Bluing, Polishing, and Corrosion Question

[Ryobi]

I am pretty knowledgeable about glocks, much less so about traditional blued guns. I have a blued revolver. If I polish the blued finish, resulting in a lighter, brighter appearance, will I significantly affect corrosion resistance? I figure blue is about as corrosion prone as anything, and must be kept oiled. Will polishing make it even more rust prone?

[Allman]

It should not make any difference. Bluing itself is of little or no corrosion resistance value, the oil, grease, wax. or whatever you use is what resists the corrosion.

[eisman]

Any polishing of the blued finish must be done prior to "blueing" it. Any attempted polishing dane afterwards will not result in a higher polished finish, but in wearing off of the finish.

The only way to get a truely "deep" blue is buy intensive polishing, mostly done best by hand. Very few people have the skill to do this. This is why there has been such a shift in finishes in firearms over the past 50 years. If you look at firearms produced prior to WWII you can see the effect of low labor costs, skilled craftsmen, and pride in a job well done.

[Glock36/.45acp]

+1

[emanick]

I tried to blue my p-11 yesterday wich I have never attempted before on anything. It did not come out very good but it did look better than the finish it came with. I noticed this morning that the bluing came off on the sharp edges of the slide. Probably from polishing too much. I tried again tonight but looking at it now it has yellow/brown spots. The amount of time/energy spent on this is no big issue. Can anyone tell me a little about the fantastic qualities of bluing?