steel wool polishing how to fix...

[DirtNap647]

k sounds good i'll give it a whirl today

[DirtNap647]

so to fix my gun problem i took scotch brite pad put mothers mag polish on it drill on low and went up and down for an hour kept buffing it.. then i dont know if you guys ever heard of it but i took never dull its cotton pre soaked for cleaning and polishing metals lots of guys use it on harleys u can clean silverware or anything and did it repeatedly up and down the barrel honestly it looks chrome and the numbers came back up dont know what helped either or but i will say to the eye that never dull made it look amazing tried 2 shots and they were good 302 and 327 so im happy dont know what to blame it on but its workin so thanks for all the help ...u guys ever try that never dull...?

[ILIKEHEVI-13]

so to fix my gun problem i took scotch brite pad put mothers mag polish on it drill on low and went up and down for an hour kept buffing it.. then i dont know if you guys ever heard of it but i took never dull its cotton pre soaked for cleaning and polishing metals lots of guys use it on harleys u can clean silverware or anything and did it repeatedly up and down the barrel honestly it looks chrome and the numbers came back up dont know what helped either or but i will say to the eye that never dull made it look amazing tried 2 shots and they were good 302 and 327 so im happy dont know what to blame it on but its workin so thanks for all the help ...u guys ever try that never dull...?

Yep.  Back when I used to own a Harley.  Speaking of which. 

[runngun]

Yeah I use the cotton material that is treated with "never dull" it has worked for me on my barrels .

[pullit]

MrBOOOM,

I think your problem was from using dry steel wool in the first place and even if it was lubed, it's best to follow with a final polish.

What I personally would do to your gun:

Install factory flush choke
Place bbl in padded vice
Chuck cleaning rod in cordless drill
Knock the primer out of a fired hull and slide on cleaning rod as a guide
Place 12ga bronze brush on cleaning rod
Wrap a large cotton patch around the brush and soak it in oil
Smear fine metal polish on cotton patch(JB, Montana, Flitz, etc)
Insert brush in chamber and push it in the bbl a few inches
Slide bore guide(hull) down the rod and fully into the chamber
Start spinning the rod with the drill and slowly move from hull to choke, never spin in one spot.
Go back and forth for 20 passes, then pull it, put on a new patch and start over

Do that for about 100 passes slowly from choke to hull, then thoroughly clean the bbl with solvents to remove all polish.  Run some dry patches through the bore and hold the bbl up to a light.  You should see a mirror like surface in the bore.  Dry steel wool scratches steel.  I think you have probably made your bbl rougher than it was before you started and it needs to be polished to remove this swirl pattern.  That rough surface is causing friction.

I don't think anyone should use steel wool in a bbl unless the bbl is very rough from the start and it should only be used if well lubed. It should be followed by the above or similar as well.

Good Luck

loder

That is how I have done all mine.

[Reloader]

Sounds great MRBOOOM, glad to hear your numbers are smoking again.

I've used that stuff to polish chrome and it works like a champ.  Never thought about it for bbls.

[DirtNap647]

ya actually very impressed with never dull and its only $5 at wally world

[Cutt]

Steel wool with no lubricant, probably did more fine scuffing of the barrel rather than polishing would be my guess?

Never used Steel Wool to really say though? But using a Green Scotchbrite with lubricant, followed by Gray Scotchbrite and lubricant, should poloish out the scuffing if that is the case?

[DirtNap647]

i was gonna ask you guys to when you say scotch brite i went to walmart they only had like 10 different kinds...scratch resistant, heavy duty, sponges...etc....what kind do you all use...?

[fountain2]

i did the same thing today to mine as u.  went shooting and was all happy til i shot.  the first shot looked awful and then ran the brand new bore snake through it and the first set of brushes came out full of plastic.  i give up.  guess ive ruined some bbls.  gona go back tomorrow and shoot the hell out of it and not clean it, then snake it and pattern a few hunting loads.  maybe i can shoot it dirty enough to foul it back to normal

[Philippe]

i was gonna ask you guys to when you say scotch brite i went to walmart they only had like 10 different kinds...scratch resistant, heavy duty, sponges...etc....what kind do you all use...?

Get the regular 3M brand finishing pads, i like them better than green scotch bright pads. You can get them at walmart or lowes.

[DirtNap647]

i did the same thing today to mine as u.  went shooting and was all happy til i shot.  the first shot looked awful and then ran the brand new bore snake through it and the first set of brushes came out full of plastic.  i give up.  guess ive ruined some bbls.  gona go back tomorrow and shoot the hell out of it and not clean it, then snake it and pattern a few hunting loads.  maybe i can shoot it dirty enough to foul it back to normal

i duno y it worked for me but i can say that when i did the steel wool i didnt do it very long

[fountain2]

i didnt do it long either.  what did you use to clean with after the polishing?  not sure whats up with mine.  gonna try and foul it pretty well then fire a test dummy load and see how it compares to yesterdays shot

[DirtNap647]

i didnt clean it with anything ran the never dull down it waited 10 min took a piece of cloth ran it down the barrel then let it at that