Man that's a beautiful piece, I live in the UK where they don't allow us the freedom you guys have with firearms. I do target shooting with air powered rifles but would love a hand gun. That Sir is bloody beautiful!

I have an old Model 66 (no dash) from 1974, that has been shot but well taken care of. After watching this video, I can attest to everyone that after cleaning it like this, the end result is unbelievable beauty!!! Anyone with a stainless steel firearm, you should do this. You will be very pleased. Thank you for this video.

I watched your video and went straight out and bought a can. I have a 25 year old S&W 686 which came with a satin finish. Well, it was looking it's age and in about 45 minutes Mother's had it looking better than new! I was never really happy with the satin finish look, now it is much shinier but I stopped short of making it a mirror type finish. Very easy to work with - minimal pressure required. Thanks for the video!

Thank you so much. I just got a new king cobra target. It was factory new. The cylinder was blackened a bit. Came right off. Then I took grips off and did whole gun. 2 hours latter, the gun looks like a mirror. No scratches. Finally something on the internet that works! Thanks again friend.

@250rapid the main reason is the risk of damaging the surface. Any polishing tool that spins at high speed can marr the surface. Especially if the wheel become contaminated with residue from the polishing. It may not be that noticeable but hold the gun up to the light and look at the spider web like marks. There is also the risk of overworking a surface. Hand polishing is relaxing and eliminates all the risk of retexturing.

Dude, I suffer from chronic spinal pain and laughter really helps with my pain.. The comments you sprinkle throughout your videos keep me laughing.. Thank you for posting these videos. They have really helped me. I am what they call a techno peasant meaning I am not very good with my hands/tools etc... Your videos make up for my lack of knowledge.. Thank you and keep posting them.. kevin

Thanks......GREAT VIDEO ! ! great demonstration. You take the magic out of the art of polishing it and make it a reality that we can all achieve.

TIP: I used to work at a business polishing small metal parts by hand. Don't use a tshirt, it's a waste. Use Charmin Ultra Soft toilet paper (the red package). My understanding of it is that it's one of the few TP that does not contain small cardboard bits, so it does not scratch at all. True or not? I don't know, but I know it worked GREAT. And you don't have to rub it in hard, just lightly. Fold a square into 1/8th. A little goes a long ways.

Great job! I picked up a new 649 in .357 about a month ago. I now know what to use and how... Thank you, sir!

shiny ak here it comes

That is one beautiful Colt. Thank you for the video.

Thanks bud, you just answered every question I had coming to KZfaq today! Awesome job!!

Getting my first stainless revolver in a couple of weeks. Can't wait to get it super-shiny. Thanks for the video!

YM, thanks for this video. I did one coat (so far) on my new SP101 and it is significantly better - not so dam rough. Took me about 45 minutes.

This really helps! I just bought a Model 64 and I'm going to use this video and the scratch video to bring it back.

Hi, thanks for your video. I have a snubby 357 in stainless, that had gotten scratched up, and then had dremel marks (rubber polishing bit) all over it from trying to get out the scratches. I happened to already have a container of that Mothers polish, so I followed your instructions yesterday, and now my revolver looks even better and brighter than new, it looks really awesome. :-)

I sure do enjoy your channel. Funny guy and lots of good knowledge...I'm an old guy now but those " choking your chicken" cracks brings back some good memories.

A shiny barrel really does add some bling to a gun.

That is why I like stainless. No finishes to get damaged.

Thanks man I just got the mothers mag ima do the same to my gun looks really nice bro good video

Dang! Very helpful video! I'll try this on a pistol. Thanks for uploading this, love the results on your revolver.

Dude your video by far is one of the best! Keep up the good work my man.

hey there, just a message from a viewer in England and I cant thank you enough, great video and everyone loves top gear! my dan wesson is really starting to shine out! thanks again!

Great video, helped me out alot. Thank you for taking the time to show us how to do it properly.

Thank you very much for making this video. Very helpful.

DAMN! That's a nice shine bro!

Damn I love Colts and that polishing job looks sweet on that pony, nicely done......

Thank you. I had a gun smith scratch my slide when installing the Williams site on my Desert Eagle. This video helped out a lot!

God damn... That turned out better than I expected... Damn good work!

