VZ Grips Profile (Palmswell) question

[1SOW]

NICE job Genin!  That looks great.

I don't carry my 75B or Shadow, and only use them only for comp./practice range---or HD if they're handy.  Right/strong hand can't reach the trigger AND the safety---it's either/or;  and the thinnest possible grip on the strong side.   My left hand is critical to a good locked in grip (75%+),  so would prefer a little palm swell weak side to make the draw with a more consistently reliable grip.  Now= Coarsest possible grip tape with Pro-Grip in the summer.

Whining is what it sounds like,  but not meant that way.  I know a CZ doesn't fit my strong hand,  but no way I'm going to switch pistols.       

[Genin]

Thank you 1SOW! You should do strong side thin aluminum grip and weak hand side stippled plastic stock grips with palm swells. That would be bizarre looking but effective.

[Skookum]

Genin, those grips look great.  How long did it take you to transform them?


I don't like the stock slippery plastic on my 82/83s, and am thinking about spraying them with truck bed liner.

[Genin]

Skookum,
Thank you sir. They took me about an hour, maybe slightly more, to sand and stipple the pair.

[singlewhitemale]

Genin, that is an awesome job and it sounds like the perfect solution.  At $19 per try, I can afford to experiment a little with stippling.  Thanks for the how-to, I'll give it a shot and report back.

[Genin]

singlewhitemale,
Use the finest tip you can possible. Make sure you have good ventilation so you're not breathing stupid fumes for an hour. I'd advise you to do the outline of your borders first then go with a random pattern starting and stopping at different areas until you have it all filled in. I highly recommend stippling to anyone with practice you can get pretty darn good at it. I've now done many guns, knives, etc all for the hefty cost of an $8 soldering iron and some sweat. It's a great skill to have.

Here's what I mean about doing the outline first the filling in random:

This is a Glock19 Gen 3 that I was doing. You want to get the lines clean, notice how fine the dots are (you want to use a very fine tip for your iron):




Start Filling the grip in more and more using quick taps of the iron (you should just see a puff of smoke):


By using this technique and going from multiple angles you get a more natural looking stipple job since you didn't try for a  specific patter or line:


Go slow and have some fun!!!! Heck I love doing stuff myself. I've been pricing out cerakote stuff recently but think I'll leave that to the pros.