darrene Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Hi All I am currently having my STI eagle hard chromed through a gunsmith in another state that a first was going to take 2 weeks to complete. After 9 weeks it still is not back from the platers & the smith informs me that they have had to redo it a number of times due to the fact that it was orginally blued. Anyone heard of issues hardchroming a blued gun before ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTrace Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Hi All I am currently having my STI eagle hard chromed through a gunsmith in another state that a first was going to take 2 weeks to complete. After 9 weeks it still is not back from the platers & the smith informs me that they have had to redo it a number of times due to the fact that it was orginally blued. Anyone heard of issues hardchroming a blued gun before ? Nope. Sounds unusual to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnyglock Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 That sounds suspect to me as well. I have had more than a few blued guns chromed with out issue. The fact they keep having to redo it would make me more than a little worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I've had 2 blued guns hardchromed and it was not an issue. I've never heard of it being any kind of problem. Call up a couple of places that do hardchroming and tell them you're considering having a blued gun hardchromed and you wondered if that would be an issue, and see what they tell you. I'll bet the answer you get is that it's no problem at all. It sounds like your 'smith or the plater is making excuses for whatever reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrene Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 i have also had a number of guns plated in the past from blue to chrome as well as a number og other people i know without any problems but that was a number of years ago & that plater no longer does firearms. Think i will send him a email requesting more information & see what comes back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Sounds like the gunsmith is stalling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gng4life Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Same here, had a few hardchromed that were blued originally and took about 3-4 weeks for each one (total round trip time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent #1911 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Sounds like the gunsmith is stalling. excuses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeMartens Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Call Chris at Metaloy he is doing one for me now. Never heard of being being an issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 If you know who is doing the plating give them a call. You probably aren't going to like what you hear. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrene Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 Yep the smith is not really giving up to much information as to where it is or exactly how may times it has been redone. Bit of a worry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleman75 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Our shop has used Metaloy for years, with nothing but exceptional results. Chromoly steel is always bead-blasted or polished with sandpaper before hard-chroming, which removes the bluing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAZZ Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 I usually go with Accurate Plating and Weaponary and they do a great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a matt Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 It's your property find out where the gun is ASAP. Get it back and try another co. to plate/chrome it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodownzero Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Not only should bluing not be a problem, you'd be shocked at how easy it is to remove STI's bluing. Even glass beads at a fairly low pressure will have no problems removing it. It comes off so quickly and easily that you'd wonder how it ever protected the metal at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beladran Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 i had a glock 35 slide hard chromed by accurate plate & weaponry.. it did take a little longer than expected due to a "smudge" that kept showing up on the right side of the slide. I recieved a letter from Bob Cogan that even he did the last chroming to try and get it right but it was still showing up and he figured there was something in the metal affecting the plate process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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