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Pre-B CZ75 in desperate need of refinishing from this thread: http://calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=878270
...is now complete.
First, let me just say that I didn't actually ignore the poll (not that I claimed I was going to do the winning choice or anything haha
). I honestly agree that it would look BEST in a really deep, highly polished blue. A truly, legitimately quality bluing job. The issue with this stemmed from the condition of the gun. The metal was pitted in places and the finish otherwise varied, due partially to some prior owner "polishing" it with a drill-mounted wire brush or something, from totally smooth and polished to pitted. Worse, the surface wasn't even. Just to get the metal itself prepped to the point where bluing would look decent would have taken dozens of man hours and it still may have been insufficient. Really, it would have needed a little welding to fill in some areas before grinding it smooth again and trying to get everything matched and smooth and even. Then the bluing itself, especially to a full and deep polish, takes a good 6 man hours. Just way too much for a $250 CZ that has no sentimental value to me, etc etc.
Anyhoo, my gunsmith uses KG Gunkote products and I asked him for a dark gray on everything except for the barrel, hammer, trigger, and magazine. Those parts would get a dark bronze. I plan on doing a colorfill in the "Made in Czechoslovakia" roll marks with model paint in a matching bronze, but that'll come later. Before coating I did take a die grinder to the underside of the beavertail to undercut it a bit and thin it out (feels more like my SP-01 now and less like a piece of metal jamming into my hand) and I undercut the back of the trigger guard a little. I was going to checker or stipple the front- and backstrap but decided to just leave them alone.
Here's the end result:
Jeremy
...is now complete.
First, let me just say that I didn't actually ignore the poll (not that I claimed I was going to do the winning choice or anything haha
). I honestly agree that it would look BEST in a really deep, highly polished blue. A truly, legitimately quality bluing job. The issue with this stemmed from the condition of the gun. The metal was pitted in places and the finish otherwise varied, due partially to some prior owner "polishing" it with a drill-mounted wire brush or something, from totally smooth and polished to pitted. Worse, the surface wasn't even. Just to get the metal itself prepped to the point where bluing would look decent would have taken dozens of man hours and it still may have been insufficient. Really, it would have needed a little welding to fill in some areas before grinding it smooth again and trying to get everything matched and smooth and even. Then the bluing itself, especially to a full and deep polish, takes a good 6 man hours. Just way too much for a $250 CZ that has no sentimental value to me, etc etc. Anyhoo, my gunsmith uses KG Gunkote products and I asked him for a dark gray on everything except for the barrel, hammer, trigger, and magazine. Those parts would get a dark bronze. I plan on doing a colorfill in the "Made in Czechoslovakia" roll marks with model paint in a matching bronze, but that'll come later. Before coating I did take a die grinder to the underside of the beavertail to undercut it a bit and thin it out (feels more like my SP-01 now and less like a piece of metal jamming into my hand) and I undercut the back of the trigger guard a little. I was going to checker or stipple the front- and backstrap but decided to just leave them alone.
Here's the end result:
Jeremy
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