BEWARE of Idiot Scratches on polymer frame when reassembling your pistol!

[kahrinca]

I was distracted and wasn't thinking 1911 reassembly - ended up placing nasty-looking scratches on my new PM9. So, beware!!! It's just like a 1911 in that sense!

Is there a 'tried and true', proven DIY remedy to eliminate or reduce these scratches now that they exist on my pistol's polymer frame?

I'd better watch 'Brain Games' entire season again because this was definitely a 'brain' failure!

[jocko]

consider it a quick identification mark. IMO it is no big deal either. It u use the weapon enough, it will show TLC marks. Its a tool, not a show gun, and personally when u wrote this I was looking at the slide for a scrach so I bypassed right past that scratch. Ur OK. Just sayin

[kahrinca]

Jocko-

You must've gone past the odometer limit for posts. I now see that you have 194 posts! Well...there it is! Or, perhaps I now know what you mean by 'Perpetual New Guy'!

I appreciate that jocko and I do give a lot of weight to your posts, even though you do not seem to acknowledge my compliments. You are probably too humble...

Nevertheless, I am looking for a direct answer to my question. What doesn't bother some people may bother others, at least for now with a new pistol.

I am a bit perturbed (at myself) for this occurrence, inasmuch as I really can't stand idiot scratches and I even made a YT video showing proper reassembly of a 1911 to avoid the same. I just didn't make the connection between the 1911 and the Kahr- 'brain failure'.

[O'Dell]

It doesn't look as bad as it would on the metal frame of a 1911, and believe me, I've done my share of those over the years. No one is more conscious of the appearance of their pistols than I am, but it's not bad, and I wouldn't worry about it.

[OldFatGuy]

Mine is worse. I thought everyone did that!?!?

[kahrinca]

Appreciate the sentiments, but at the risk of sounding harsh, I am asking for a remedy.

[kerby9mm]

On my mk's the slide stops go straight in. They have never even been that far down on the frame. Are the polymer guns different for reinserting the slide stop?

[Bawanna]

If you got a bead blaster or have access to one, that might be worth a shot.

Any sanding would probably make it stand out worse than it is.

I honestly don't know if a bead blaster or sand blaster would do anything or just bounce off but it might help camouflage it a bit.

Very fine stippling with a wood burner but you'd probably have to come up with a pattern or something and do both sides as again it would stick out worse than the scratch.

[kahrinca]

On my mk's the slide stops go straight in. They have never even been that far down on the frame. Are the polymer guns different for reinserting the slide stop?

Manual instructs to initially insert left side of stop half-way with right side at the 4 o'clock position and then rotate (counter-clockwise) to 3 o'clock, e.g., straight in. So, it is indeed different.

[kahrinca]

If you got a bead blaster or have access to one, that might be worth a shot.

Any sanding would probably make it stand out worse than it is.

I honestly don't know if a bead blaster or sand blaster would do anything or just bounce off but it might help camouflage it a bit.

Very fine stippling with a wood burner but you'd probably have to come up with a pattern or something and do both sides as again it would stick out worse than the scratch.

Thanks for comments. I am not so equipped, though, nor have access or know-how to blast.

I was thinking of heating the frame with a hair dryer or heat gun as if doing a FrogLube treatment and then rubbing the area over. But I am concerned about making it worse, a valid point, as I have worsened things in the past on other projects.

Perhaps someone will chime in with a sure-fire remedy, if one exists.

[kahrinca]

Comments appreciated:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dH1iyrMKSU

[ltxi]

PlastX works great for smooth shiny surfaces. Been using it for years. For what you want, not so much/don't at all think so. As others have said, anything you try to do to fix this will very most likely make matters worse. Understand your frustration but this is one of those best to just live with it thingys.

[happypuppy]

http://www.amazon.com/NOVUS-7100-Pla.../dp/B002UCYRZU

This is what I use in motorcycle plastics

[b4uqzme]

Thinking out of the box here because I doubt you will come up with a good solution. What if you went to the local used car lot and asked to talk to the guy who does their vinyl interior repairs? They are trained to match the color and the texture of plastic surfaces. He might be able to fix it reasonably or tell you how to do it.

[yqtszhj]

Thinking out of the box here because I doubt you will come up with a good solution. What if you went to the local used car lot and asked to talk to the guy who does their vinyl interior repairs? They are trained to match the color and the texture of plastic surfaces. He might be able to fix it reasonably or tell you how to do it.

Now that is a slick idea. Very good.