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Offline bprice01

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First time Duracoat
« on: July 31, 2011, 04:45:11 PM »
I bought three Pre-Bs from Robertson's, an '86, a '91, and a '92.  They were all pretty rough on the outside, but the internals were in good shape and they functioned correctly.  This weekend a buddy and I Duracoated them.  Two turned out pretty good, but I am going to re-do one of them due to errors on my part.  It was the first time I've ever detail stripped a pistol or done any kind of refinishing work.  I would call them "5-footers."




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Offline Hayfield123

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Re: First time Duracoat
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2011, 05:23:59 PM »
Nice!
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Re: First time Duracoat
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2011, 06:21:36 PM »
Thanks!  Interestingly, the wood grips are from the Thai dude on eBay. They got to me in SW Texas in about a week!  He paid 45 Thai Baht for shipping. That's $1.51.
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Offline tekarra

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Re: First time Duracoat
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2011, 07:31:22 PM »
Good job, they look real nice.
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Re: First time Duracoat
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2011, 01:46:10 AM »
Very Nice Work!  ;D
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Offline Roadking Moose

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Re: First time Duracoat
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2011, 10:31:38 PM »
Very nice!  What color did you use?  It goes great with those grips.
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Offline bprice01

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Re: First time Duracoat
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2011, 09:03:57 AM »
It's Hk Satin Black. I really like it. Not too shiny, not too flat.
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Offline Indy_Tim

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Re: First time Duracoat
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2011, 04:27:35 PM »
Those really turned out nice.  I've been toying with picking up a pair of those from Robertson's and refinishing them to be given as gifts to my son's this Christmas.  Sounds like they are a pretty good deal.

Tim
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Offline bearhunter 500

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Re: First time Duracoat
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2011, 03:15:19 PM »
I just got an 1985 from robertsons and am geting ready to refinnish as well your turned out nice. I have been using the brownells teflon/moly out of an air brush and it works well. for the bakeing i got a toster oven it is just right for pistols.
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Offline Brian Ahearn

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Re: First time Duracoat
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2011, 02:21:46 PM »
Bought 4 or five from Roberstons Trading myself and I am about to get 4 more good guys to deal with, by the way nice job and nice grips!
The 2 Cz 75's that I got from them are fantastic shooters, the one shoots sub 1 inch groups too 15 yards, people can't believe its a surplus pistol. Now that you done a couple you will want to do some more- have fun on your next project.
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Offline bprice01

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« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2011, 11:39:07 AM »
Just finished redoing the third pistol. I used an airbrush this time and was much happier with the results. These are fun to work on and shoot great. I wouldn't hesitate to get one or three of these if you were on the fence.
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Offline mph1967

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Re: First time Duracoat
« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2011, 07:31:58 AM »
Nice work!

How did you remove the original finish?

I Duracoated a couple of Sistema/Colt 1927 .45s but they were only blued (nearly worn to bare metal), so there was not a lot of prep work.

I have a pre-B I picked up from Wideners with the old baked finish and it is rough.  Would really like spiff it up.
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Re: First time Duracoat
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2011, 11:44:49 AM »
I used several coats of "JASCO" paint remover (Home Depot or Lowes).  Followed by a wire wheel in a drill press, the kind that looks like a mushroom on a 1/4" shaft.  Followed by an 8" maroon Scotchbrite wheel mounted on my bench grinder, followed by Mark Lee Express #1 rust blue.  I did the same to a CZ82.  Pics will follow soon.  George M.
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Re: First time Duracoat
« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2011, 11:19:45 AM »
I used a sand blaster with aluminum oxide.
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Offline bprice01

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« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2011, 05:05:30 PM »


Finally reassembled the third gun.
« Last Edit: November 23, 2011, 05:09:44 PM by bprice01 »
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