Was wanting to do some real detailing to a 586 and was wondering if Flitz was safe to use on a blued finish? On the other end of the spectrum will it work on stainless also?

Will work on as but remember it will shine tha area you use it on. If on blue use very very lightly as hard use will remove the blue.

I don't think it's worth it. Polish too hard or too much and you'll remove the bluing. If you feel compelled to do so then don't rub any harder than you'd rub your eyeball (with you eyelid open).

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Scoundrel & Ne'er-Do-Well

Can you recommend something safer that will make it shine?

I've used it with a light touch followed up with a high quality wax. Example attached:

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Depends on how concentrated you polish a spot and how much elbow grease you use doing so. A single application followed by a brief and gentle polish with a new micro-fiber cloth should basically just clean it up and bring the shine of the bluing back a bit.

Would a wax be safer and would a good quality auto wax work?

For waxing I use Johnson's Floor Paste wax in the tin. One tin will last longer than you lifetime. For high value targets I do splurge on Renaissance Wax. A lot of folks use Flitz on nickel and blue... but very carefully. I haven't tried it as I'm concerned with thinning the finish. JMHO

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Randy
Provenance nerd

I save my soft rags with the used simi chrome polish from cleaning my nickel and stainless finish guns. It has less bite in the used polish. I go softly on my blued guns. The bluing looks awesome. It puts the shine back in the dulled bluing.

I flitzed this one.

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then I ren waxed it

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Mike
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It's safe to use, in fact it is the best thing that I have found that will remove rust from a blued gun that will not damage the finish. Don't use too much, alittle goes a long way. The coloring that gets on your rag is from a chemical reaction not the blue itself, much like Brasso.

I use KIWI shoe polish. Wipe it on let dry a few minutes and buff it off with a piece of flannel. Shines as well as the best high dollar wax and just about everyone has an old can lying around the house. Works great on wood stocks too. Just wipe it down with rubbing alcohol first to remove the oil. Try it you'll be surprised at how well it will shine.

Eventually it will cause "damage" to the finish. It is abrasive. The more you use it on a finished surface, the thinner the finish work will get. I quotated the word damage because that is subjective. That being said, you could make a blue gun look like a stainless gun with enough Flitz and elbow grease.

Once I tried the used rag with simi chrome polish on it on my military surplus Swedish m96/6.5mm Mauser the dull bluing looked like the bluing on my colt Python it looked that good. I did a few guns so far with no problems. If you have a dull nickel finish or a dull stainless finish the used simi chrome polish will fix it. Even a dull finish from body sweat can come out like new again.

Renaissance Wax is completely safe to use on blued finishes and will polish your gun to a lovely sheen without damaging the original surface.


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Alright guys just ordered the Ren Wax. Looking forward to trying.

Just got my first can on Ren Wax last week. Dang hand is tired, because everything in the safe has been pulled out and "Ren waxed". love this stuff.

I use Flitz and Ren Wax on just about all my guns. I don't worry about damaging the finish with the Flitz because (1) I polish gently. I'm trying to polish, not sand a tabletop, and (2) I very seldom have to do it more than once, and never more than twice. After that, Ren Wax is all I use to keep 'em looking good.

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John 3:16 .

He mentioned stainless. It should be ok for stainless if you're light handed with it, right?

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My experience only here. Flitz can be used, as others have stated, with a light touch and IMHO will not damage blued finish if used that way. I also use Ren Wax and Johnson's Paste Wax. Those products are totally non abrasive and serve to protect the finish, but are not effective in removing mild surface corrosion/rust. I buy a fair number of used firearms and Flitz is the first product, then wax. In some cases, a wipe down with oil and a microfiber cloth will remove surface grunge from years of benign neglect.

Much depends on the degree of previous maintenance or lack thereof. Use common sense, start light, and don't overdo.

Any of the mild abrasives such as Flitz, Simichrome, or Mother's Mag and Aluminum polish will change the matte finish of some stainless steel to a high polish if used with vigor.