DIY gun finishes

blinddog

blinddog

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I am starting to p[lan my next gun project. I want to build a 1911 or two again. I have built several over the years, usually I would get short in the middle of the month so there they went. I am getting to old to be building then selling offf firearms now and since I am retired I need things to do to keep busy. I was thinking one then got a caspian catalog so now I am thinking maybe two with consecutive numbers ( I like consecutive pairs) any how the carbon frames and slides are in the white, I do not have any blueing equipt anymore. I have heard about finishes called Black T or Green T where or whom do I get in touch with for these? I also remember a spray on finish that baked on at 300 Degees in your oven. I just cannot recall the name, I also have used a spray on parkerizeing that also was applied at home then baked on. But I do not remember the name I think I got it from brownells. I have used Duracoat before and it is an option I have always used it over a factory finish. Can it be applied on bare metal or will a surface prep/ primer be needed? Any info will be greatly appreciated I stopped doing this stuff thirty years ago I know things have changed and improved, building two AR's got me started in the hobby again /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif This is almost as expensive as building Muscle cars and I am not doing that again /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
PM Totch94 he will have contact info for Mr.Birdsong's Black or green T. Its great stuff. While I was In Mississippi dropping off my AR he was showing me all the Homeland Security pistols that he was coating for the Gov'ment.I looked for his business card but cannot find it right now,sorry.
 
Brownell's handles many different finishes. I'd suggest getting one of their catalogs. Their five bucks but their web site is a pita to get around. You get the five bucks back on your first order.

Duracoat suggests spraying with an airbrush over a parkerized finish. You can download the directions for any finish Brownell's sells from their website.

For regular bluing on small items like handguns I like Brownell's Oxpho-blue. When I ran my shop I had lots of guns Armaloyed, that's an electro-less nickel plating that was designed for plating tooling to make it last longer. It looks like bead blasted stainless when done and the folks at Magna-port do it now. It's acid and rust resistant. I did a lot of boat guns in Alaska with it.
 
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http://www.johnnorrellarms.com/ This is pretty good stuff, it may the product you were thinking of. It bakes on at 300 degrees for an hour.



This is really good stuff, same thing the military uses to refinish colt M-16's with. I have done close to half a dozen guns with it, including one shotgun. The hotter you preheat the metal, the flatter the finish.
Here are a few of the guns I refinished with it.
Just the frame on this one...
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Slide on these 2
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Slide and frame on this one
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This entire shotgun
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Those are nice loking rigs there "Shooter".

My vote goes to DURACOAT. I have used this on 10 or so rifles and shotguns and have had excellent results.Easy to do and doesnt take long to do it. I would suggest buying a different airbrush then what they sell though.

Good luck-Tim
 
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