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Due to a series of rash decisions on my part too embarrassingly idiotic to recount here, I have put a series of light scratches on the frame of my S&W PC945. I presume the frame to be bead-blasted (stainless). These are light scratches, not gouges, and luckily are mostly (keyword: mostly) hidden by the slide-stop lever.

Is there any way to remove or, at the very least, lessen the appearance of these unslightly scratches (which appear shiny against the matte blasted finish) short of sending it in for a quick bead-blast of that area? Would something like Fitz Auto Polish or something of that sort work? Is there any particular product that's designed to address problems similar to this? Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions: products, methods or otherwise? Clearly, I think buffing them with an abrasive would just make it worse and lead to a larger shiny patch.

Heck, at this point, I'm content with the fact that I likely can't make the scratches go away completely (short of a new bead-blast job), but isn't there *something*, anything, that would at least diminish/dull their appearance somewhat?

More than likely to get it to your satisfaction a trip to the local smith for a fresh blast will be the best scenario.

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Try Micro-Mesh. I use it all the time when I finish paint jobs on guitars. They have abrasives from 1500 to 12000 grit. Works great, you just have to be careful to follow the grain of the steel and work a little with blending it in with the surrounding area.