Just bought a sig Stainless P226 X5 and has a small scratch on the slide. Being that the gun has a matte stainless finish am I sh*t outta luck trying to fix it without refinishing the gun?

You can't polish it out like a polished stainless finish. I'd say you'll have to live with it unless you'd try some form of media blasting.

How deep is the scratch?

If it's pretty shallow, blasting with glass bead might take care of it. If it's deeper, it could be polished out, and the slide re-bead blasted after to restore the matte stainless finish.

If it's really deep, it could still be polished and blasted, but will likely leave a noticeable depression where it was polished deep enough to remove the scratch.

Most shops capable of doing cerakote would have the equipment to do this. You could also consider having it cerakoted.

A pic would help.

This 2011 is tungsten Cerakote. The X5 tactical slide was Ion Plasma Nitrided by IBC coatings.



Satin aluminum cerakote looks pretty close to the factory stainless finish.


I believe CCR (Cummings Custom Refinishing) is a member here, and could take care of you.

http://www.ccrrefinishing.com/

Yes we could remove the scratch and bead blast the slide.

I would not suggest using DIY Cerakote crap. It is not durable and looks like cheap spray paint

Our polymer based finish is NOT cerakote we manufacture our own and we call it Cera-Hide which we named it long before cerakote surfaced

Here is how I’ve repaired scratches on other metals (not guns).
Get some sandpaper that is the same size grit as the original media. Lay it onto the scratch. Lightly tap the back of the sandpaper with a hammer.
This is only for someone that has some skill at this type of work and I’d practice on something else first.
Then evaluate the risk/reward ratio of doing this to your gun and decide.

Still havent fixed the scratch, but you think this will take away much from its value if I sell?

Can you upload a high resolution close up? Even if I open the image, I cannot really make out any scratch. I supposed that is good news, unless the image quality is low.

Send it to CCR (see post from CCR above). They have over 100 years of gun refinishing and scratch mitigation experience under their facilities roof…..For a gun of this value I would ONLY Trust the experts to fix it…..

Yes, that scratch is obvious, and on a collectors gun such as that Scandic, value will take a hit. Folks don't buy those guns wanting scuff marks on them.

Scratch or not, great looking pistol and you have great taste in guns. I will say it will probably affect some value, but who knows how much. You can always ask high and negotiate after.

On a side not, looks like your in my neck of the woods, op. Wish I could afford that black and white you have. Gorgeous gun.

If the slide has a matte stainless finish and you try to polish a scratch out, you'll only end up, at best, with a matte finish that has a shiny and wavy spot on it. The whole slide would have to be refinished if you want it to look pristine. Which brings me to my second point: a brand new gun, especially a premium model like this that you pay a premium price for, should have already been pristine, i.e., no finish flaws. If it happened at the factory, consider calling SIG and see if they would refinish it.

I have to agree that the only way to make it look right is to refinish the entire slide.....

but you know one way to look at it is now with the scratch on it you just need to go out and shoot the gun and quit working about how pretty it is and it is no longer 'perfect'.

Try some Flitz polish with some elbow grease and a microfiber cloth. If it’s not to deep it should work.