Nickel Plated Finish Polishing Technique.

[USSR]

Guys,

I've got a nickle plated 25-5 on the way, and I've never had a nickle plated S&W before. I got it cheap because it's not in pristine condition. I have read a bit about the polishing ingredients, so I bought some Mothers Mag and Aluminum polishing paste and some microfiber cloth. So, what I am looking for here is the polishing technique you use in polishing your nickle plated revolvers.

Don

 

[Rule3]

Guys,

I've got a nickle plated 25-5 on the way, and I've never had a nickle plated S&W before. I got it cheap because it's not in pristine condition. I have read a bit about the polishing ingredients, so I bought some Mothers Mag and Aluminum polishing paste and some microfiber cloth. So, what I am looking for here is the polishing technique you use in polishing your nickle plated revolvers.

Don

You can use the Mothers or Flitz, just don't over do it!

 

[bigggbbruce]

You can use the Mothers or Flitz, just don't over do it!

and nice soft cotton cloth.

 

[USSR]

I've got the products, just looking for your polishing technique.

 

[Rule3]

Wax on Wax off Circular motion

B

Thread 'Polishing a 2.5 inch Nickel Model 19-3?'

Mar 7, 2025

Hey guys Benjamin here

I recently rescued this beautiful model 19 in nickel from my LGS. I was able to get them down to 750 in hopes of touching up the finish with care. I seems to be seldom fired in its lifetime as lockup and the cylinder yoke is very tight. Very faint burn rings on the cylinder face and no flame cutting on the top strap.

The finish is overall good without pitting but just dull in most places. I really don't mind the way it is. This is my first nickel plated revolver and I wanted to know if there was a good way to polish it without removing or harming the finish? I...

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• Forum: S&W Revolvers: 1961 to 1980

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[dfariswheel]

When polishing bright nickel, less is definitely more.
The less you do the better.

Use a fine polish like Flitz and a microfiber cloth and do no more then you absolutely have to.
ALL metal polishes are abrasive, some more then others.
Each time you use one, you remove a thin layer of the plating. That's what the black stain on the polishing cloth is, removed plating.

Polish with the wrong polish or polish too hard or too often and you'll be surprised when you see something odd and realize you polished down to the steel in a spot.
Trying to polish out any kind of actual scratch and you're going to do serious damage.

 

[Jerry M]

We use to use Simoniz Wax in the old days.

 

[USSR]

Guys,

I am looking for info as to how to polish directionally. As to, say, polish perpendicular to the barrel, around the diameter of the cylinder, etc.