First attempt at polishing my 686.

[mclark202]

This gun wasn't in too bad of shape, but I had always wanted to shine up a stainless revolver so I picked up some mother's mag polish and spent a few hours in front of the TV with an old shirt. I was really impressed with how it turned out with such little time invested into it. Wish I had some better pics but will get a few.

All I need now is some good wood grips to make it really stand out.

 

[OldBlood]

Mighty nice. I have a 2 1/2 and a 4. That 6 sure looks good.

 

[JCS&W]

Nice looking Smith and good work polishing it out. Yeah, you really need to ditch those "goodyears" and put some wood on it. Again, great looking Smith.

 

[bananaman]

VERY NICE! I polished my 67 no dash w/ Flitz. Probably the same results. There are many grip sources out there for some nice stuff. I just got a set of Thailand grips for my 28. (through ebay) There is a thread here about them. The wood is unusual on mine, which is what I wanted. I had to do minor fitting one of them. The end results are very good, but haven't shot it yet with them on. Bob

 

[H Richard]

Hogues look nice on 6" 686's.

 

[Copperhed]

Looks gorgeous!
I picked up one for my wife a couple years ago that was an absolute wreck.
Randy at Apex checked it out mechanically and I spent a few nights polishing it up, turned out very nice. Shoulda saved some "before" pictures.

 

[JoeHatley]

Nice job. I'm one of those folks who really like a highly polished gun.

 

[ladder13]

Get some wood grips to really make it POP.

 

[ckprax]

It looks good, I love stainless because it is so easy to alter the finish. I generally prefer polished, yours is a beauty.

 

[kennyb]

yepper...good work and 10-4 on mothers as well as flitz..

 

[greekfed]

I also like Hogues on my guns.

I really need to try my hand at polishing this 648:

 

[RobsTV]

Mothers works great!
Here are a couple of my 500 after around an hour of hand polishing.

 

[MacA]

NICE JOB!! Definitely worth the effort!!

I own two 4" 686 no dash models. One is a "safe queen" and the other is a "shooter". When I bought my shooter it had a lot of minor scrapes and scratches. I went-to-town on it with Mother's and it turned out really nice. My safe queen is a ANIB beauty. This one will keep its original dull appearance. I love the look of both of them!

Here are some pics...

The Shooter:

The Safe Queen:

 

[Cocked & Locked]

shine on...

 

[LAS&W4me]

Is that polish safe for nickel pistols as well?

 

[JCS&W]

LAS&W4me, yes. Flitz and Mothers Mag Polish work very well on nickel guns. Just do not press hard and use a soft cloth to polish and buff out. NEVER put a polishing tool on a nickel gun. Post pics when you polish it out.

 

[Clean Break]

NICE JOB!! Definitely worth the effort!!

I own two 4" 686 no dash models. One is a "safe queen" and the other is a "shooter". When I bought my shooter it had a lot of minor scrapes and scratches. I went-to-town on it with Mother's and it turned out really nice. My safe queen is a ANIB beauty. This one will keep its original dull appearance. I love the look of both of them!

Here are some pics...

The Shooter:

The Safe Queen:

Wow, I prefer the "shooter"! Clean Break

 

[M3Stuart]

I really like the SS guns because you can buff out the imperfections - unlike the blued guns.

One caveat; once you get them really shiney like that, if you 'attention focus' on it - then all the smudges which will invariably appear will bug you.

On mine, if the factory matte stainless finish is intact and it isn't scratched up, then I won't use anything more than polish on it.

 

[LAS&W4me]

LAS&W4me, yes. Flitz and Mothers Mag Polish work very well on nickel guns. Just do not press hard and use a soft cloth to polish and buff out. NEVER put a polishing tool on a nickel gun. Post pics when you polish it out.

Will do. Thanks for the advice

 

[LAS&W4me]

I picked up some Mother's polish today and this stuff is amazing. Here's my Model 15 after an hour. Sorry for the cell phone pics