Before & After......

[The Guardian]

Always like trying something different, just thought I would share the results......did a Patina process on the brass grips    I liked the plain brass, but it just seemed like it could be....well, a little more, so I had a vision    The colors that developed included: purple, blue, green, & sub-dued brass.

BEFORE




AFTER

[Oleman]

Neat looking definitely unique

[M1A4ME]

How will you keep it at that level/intensity?

As brass oxidizes it gets darker/greener.

[The Guardian]

How will you keep it at that level/intensity?

As brass oxidizes it gets darker/greener.

Like doing a rust-bluing finish......to stop the rusting/corroding process use a small amount of medium like an oil or WD40..... it will stop the process and preserve it in its current state. I just sprayed a small amount of WD40 on these and wiped them down....doesn?t make the grips slick at all.

[czsuby]

Nice job!

[spyguy]

where'd you get those magazine base plates?
they're gorgeous!

[recoilguy]

That is an awesome looking gun!
Nicely played sir!!!

RCG

[The Guardian]

where'd you get those magazine base plates?
they're gorgeous!

The forum member that came up with the design sold it to this company.....they make them now 

http://www.ppdbillet.com/CZ_75_Base_Plate.htm

[Underwhere]

Awesome.
What process did you go through.

Quite ballsy to do that to a really expensive set of grips.

[Tok36]

That is very neat. I think it came out really well.

Thank you for the pics.

[swede69]

Funky and fresh. Nicely done

[The Guardian]

Awesome.
What process did you go through.

Quite ballsy to do that to a really expensive set of grips.

Ammonia soaked paper towels with table salt shaken onto the paper towel then the grip placed grip side down onto the paper towel and then put it in a zip lock freezer bag. The fumes help with the process so don?t just leave them in open air. I checked it after about 2 hours and then after about 8. There were some spots that weren?t corroding quite like I wanted so I added some additional ammonia and salt to get it working a little more to my liking. In all I left them to patina (sounds better than corrode ) for about 24 hrs.

And.....yes, it was a leap of faith, but then again it was a somewhat calculated risk. Can?t say I knew exactly what the result was going to be but was open to being a mad scientist for a bit.....emphasis on the mad part 

[Underwhere]

Awesome.
What process did you go through.

Quite ballsy to do that to a really expensive set of grips.

Ammonia soaked paper towels with table salt shaken onto the paper towel then the grip placed grip side down onto the paper towel and then put it in a zip lock freezer bag. The fumes help with the process so don?t just leave them in open air. I checked it after about 2 hours and then after about 8. There were some spots that weren?t corroding quite like I wanted so I added some additional ammonia and salt to get it working a little more to my liking. In all I left them to patina (sounds better than corrode ) for about 24 hrs.

And.....yes, it was a leap of faith, but then again it was a somewhat calculated risk. Can?t say I knew exactly what the result was going to be but was open to being a mad scientist for a bit.....emphasis on the mad part 

Cool.

So whenever I have seen brass corrode to green I see physical buildup of the oxidation. Did you get that? Brush it off and  underneath is still green?

[spyguy]

where'd you get those magazine base plates?
they're gorgeous!

The forum member that came up with the design sold it to this company.....they make them now 

http://www.ppdbillet.com/CZ_75_Base_Plate.htm

thanks guardian.
do you know if there's anyone else making them?  looks like ppd billet has suspended taking orders.

[Underwhere]

where'd you get those magazine base plates?
they're gorgeous!

The forum member that came up with the design sold it to this company.....they make them now 

http://www.ppdbillet.com/CZ_75_Base_Plate.htm

thanks guardian.
do you know if there's anyone else making them?  looks like ppd billet has suspended taking orders.

They come back in stock pretty regularly.

Just check back. They will post the date that they will do their next production run and you can visit the site and place an order.

Order extras for future guns.