Finish on a Stainless Steel 686

[Luckyforward]

Another view . . .

[Guest Alpha Dog]

Last stainless revolvers I owned was way back in the late 80's, maybe 90 or 91. Ruger Security six and a Redhawk 44 mag. Boy, I miss those guns.

Anyway, I used a rag that was impregnated with something...I think the brand name of the rag was something like "Lead Away." Boy howdy, that thing would take the lead, powder, anything right off. The cylinder faces, the rear of the barrel, everything was pretty as new.

I used very, very fine grit wet/dry abrasive paper to match the brushed finish and finished it with a couple of grades of emery cloth. Very easy to keep them looking brand new.

[Rightwinger]

That looks fantastic!

[Luckyforward]

That looks fantastic!

Thanks!

The guidance of the great folks here led me to this result!

[DaveTN]

Dave, thank you for posting the pic here . . . I am still not sure how to post pics properly. How did you know where to go in and see to add the "h"?

I saw the web address for you picture but noticed that in the http// the h was missing.

http://www.your-web-address-here

I am guessing you tried to copy the web address and then selected the “image†icon in the forum software. You just didn’t have all of the address highlighted when you copied.

Since you are using PhotoBucket you don’t have to use the image icon in the forum software. When you are looking at your thumbnails (the small images) you will see choices as shown in the picture below. If you just click on the “IMG Code†you will see the yellow “COPIED†flag pop up (as shown). Then you can just paste that into your post in your forum message.

The picture won’t show up in your message until you hit “preview postâ€.

Hope that helps.

x

[Luckyforward]

That clarifies a lot, Dave - and sounds much easier than what I was trying to do.

Thank you!

[Guest eseaton]

The 6" 686 was one of the best revolvers I ever owned.

eseaton

[wjh2657]

Try MAAS cream. I got a tube at Wally World. It is a little expensive but a little bit goes a long way,

It leaves a clear finish, wax I believe, to protect the finish. I finish up my cleaning with MAAS now with all of my SS revolvers.