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themorgue47
07-15-2003, 05:53 PM
well the first thing that you might want to know is that this will not make you stock barrel shoot any better for you, dumb founded people. all this does is make your barrel look kewl or match you paintjob.

I am not responsible for you messing up your barrel, dont see how you could though, even if you did why would you care, its only the stock barrel!! YEA AND DONT SAND IN THE BARREL, SAND THE OUT SIDE. ALSO DONT SAND THE SCREW PART THAT SCREWS INTO THE GUN!!!

The first thing you want to do is go out and buy some sand paper and a sander if you can afford it (i already had one), some aluminum polish, and some fine fine steal wool. i suggest buying just an assorted pack of sand paper with 60, 120, 150, and 220 grit sand paper.

The paint already on the barrel is tough to get off by hand (almost impossible), thats why i would highly suggest you use a sander like a Black and Decker Mouse. If you dont have one i suggest not doing this, unless you have great arm endurance and A LOT of time on your hand. If your doing it by hand i suggest using the 60 grit, and then working your way down the line (using 60 then 120, then 150, then 220). then when you have all the black paint off you use the fine fine steal wool to get out any weird spots you have and any pits.

If you have a sander use a grit of paper that is equal to 150, and sand all the paint off. Then take the fine fine steal wool and get any imperfections out. then take aluminum polish to get it nice and shiny. and thats just about it. If you have any questions and if i left out any thing ill post.

campcky66
07-15-2003, 06:00 PM
is that what it comes out to.....or did u paint it after all that?

themorgue47
07-15-2003, 06:10 PM
nope thats what it some out to, i didnt paint it or ntohing

E r y k
07-15-2003, 06:50 PM
what does it dO? nothing... it looks like a million little scratches on your barrel and it looks ugly.

willpill
07-15-2003, 07:01 PM
Originally posted by E r y k
what does it dO? nothing... it looks like a million little scratches on your barrel and it looks ugly.

man he said some funny stuff lately:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

campcky66
07-15-2003, 09:26 PM
i think it looks kinda cool....:eyes:

BMXer
07-16-2003, 03:44 AM
It looks great, but it would look even better if it had a mirror shine to it.

Magnus55
07-16-2003, 04:05 AM
Try polishing it up a bit. Maybe use one final level of the finest sandpaper you have, and then go over it with some chrome polish. I've done the same thing to a stock spyder barrel before, but I like what you've done with yours, it looks pretty good. :)

baseballaddict23
07-16-2003, 04:34 AM
If you have a bench grinder, its very easy to slap on the wire wheel and you will have all that paint off within a few minutes. That's how I polished my stock barrel, worked like a charm :-D.

themorgue47
07-16-2003, 07:20 AM
yea im not done with it yet i still have to use the fine wool and polish it

Relentless
07-16-2003, 07:58 AM
Originally posted by baseballaddict23
If you have a bench grinder, its very easy to slap on the wire wheel and you will have all that paint off within a few minutes. That's how I polished my stock barrel, worked like a charm :-D.

:nod: :nod:

me too...

except mine had a bunch of crap on it, so it left some black spots... i got those out with some scotchbrite...

i need to polish mine now :D

themorgue47
07-16-2003, 08:01 AM
yea whats a bench grinder

baseballaddict23
07-16-2003, 10:46 AM
Originally posted by themorgue47
yea whats a bench grinder

A bench grinder is a tool that is mounted to something like a bench or a table or something. The one I have has a wheel on each end and they spin relatively fast. You can change the wheels, we have a stone one for grinding, a wire brush one, and somewhere I think we have a polishing one, but I can't find it. You would probably know if you have a bench grinder, but maybe not.

E r y k
07-16-2003, 02:04 PM
this is a polished barrel my friends... not that thing up there.

Magnus55
07-16-2003, 04:02 PM
Well mine isn't as pretty as that... but here it is. :P

BMXer
07-16-2003, 05:46 PM
Originally posted by E r y k
this is a polished barrel my friends... not that thing up there.

Wow! That's really good! You could do that to other barrels as well, and people would probably pay good money to have it done. How did you do that? Magnus, your barrel looks great also.

themorgue47
07-16-2003, 05:57 PM
umm idk, i think you could, i know you can do it to the flatline too but idk about any other barrels