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How do I smooth the rough brass on Muzzleloader?
I have just bought a muzzleloading kit (gun). 20% of the hardware is brass, but in the unfinished state. The brass is not smooth, it is rough to the touch. How do I go about making the surface smooth?
Patrick Screan- Huntington Woods, Michigan
2001
July 1, 2008
Hi, Patrick. This is simply a mechanical buffing process -- which is not meant to imply that it's either fast or easy :-)
As you finish up you will be using a very fine buffing compound on a very soft buffing wheel. But trying to get rough brass smooth with that would take longer than digging a foundation for a house with a teaspoon. So basically, and again I don't say it's easy, you start with a rather course polishing compound and, in a series of perhaps 6 or 8 steps, you get all the way to mirror smooth.
I would suggest that you practice on some expendable brass rather than on your new muzzleloader. Good luck.
Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
(Ted can offer longterm or instant help)
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
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