Here is what I did....

 

 

 

Soaked barrel in White Vinegar for about 6 hours..... hit it with 600 grit.... then started with the Dremel and rouge , and then finally Flitz cream....

 

 

Photos dont do it justice.....

That came out great, I've heard about the vinegar thing what does it do?

Its 5% acidic...... softens the coating, so you can wipe sand it off easier....

 

..... after done soaking...... soak barrel in water and baking soda to offset acid. Then clean and oil barrel as usual...

shovelled snow for 3+ hours -

Nice job Troy, do you have any before-and-after pics?

Looks awesome! I'd like to see before and after pics also. Was is just not as shinny?

The barrel was the same color as the slide...... Melonite I think?

 

Nice job Troy.

Debating doing that myself.

I shoveled with a coal shovel because yesterday my kids took the 3 snow shovels I had on the porch and left them in the yard during the snowstorm. I guess I will find them in the spring.

I had to turn this

 

 

Into this

 

 

ha ha that's funny Tim sure you found the humour there.

ha ha that's funny Tim sure you found the humour there.

 

HAHAH arn't kids just great!

 

I came home from a night out to find my driveway shoveled, ahhhhh arn't parents just great!

ha ha that's funny Tim sure you found the humour there.

No, there was no humor found.

Finally got a chance to clean the house. Rather be doing something else, but the house was disgusting.

Damn, glad I'm in sunny 65-70 degree West Palm Beach.

Damn, glad I'm in sunny 65-70 degree West Palm Beach.

we are too

 

 

And good job on the barrel Troy.

Damn, glad I'm in sunny 65-70 degree West Palm Beach.

we are too

 

 

And good job on the barrel Troy.

 

That's cold, dude!

Here is what I did....

 

 

 

Soaked barrel in White Vinegar for about 6 hours..... hit it with 600 grit.... then started with the Dremel and rouge , and then finally Flitz cream....

 

 

Photos don't do it justice.....

 

Here is a couple of pictures we took when I polished the barrel on my son's XD9. I used a bench buffer with some jewelers rouge and stainless. Two years later and it looks just as shiny!

 

 

 

And here is a picture of the springer trigger bar, fitted, polished and installed