had hired a new worker and he was an out and out gun butcher.
Since then, we haven't read reviews from anyone else, so until we do, we don't recommend Ford's.
Possibly it was a one-time thing, but I wouldn't risk a valuable gun without some current reviews from people who know the difference between a hack job, and an expert job.

Companies who are recommended for a old style S&W mirror polish are Glenrock and possibly Ron's.

Glenrock Blue

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