black nitride refinish

[greystonedog]

Anyone have a pre B  or B black nitrided, frame and slide,  Do the high temps cause any problem, brittleness or warping? Looking for a good refinish on my pre B , Thanks

[Jigo23]

Anyone have a pre B  or B black nitrided, frame and slide,  Do the high temps cause any problem, brittleness or warping? Looking for a good refinish on my pre B , Thanks

Me too, was thinking about seeing if Nighthawk would do their smoked nitride finish on it.  Either that or just get it nicely blued.

[Underwhere]

Anyone have a pre B  or B black nitrided, frame and slide,  Do the high temps cause any problem, brittleness or warping? Looking for a good refinish on my pre B , Thanks

Nitride actually hardens the metal I believe. It's not paint so I don't believe it can chip. Warping? Not sure how that would manifest itself. I don't believe that is possible.

Nitride and melonite I believe are the same thing.

CZ produced the Shadow 2 in black nitride so they trust it. I think it's a tried and true finish.

As far as looks are concerned, it's not for that. It's meant for utility but there's a beauty in that.

I have had some guns refinished in nitride. I like them.

I've also done Cerakote myself. I like them.

I've had some hard chromed. I like them.

I've done some in other tinted PVD finishes. I like them.

I've rust blued a few. It's very tedious but I love the look. I don't know how durable it is but I believe part of the beauty is how it wears.

Choose something you think looks good and don't look back.

Things I would stay away from :
Spray paint
Bottle blue - the brush on Bluing pens or swabs
Duracoat - Cerakote is better

Places I go to for finishes:
Nitride - Fire4Effect
Hard Chrome - Fords Custom Plating (in Florida)

[spt_1955]

+1 on Fords Custom for Hard Chrome.

[Ipleathe2nd]

Anyone have a pre B  or B black nitrided, frame and slide,  Do the high temps cause any problem, brittleness or warping? Looking for a good refinish on my pre B , Thanks

Nitride actually hardens the metal I believe. It's not paint so I don't believe it can chip. Warping? Not sure how that would manifest itself. I don't believe that is possible.

Nitride and melonite I believe are the same thing.

CZ produced the Shadow 2 in black nitride so they trust it. I think it's a tried and true finish.

As far as looks are concerned, it's not for that. It's meant for utility but there's a beauty in that.

I have had some guns refinished in nitride. I like them.

I've also done Cerakote myself. I like them.

I've had some hard chromed. I like them.

I've done some in other tinted PVD finishes. I like them.

I've rust blued a few. It's very tedious but I love the look. I don't know how durable it is but I believe part of the beauty is how it wears.

Choose something you think looks good and don't look back.

Things I would stay away from :
Spray paint
Bottle blue - the brush on Bluing pens or swabs
Duracoat - Cerakote is better

Places I go to for finishes:
Nitride - Fire4Effect
Hard Chrome - Fords Custom Plating (in Florida)

Great info thanks

[Old-Duckman]

Anyone have a pre B  or B black nitrided, frame and slide,  Do the high temps cause any problem, brittleness or warping? Looking for a good refinish on my pre B , Thanks

Me too, was thinking about seeing if Nighthawk would do their smoked nitride finish on it.  Either that or just get it nicely blued.

Got an Interarms Pre-B import a couple years ago, reground the trigger guard profile, disassembled and polished it then sent it off to a local shop that ran it through their hot blu tank (I gave mine up years ago). They charged me $50 + tax...pleased with the results. I think the beauty of a hot blued firearm (one properly polished of course) is hard to beat.

[Underwhere]

Anyone have a pre B  or B black nitrided, frame and slide,  Do the high temps cause any problem, brittleness or warping? Looking for a good refinish on my pre B , Thanks

Me too, was thinking about seeing if Nighthawk would do their smoked nitride finish on it.  Either that or just get it nicely blued.

Got an Interarms Pre-B import a couple years ago, reground the trigger guard profile, disassembled and polished it then sent it off to a local shop that ran it through their hot blu tank (I gave mine up years ago). They charged me $50 + tax...pleased with the results. I think the beauty of a hot blued firearm (one properly polished of course) is hard to beat.

That looks like around a 1993 or so?
It looks great.