Tman then started the long and tedious job of polishing the slide.

This will take a while, as he will use progressively finer grits to do the job.

Here is the slide about half way through the polishing.

Notice how we use a piece of micardia to hold the sandpaper perfectly flat on the flat areas.

This is important to prevent "rounding-over" the edges.

You want to keep them flat.

Long and steady strokes in the same direction are the key.

Since we are painting the pistol instead of bluing it, the finish doesn't have to be as smooth.

In fact, it's better not to have it too smooth.

We will probably stop with the 180 grit, as soon as the pitting is gone.

But if you were going to blue it, you would want it as smooth as possible, and would finish with at least 220 or 320 grit.