tbarker13 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 So I decided to go with Titanium Blue over the entire gun - with black controls. Figure I will put black grips on the thing. I'll post photos when I get it back in a couple of weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningsquirrels Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 awesome! i'm looking forward to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarker13 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I went back and forth between bronze and blue titanium. I hope I don't regret the choice. I do have two of these - but I've been thinking about leaving one (my main competition gun) with its increasingly worn finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 tough thing about refinishing a CZ is the metal prep. the coating work well because they fill nicely. but stuff like hardchome, black nitride, nickel etc. you are going to have to put up with porous spots in the metal or do a lot of metal work and refinish. the metal while hard as heck an will eat up carbide cutters, has a lot of air bubbles in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningsquirrels Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 I never knew or thought about that. Do you have any examples, stuart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 wish I would have grabbed a photo.. we did some guns with a nickel nitride finish and black nitride and found some porous spots on the frame,etc. it doesn't hurt anything, just looks ugly when you are trying to make something look as best as it can. and you don't see it until you start blasting the whole finish off. the next gun I get in for some metal work and needs a refinish...I'll blast it before sending off and shoot some photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningsquirrels Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 ok, thanks. one of those finishes was on my list to consider.... though personally i think beat up and caked with grease and grime is the best finish of all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarker13 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 ok, thanks. one of those finishes was on my list to consider.... though personally i think beat up and caked with grease and grime is the best finish of all. I think I may feel the same way. I guess I'll get to see the two options side by side in the very near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningsquirrels Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 I'll post photos when I get it back in a couple of weeks. tomorrow is two weeks. pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarker13 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I'll post photos when I get it back in a couple of weeks. tomorrow is two weeks. pics? I wish. Heard from the guy last week - he'd just finished doing the controls in black, but had not yet done the fame/slide. Expecting to hear more this week. He's working on my two-tone Shadow. I guess we knew the finish on those isn't all that strong - but the guy was kind of surprised at how easily the original stuff came off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 A good bead blast in cabinet is all you need to take the polycoat off. comes off like badly done wallpaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarker13 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 A good bead blast in cabinet is all you need to take the polycoat off. comes off like badly done wallpaper. Funny. That's pretty much how my guy described it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asimonp79 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 That is how my CZ-TS 40 has began http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/189/czannaarik2.jpg/ Now the low SA-shadow is my girlfriends gun Now that is what it looks like now ( later I installed the Angus sport hammer as well) http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/263/27012011274.jpg/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarker13 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 The gun in finished. But I haven't seen it yet. The guy that's doing the coating hasn't worked with a lot of CZs. So he ended taking it to his gunsmith for disassembly and reassembly. Would love to get it this weekend, but I'm betting next weekend is more likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningsquirrels Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 i woulda just asked him to mail the parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 yeah..most of the time I have to disassemble the gun before shipping out and just have them give me the finished parts to reassemble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarker13 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 The guy who's doing the coating is somewhat local. I wanted to avoid the extra expense of shipping the gun. I suppose I could have taken it apart and kept the internals before handing it over to him. Oh well. Too late for that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarker13 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Gun is ready. Hoping to pick it up Saturday evening. Will post photos, hopefully, on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Here is bronze cerakote with black controls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningsquirrels Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 stuart, what do you think about polished flats on a CZ? been thinking of that. seen any of them yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I think it would be very nice. polish flats with a matte finish always looks good to me. I don't like a high polish though, nothing like a buffing wheel job..but like a up to 800grit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningsquirrels Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 interesting. check this one out: http://springerprecision.com/galleries/IonBond/Polished_Gold_w_FDE_polished_flats.jpg i think that looks pretty sharp. too bad looking sharp won't make me shoot better hey look a new emoticon for the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarker13 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Here is bronze cerakote with black controls That is beautiful. That was one of my two final options when I chose my colors. Ended up going Titanium Blue, instead. Hope I don't regret it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck1 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Here is bronze cerakote with black controls Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck1 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I think it would be very nice. polish flats with a matte finish always looks good to me. I don't like a high polish though, nothing like a buffing wheel job..but like a up to 800grit. Interesting hearing you say that... I've got a Polished SS75B that I've decided to hold on to and while I don't hate the polished look, you've got me thinking of doing the slide and maybe controls Matte Bronze and leaving the frame as is, kinda a half n' half look... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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