wanting to custom refinish my hi power

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hithere,
i just added to my collection, another browning hi power that is pretty rough to look at but its in good shape insid, im wanting to do a custom finish on it and im not sure to achieve my results, im going to de-blue the frame and i will bead blast it and i want to leave it the steel color, what type of finish if and do i need to use to keep it that way?i will be parkerizing the rest with manganese and want that look of black and steel,
any suggestions???
thanks in advance,
ted
 
I have a few 'raw steel' guns and use EEZOX to protect the finish. Zero rust issues. Use the finest bead you can get, a bead blasted finish is a pita to wipe down as it picks up link from the cloth. You could use 600-800 grit sand paper to finish the metal, it well give it a brushed look. Sand in one direction only.
 
thanks for the reply, i plan on posting b4 and after when i finally get to finish
by the way, do you by chance have a pic or 2 so i can see what to expect in a steel finished look?
thanks
ted
 
Industrial hard chrome is probably the best and most practical finish for your gun. This is the factory finish on the silver colored HPs.
Bare steel is not a good finish for guns that will be handled or exposed to the elements.
 
por15 makes a clear finish for factory unpainted items on cars (brake parts, etc...) and it really holds up well in high temp areas and resists corrosion and corrosion. check it out and it is very inexpensive (por15.com I think is the site. I have used a lot of their products through out the years on my cars i have restored and I would definately use the clear finsih on any gun metal if I wanted to keep it bare metal and yet have a protective coating of something).

JOE
 
Lot of antique guns, usually rifles, had bare steel finishes originally. Now they are, with few exceptions, a nice patinated brown.
 
Make sure you degrease about 5 times after you remove the blueing before you parkerize anything. I used BC rust and blue remover... degreased as normal and the park job came out nasty. I redid it the next weekend and degreased the snot out of it... came out much better except for 2 small spots.
 
yeah, my old smith used to hot tank all the metal for a day or so (same hot tank to degrease engines and such). I still have guns he parkerized 20 years ago and they have been through heck, but he did a good park job and the more important metal prep.
 
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