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  • Travis590A1
    Calguns Addict
    • Oct 2011
    • 5233

    How do I give my Glock the stainless look?

    So I just picked up my Glock 21sf and ive decided id like to polish it to bare metal. Do I just sand away on the finish? I've seen the "polished" slides, the ones with the almost mirror like finish and I'm not a fan. I'm looking for more of a brushed flat stainless look similar to the slide of my Sr9c. When its said and done id like the slide serations to be black with the slide itself brushed but would also like to keep the barrel black for a little contrast. Any ideas and suggestions? Thanks guys
    Last edited by Travis590A1; 07-01-2012, 5:41 AM.
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    CBruce
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2012
    • 1993

    Stainless steel is a different alloy. You can't just sand steel and 'uncover' stainless.

    I'm not intimately familiar with Glocks or their after-market parts, but sounds like you want a stainless steel slide like these. You might also look into NP3 or Nickel-Boron (NiB-X, EXO, etc) type coatings for refinishing your current slide. Both of those have a somewhat similiar appearance to stainless steel. You could, theoretically send your slide off to have it stripped/bead-blasted to bare steel and refinished. Check out WMDGuns.com. I'm about to send an AR receiver off to have NiB-X coated.

    Ultimately, it may end up being cheaper just buying a Glock that's already made the way you want it.
    Last edited by CBruce; 06-30-2012, 6:44 PM.

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    • #3
      bigdawg86
      Veteran Member
      • Mar 2012
      • 3554

      Stainless steel is just the material... how it's coated/finished is another story. I am no expert, but I would think media blasting (with the correct media as to not ruin the metal itself) would yield a satin "raw" finish. Chemical stripping would leave a smooth yet "raw" finish. I would assume (I could be wrong) that no matter how you strip the slide you could lightly go over it with a very soft 6" wire wheel for that brushed look. I wouldn't sand anything, because sanding will also remove the metal itself more than the other 2 methods.

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      • #4
        bigdawg86
        Veteran Member
        • Mar 2012
        • 3554

        ...CBruce replied before me, but I was writing as if it were a stainless, yet coated slide.

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        • #5
          tbc
          Calguns Addict
          • Jun 2011
          • 5955

          Check out Failzero.com. The last time I spoke with them, the cost was reasonable.

          EDIT: I meant the cost of coating the Glock slide.

          Sent from my iPhone
          Last edited by tbc; 06-30-2012, 8:30 PM.

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          • #6
            Oceanbob
            I need a LIFE!!
            • Jun 2010
            • 12719

            The normal Glock slide is not stainless steel, so you have 3 options.

            Have an outside vendor customize the weapon with a polish or coating. Buy a lonewolf stainless slide or have the slide machined down on a surface plate to bare metal.

            Here are those three.

            Robar first:



            I built this GLOCK 19 from parts, including the lonewolf slide



            These parts have been polished to bare metal

            May the Bridges I burn light the way.

            Life Is Not About Waiting For The Storm To Pass - Its About Learning To Dance In The Rain.

            Fewer people are killed with all rifles each year (323 in 2011) than with shotguns (356), hammers and clubs (496), and hands and feet (728).

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            • #7
              HighLander51
              Banned
              • Feb 2010
              • 5144

              you can't make a Glock OEM slide stainless, you have to buy a stainless slide. or if you just want it to be shiny, not stainless, just dust blast it or polish it. Stainless is not a coating, or a finish, it's an alloy.

              But, why do you think a stainless slide is any better than the Glock OEM? Stainless Lone Wolf on the right

              Last edited by HighLander51; 06-30-2012, 8:21 PM.

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              • #8
                Distro
                Senior Member
                • Jun 2011
                • 812

                A thorough cleaning after every range trip should do the job.

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                • #9
                  Kruzr
                  In Memoriam
                  • Oct 2005
                  • 1751

                  You could also get the slide hard chromed in a satin finish.

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                  • #10
                    OutlawDon
                    Veteran Member
                    • Dec 2006
                    • 3138

                    I sanded mine 3 year ago. Still looks great. I wanted the brushed finish also.

                    Read what I did here...



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                    • #11
                      Travis590A1
                      Calguns Addict
                      • Oct 2011
                      • 5233

                      ^^^ that's what I'm looking for. Forgive me I was unaware of the metal that glock uses for their slides. Either way I just want to bring it to bare metal to give it a "polished" look I don't want a new slide or chromed slide. I think I'm going to have to copy you outlaw

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                      • #12
                        .45 ftw!
                        Member
                        • Mar 2012
                        • 288

                        Originally posted by CBruce
                        Stainless steel is a different alloy. You can't just sand steel and 'uncover' stainless.
                        No offense to the OP, but this ^^ cracked me up. That's some funny ****.
                        Congrats on the 21, it's my favorite Glock.
                        I agree, Outlaw's looks pretty cool.
                        Glock haters make me laugh

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                        • #13
                          Travis590A1
                          Calguns Addict
                          • Oct 2011
                          • 5233

                          Well forgive me for not knowing each material every gun I own is made of. Can you name every material by name including polymer and the base metals? Doubt it.

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                          • #14
                            jeffrice6
                            Calguns Addict
                            • Jan 2006
                            • 5148

                            I have these lead bars, can someone tell me how to turn them to gold? Whats a little alchemy!
                            WTB: S&W 617 4" 10 shot Pre-Lock

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                            • #15
                              Travis590A1
                              Calguns Addict
                              • Oct 2011
                              • 5233

                              Ok buddy we get it. Stop trying to hop on the cool kid band wagon. If you know nothing on the comment then troll elsewhere.

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