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CZ PISTOL CLUBS => Curio and Relic CZs => Topic started by: copycatguy on November 22, 2007, 08:44:49 AM

Title: bare metal
Post by: copycatguy on November 22, 2007, 08:44:49 AM

Can you leave a slide just buffed to the bare metal??
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/copycat/cz52/Picture015.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/copycat/cz52/Picture014.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/copycat/cz52/Picture012.jpg)

Title: bare metal
Post by: CZooter42 on November 22, 2007, 09:08:10 AM

Did you just buff off the finish altogether? Better keep it really dry until you decide what to do with it...
Looks good though. Wood grips would really set it off nice.

Title: bare metal
Post by: wolfshell on November 22, 2007, 09:09:13 AM

You can, however, like any bare non stainless steel, it will generate rusy VERY quickly.  If you leave it like that, you will have to wipe it down with a silicone cloth everytime you touch it, even under the gripps.  You will also have to oil all the unfinished steel, and store it in an oiled wrap.  Even those silicone gun wrapps won't be enough to prevent rust from forming.  A soaked oil cloth would probably be the best wrap to store it in, or coat it in cosmoline or a similar strorage grease.  Also, shooting any ammo through it-especially the milsurp corrosive stuff-means a very thorogh cleaning when your done. If you leave it for even a few hours you will start to get rust.  If you do get rust, you will end up with serious pitting of the steel after you clean the rust off.  My recommendation is this:  Is you want a shiny silver gun, get it chromed.  If it's not stainless steel, your gun's metal needs to be protected.

Title: bare metal
Post by: texdoug1 on November 22, 2007, 10:16:36 PM

You could use Gunkote's clear.

Title: bare metal
Post by: Otto N Sure on November 22, 2007, 11:13:27 PM

I wish my chrome plated CZ 52 looked that good!!
(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h6/ottonsure/AnotherChromeCZ522-1.jpg)

Otto

Title: bare metal
Post by: copycatguy on November 23, 2007, 03:16:24 PM

I think it looks just dandy Otto. I've had this pistol for years and have refinished it in a variety of colors and methods. I was going to reblue after buffing it up, but it looked so good I just had to take a couple of pics.