Cameron if your desire is to duplicate factory finish then begin to think like the factory would have done it. I am not sure exactly the process Parker used in the factory but I do know L.C.Smiths process. Low grade Smihs , perhaps 18-20 per day, were brought to the finish room where each received 3 coats of a quick drying COMMERCIAL finish, then dried overnight. From there they went to the checkers. Blemishes and any polishing were dealt with before delivery. Gunsmihs did not build these guns but rather specialized craftsmen and craftswomen did.
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