That looks awesome! Thanks for the tip 👍

Didn't think anyone would notice. I can't help myself. Keep up the awesome vids!

Man I had NO idea this was possible with mothers and a cloth. Awesome video!!👏

Did my S&W SD 40 VE stainless slide and barrel... wow looks really good. Nice piece of info.

Great video! I did the same to my ruger GP100 this sunday and it's looking very good thanks!!!

Thanks for the video. I had never polished one of my handguns. Did my Freedom Arms Premier Grade and SP101 Engraved. Instead of having two absolutely gorgeous guns, I now have two absolutely incredibley gorgeous guns. Was a little hesitant about doing the 101, but said what the heck. Came out great.

Thanks for the tips. I just started polishing my S&W 629-1 and she is looking nice. I'm going to go for the shine you put on the Colt.

I love it. I especially love ss finishes since you can buff out scratches and not freak out (like I would) with scratches or dings on chrome or nickel. Thanks!

Awesome. My GP100 and I have a date now...

What a great tutorial! Im definitely gonna try this.

Man that came out awesome, good video

Love it! Well done. I need an old gun that I'm not to worried about screwing up on my first try before moving on the the 686 and the Super Redhawk. Great vid!

Just wanted to say thanks. I just ran out and bought the Mothers polish and man my S & W 640 looks great.

I was gonna hit my taurus .44 with the dremmel but you saved me. Looks fantastic great job.

I just so happen to polish a barrel of mine today with Mothers, I did it by hand as well came out great. Your revolver will look like a million bucks after all is said and done. Thanks for the vids.

It really does work well.

Thanks for the great video. I have a T/C Hawken rifle that is more than 30 years old that looks brand new with the exception of the brass furnishings. Until I saw this video a couple of weeks ago, I didn’t know how to renew all the brass. Not knowing if Mother’s Mag polish would work on brass, I thought it would try it anyway. Guess what? It made the brass look new again. Thanks for the idea.

Thanks Yankee I have been using your method and it works great

I just did this with a very rough LE Trade-in 6906, I used a bench grinder with a cloth wheel, very quick and easy.

Wow great job, I will try this now. Very good video and info.

Hey YankeeMarshall, thanks a bunch for the informative video. I'm thinking about doing this to a Ruger GP100. Your video helped understand how to do it properly.

This method worked like a charm !!

Damn dude. I have seen that gun before and I didn't think it was able to be polished. The ones I saw were almost a matte finish they had such a brushed finish on it. That looks great. Now I really can't wait to get my S&W 64 snub! I'm gonna really shine it up.

Thanks for this vid. Definitely helped me out.

I can almost always tell a surface that was polished with a dremel. it leaves distinct patterns in the steel you can see at the right angle.

3:52 best part of the whole video!! Made my day! Doublewide baby!

I keep meaning to try that stuff.

Damn fine tutorial. Added to my favs.

Thanks! I just polished my XD Sub-Compact 40 it looks beautiful

I do the same on my shiny chrome blank 9mm/380RK replica of S&W .38 special...works amazing! Thanks for that educational video.

Great video. Just wanted to say thanks, my XD-9 barrel looks great now.

thank for the tip just did my kahr cm9 barrel and it looks great!

I like that. Nice job!

Thank you for this presentation. I may try this on my S&W Md. 63.

Wow, looks great! Good point about the Dremel. I was doing great until I slipped the bit off and had the Dremel rod grind a nice gouge into my finish which I was close to being done. Only good thing was I was using one of my least used guns to practice with a different buffing compound. Going to use the same Mother's stuff you use now. Thanks!

Really nice job.

Thank You. Great video

Really love your vids, but am especially thankful for your instructional videos...thanks. ;)

Makes me want to go pick up a old smith an go to town. The colt looks great!

