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Offline emjei

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Polymer Mag Base Pads painted
« on: February 19, 2014, 11:34:27 AM »
Not sure if this qualifies as home gunsmithing but ....

Have anyone thought about painting the polymer magazine base pads in different colors.... if so Which paint was used ?

Pics are welcomed...
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Offline larryflew

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Re: Polymer Mag Base Pads painted
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2014, 12:37:50 PM »
krylon fusion should work
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Re: Polymer Mag Base Pads painted
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2014, 01:05:46 PM »
krylon fusion should work
Yep, that outta work.

Offline emjei

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Re: Polymer Mag Base Pads painted
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2014, 02:24:13 PM »
krylon fusion should work

Didnt know about that paint...Ill give it a try

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Re: Polymer Mag Base Pads painted
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2014, 08:24:39 PM »
emjei

I have to ask you. Why do you want to paint them?

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Re: Polymer Mag Base Pads painted
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2014, 08:50:55 PM »
emjei

I have to ask you. Why do you want to paint them?

Just to give them a custom look....just to be different ....is a Range toy ; why not ??     ;-)

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Re: Polymer Mag Base Pads painted
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2014, 04:32:58 AM »
Hey, no reason not to paint them. I was just wondering why.

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Re: Polymer Mag Base Pads painted
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2014, 04:47:02 AM »
I was looking at the Aluminum ones and the different colors they come....but dont want to spend that much

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Re: Polymer Mag Base Pads painted
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2014, 01:06:33 PM »
Looks GOOD.  Hope they withstand mag drops. O0

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Re: Polymer Mag Base Pads painted
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2014, 01:17:47 PM »
Looks GOOD.  Hope they withstand mag drops. O0

Those arent mine....haha ...its a pic from internet.

I always put grip paper on the bottom part to avoid scratches :)

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Re: Polymer Mag Base Pads painted
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2014, 06:45:42 PM »
anybody know of any mag bases that shave some size off the extension.? if it werent for that extension my sp01 would fit a alot better on my person.
obviously other than getting the flush mags.
if not does anyone know how much can be taken off the sp01 mag bases before function/quality is affected?
also, ive asked before but does anyone know how to get any more capacity out of the flush 75b mags?
i was told i could play with the follower and spring and maybe get it but i was wondering if anyone has any testimony to this?
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Offline 1SOW

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Re: Polymer Mag Base Pads painted
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2014, 10:19:29 PM »
Haven't tried it,  but getting one of the little (grams?) followers from CZC "might' sqeeze one more in if you use the lightest spring weight.
Again,  I don't know if this would work.

I use the "+2 extended base" on a 75 Shadow and that follower gives another round.

Offline Mike Russell

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Re: Polymer Mag Base Pads painted
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2014, 04:47:56 PM »
my wife and I have been playing around with XD-M 5.25s, hers in 9mm and mine in .40S&W. Pistols are easy to tell apart as mine has a stainless slide and hers is black. I decided to make the mags easy to differentiate as well, so I lightly buffed them with a greenie, cleaned real quick with alcohol swabs, then applied 3 coats of Krylon Fusion (hers in pink, mine in blue). While all of that was curing, I went back and filled in the engraving (again color coded). Works like a charm and if it gets chipped, a quick going over with the greenie, a quick clean, then another shot of Krylon. It holds up pretty well.


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Re: Polymer Mag Base Pads painted
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2014, 06:42:16 AM »
i have ordered the red long thin aluminum grips for my SP01 Shadow and i want the mag bases to be same colour so i have bought apple red Rust Oleum aerosol paint for the base pads. i will paint them this weekend and let you know how it turns out.
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Re: Polymer Mag Base Pads painted
« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2014, 06:47:51 AM »
i have ordered the red long thin aluminum grips for my SP01 Shadow and i want the mag bases to be same colour so i have bought apple red Rust Oleum aerosol paint for the base pads. i will paint them this weekend and let you know how it turns out.

Where did you find the grips ?