Shining a Parkerized 1911

[phoisgud]

Hello all!

I'm looking to give my parkerized 1911 a little shine once I get it. I hear that smearing oil on it, letting it sit for hours, and then wiping off the excess will do the trick, but I want to hear what you guys would recommend.

Thanks!

If possible, this is the look I am trying to go for (See attachment)

[LowThudd]

The gun in the picture is blued, not parked.

[phoisgud]

I see. So it would be impossible to have that look without taking off the parked finish, right?

[steel30]

The gun in the picture is blued, not parked.

^^^OP...Your parkerized 1911 will be of a matte finish, not blued as in the pic.

[keenkeen]

Coat it with Crisco, wrap in a large banana leaf, seal inside a an empty large mayonase jar and bury it in your back yard.

[nahpungnome]

If you want shine, get it chromed. If you want shiny black, get it blued. Bluing is cheaper and crap as far as protection, but blued pistols wear beautifully.

[Bainter1212]

I personally think parkerization has a utilitarian beauty all by itself.

But that is just me.

[TKM]

Look up parkerizing and you will understand why it won't shine.

You can make it reflect light with kliegs and a layer of oil, but it wont' shine.

[bsg]

a parkerized surface assists in keeping a protective agent adhering to your gun's metal much more than a blued finish. there is a certain beauty of a practical nature to that.

[lastinline]

Hopefully you are not looking to de-value a collectable....

[bsg]

Hopefully you are not looking to de-value a collectable....

^^^ +1.

most any post factory permanent mod/alteration made to a collectible or up-and-coming collectible will significantly lower or altogether destroy true or potential collectible value.

[232_ray]

Just sell me that gun.

[perpetual otter]

Get a modern finish that will resemble what you're looking for. Google Dan Severns hard hat treatment.

[Chaos47]

Hopefully you are not looking to de-value a collectable....

^^^ +1.

most any post factory permanent mod/alteration made to a collectible or up-and-coming collectible will significantly lower or altogether destroy true or potential collectible value.

+2 Don't mess with it, get something else and leave this be if it won't work for you.

[bounty1]

Nothing like a good blue job to set you strait and is so psychologically delightful.