I just bought a used Smith and Wesson and I got a bit of polishing to do. Thanks for the video YM, soon my gun is gunna be perdy

I am totally beyond belief as to what Mothers Mag and Aluminum polish has done to my stainless Smith and Wesoon 44 mag. I thought I had already done a beautiful polish job on my pistol. I can't thank you enough for your video. I no longer want to shoot it. I just want to look at it. I have 2 500 mags that are going to get the same treatment. THANK YOU!!!

thanks for the video. today i purchased the same polish you have along with the much more expensive mothers billet metal polish. i recently purchased a smith and wesson .500 with the 8 3/8 inch barrel as a substitute carry piece while my desert eagle is off getting reworked. the stock stainless finish looks boring. ill be spending a few days rubbing the new one down. this was helpful. :D

Outstandingly informative video as always! Thank you for sharing. BTW I will never be able to look at your forearms the same again! lol

you've given me some hope... i unintentionally sanded the fine edge where the frame comes together above the trigger (gp100). i cant leave well enough alone. thank you!

Great video

Okay thanks for the info! Great vid!

Not sure about polishing guns, but I did a vid on polishing aluminum once...I used some really fine sand paper, before using the same mothers polish. It may take a little elbow grease out of the equation. I used the polish as the final step and it came out very nice.

Really helpful video doing this soon to my 44 magnum 4” barrel

That looks pretty sweet. I think I'll do the slide to my XDm .45 bitone this Sunday, and post a short, "Before and after," video Tuesday or Wednesday. I'm (Finally) on vacation, and have nothing better to do. Thanks for the upload.

I realize this is way dated, but thanks a ton for this video, it's exactly what I needed.

If you want perfection, use a sanding block to get a perfectly flat surface and then a cotton buffing wheel on a bench grinder with a fine compound. You'll get a perfect mirror even on stainless. Be careful with the sanding block(I use 1000 grit at the roughest and 3000 on the last pass) because you can burn through the embossed logos and numbers. It isn't necessary unless you want a perfect, wave-less mirror finish. If you don't mind some waves and reflection distortion, just go straight to the buffing wheel. Never use steel wool. It leaves deposits behind that will rust and damage the gun.

This looks amazing! I have a brushed Lone Wolf G21T slide that is begging for this treatment. I already ordered the Mother's mag!

Who are you trying to kid Yankee? We all know the reason you really made this video is so you could continually talk about polishing, buffing, and rubbing your gun. Nice job. I like doing that kind of work too, where it's kind of mindless, and you can just kind of relax, zone out, and clear your mind. I'm really glad you did half of it for a before and after. That was a great idea instead of doing side by sides. Swing how much it would take to bring it to a shine in real time was good.Great job.

Thank you this a very useful video.

Very nice I like that polish look on that revolver

Thanks for this vid man! My gun is now the nickel plated sissy pistol I always knew it was!

@MagRes50Cal glad you found it helpful. Don't rub your gun too much. You will go blind. :)

That is a nice job! About Dremmel polishing it can blur the edges of the barrel markings I have done it... Thanks for the tips

I like the Mat Finish myself. As you said,when you polish it it becomes a fingerprint magnet. Plus I kinda like the industrial look of the Mat Finish.

Great video thanks by hand does come out better

Had a friend that said the same thing until he tried to trade in a Colt to a collector he had polished and the guy pointed out to him all the micro surface damage his dremel had done to the steel.

Seen this vid yesterday and been shining on my redhawk 44 mag since haha it's looking amazing

Big forearms always come from polishing!!! Yah I went there too! good video!

You get the thumbs-up simply for the forearm comment had me rolling

Yes, it will work.

Nice work

In my deliverance voice- You got a purty gun there boi.

Simply using mothers on Rugers revolvers does not work the same as it does on Smith and Wesson for those of you thinking of doing this to your Rugers. The metal is different. Ruger uses casting metal vs forged. So with that there are deep marks and swirl marks on the Ruger metal that simply wont buff out by using mothers. Even using a high speed dremel and polish compound does not remove most of the blemishes in the metal. You almost always have to wet sand the Rugers to get a clean mirror finish. Trust me, ive polished almost all types of metal and the casting Ruger uses is a bitch to get to a mirror finish compared to other metals. Something to keep in mind for all you Ruger folks thinking of doing this. The runs and marks in the Ruger metal are so deep you have to use a 300-400 grit to start off then work your way up and finish with a 2000-2500 grit. It takes time, patience and can be frustrating, but take your time and wet sand and you can get the same finish you would on a smith.

Thank you. Great job..

thanks for doing videos! you make me laugh everytime I'm pissed off

oh yeah that came out really nice