Flitz polish

HOPPES#9

rct269 said:
Flitz employs an abrasive. Abrasives remove all sorts of stuff----some good---some not so good.

Ralph Tremaine

And having been chastised for not suggesting an alternative, Hoppes #9----wipe on, wipe off. A caveat: I'm told nickle guns can have an adverse reaction to Hoppes. I wouldn't know about that.
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Been told that for years and did a test which turned out negative. Of course, anything is possible. There were an abundance of companies making Nickel guns throughout history and I would say many had their OWN process. However, I took an old, old gun, that had some flaking here and there and soaked it in Hoppes for TWO weeks and there was no lost of finish, nor could and finish be removed with any ease. I therefore put the idea to rest in my own mind. :) There you have it. I only suggest that anyone should not over do ANY process. JMHO :rolleyes:
 
I would have to think that if Flitz was abrasive enough to remove any of the bluing then there should have been some evidence of that on the polishing cloth which the was none.

I'm sure with enough force and vigorous rubbing it very well could.
 
mm93 said:
I've always used either Old West Snake Oil to wipe down my guns, or regular old Minn Wax paste to protect them. I've used Flitz and Minn Wax on this Model 25 in .45 Colt since I bought it new in the late 1970's. Doesn't seem to show any wear from it that I've noticed?

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Sure looks good to me. I don’t buy it thst it removes blueing unless it’s a cheap blue job, I’ve been using it myself on handguns and rifles for a long time and I haven’t seen any evidence of that.
 
I'm another who has never seen any evidence that Flitz will damage a blue finish. I'm sure it will if you really set your mind to it, but I work lightly, slowly, and by hand. I'm trying to polish something, not sand down a tabletop.

I follow up with a coat or two or Ren Wax, but I'm sure some other wax will work just as well.
 
I used it to clean up my 27-7 and it came out really nice too.
 
Based on this thread, I ordered a tube of Flitz, fine brass wool and Already have oil and Renaissance wax. I'm thinking that should be good for most non-disasters. By a weird coincidence someone gave me a 7 litre ultrasonic cleaner yesterday. From what I'm reading in other threads, I will have little use for it with old blued guns but who knows.
 
Flitz is a FANTASTIC product and I've gone through many tubes of it over the years! I've also been using it on cars and motorcycles lately, especially on wheels!

With blued guns I'd not make Flitz (or ANY abrasive cleaner/polisher) a routine! Yes, even though it's a mild one, Flitz IS an abrasive! Routine use on a Blued Revolver will eventually thin the Bluing. If done carefully and gently, once or twice over the Revolvers life won't hurt too much, but I'd really not do it more than that.
 
runscott said:
Based on this thread, I ordered a tube of Flitz, fine brass wool and Already have oil and Renaissance wax. I'm thinking that should be good for most non-disasters. By a weird coincidence someone gave me a 7 litre ultrasonic cleaner yesterday. From what I'm reading in other threads, I will have little use for it with old blued guns but who knows.
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I've yet to pick up any wax.
 
rubiranch said:


I've yet to pick up any wax.
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Sounds like for guns, any carnuba works well, but I would still get a small can of Renaissance. It's also handy for most anything wood or leather and one can should last you a long time.
 
Flitz

One week prior to this thread I used Flitz on a beater 1917 commercial. 99% of the bluing came off. I was not aggressive. I will put up pics on another thread. I’m hoping I took off a bad old reblue and not the original finish! Be careful gents.
There are 2 products: Flitz wax in a black squeeze bottle and abrasive Flitz in the tube as pictured by the OP. I used the tube product. Dave
 
I hope it works out good for you Thinnes.

I was not aggressive at all, not in the least. There was no trace of any bluing on the cloth I wiped it off with.

I'm not going to be polishing my guns with Flitz every other day. I seriously doubt than any of my guns have ever been thoroughly cleaned.

So far I am 110% pleased with the results I'v got from polishing them with Flitz.
 
runscott said:
Sounds like for guns, any carnuba works well, but I would still get a small can of Renaissance. It's also handy for most anything wood or leather and one can should last you a long time.
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I will order some today. Enough folks here have recommended it so now I'm sold.
 
We are well into this post, but I think this pertinent. I once was a research microbiologist who did electron microscopy. Why that is important, is following. When a filament change was necessary, and to do it required removing the top of the entire column...a big job that had to be followed by realignment. Before reassembling the column, the anode cap above the filament....which gets coated with tungsten vapors...must be cleaned.. It looks like shiny chromed cap with a hole in the center through which a stream of electrons flow and are then directed with large electromagnets(lenses). Point here...and pertaining to our guns...IF the wrong cleaner or polish is used...tearing down a column required another 4 hours and the wrong polish makes scratches that are invisible to the eye. The Hitachi engineers REQUIRED "Wenol" paste A German product readily available here. I never used Flitz again. It is great on stainless, car bumpers, etc. but maybe too ABRASIVE.

Wenol is available in an orange tube, perfect for our uses, or an even finer Blue tube. Remember slow is better....everything is abrasive, even a cotton glove.
 
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tjpopkin said:
Wenol is available in an orange tube, perfect for our uses, or an even finer Blue tube. Remember slow is better....everything is abrasive, even a cotton glove.
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So would the blue tube be better than the orange??
 
rubiranch said:
So I bought another polishing cloth and some Renaissance Wax and waxed it. :D

It looks better in person. Really. ;)

Thanks for the advise. :)
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Beautiful! By WA state law, I should be able to pick up my .357 magnum Saturday (here in WA-WA-land 'maximum wait' for anything firearm-related actually means 'minimum wait, then you complain, then you can wait some more').

Polish, wax, silicon cloth, etc., etc....all on standby. Hopefully I will have a nice set of 'before and after' photos for this thread by Saturday afternoon.
 
runscott said:
Beautiful! By WA state law, I should be able to pick up my .357 magnum Saturday
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Thank you. "waiting" Kind of like being a kid who gets up too early on Christmas morning.

I recently acquired a .357 Magnum with a 3 1/2" barrel but I wont get it for maybe a month or so. I'd like to have it yesterday. :D

runscott said:
Polish, wax, silicon cloth, etc., etc....all on standby. Hopefully I will have a nice set of 'before and after' photos for this thread by Saturday afternoon.
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I had a bunch of cleaning stuff including some Hoppe's bore cleaner. Almost every gun I have acquired this pat year were extremely neglected so I bought some odds and ends to clean them up.

Now I keep getting more stuff due to recommendations from folks here in the forum - all good stuff.



My sister sent this to me for Christmas so now I think I'm set. :rolleyes:

 
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