Glock grip texturing

[jumbopanda]

Does anyone know how to apply a rough grip texture to a Glock (or any other plastic gun) using epoxy? I'm not talking about stippling with a soldering iron, but rather using epoxy to build up some material and then somehow shaping that material into a coarsely textured surface.

Examples:

[Spdjunkie]

^ Those look like Robar, its a build up of bedliner or bedding epoxy that has been given that texture by method.

Google found bring up many links on that type of grip reduction & texture.

[jumbopanda]

^ Those look like Robar, its a build up of bedliner or bedding epoxy that has been given that texture by method.

Google found bring up many links on that type of grip reduction & texture.

Yeah I pulled those pics off of the Robar website. How is the texture formed though? Do they just dab at the epoxy with some sort of textured material while it's drying?

[Spdjunkie]

Yeah I pulled those pics off of the Robar website. How is the texture formed though? Do they just dab at the epoxy with some sort of textured material while it's drying?

Gosh I cant think of a word to describe the method . . . . its like dabbing it as it starts to set, I believe. Its been awhile since I read or saw the article. It came out in a magazine years back, but I guess dabbing or tapping the material to bring up points. Kind of like . . . I guess cake frosting? You can use a flat wood stick

Any reason for wanting to use this method vs heat?

Again, sorry its late & Im pretty spent

[CamW]

Here's a link to R&D Precision's method of texturing a stock. It also works for a Glock frame.

http://www.rdprecision.net/diy.html

[Rukus]

I've used marine tex to texture rifle stocks before, I'm sure you could do the same thing. I've used the Popsicle stick method, and the plastic bag method to get the desired texture as the marine tex begins to settle, the only issue is that marine tex only comes in white or grey, but I believe you can dye it when you mix it up. It's basically a 2 part epoxy.

[sarge1572]

Brownells - Spray Grit. It's so good I've used it on my shower floor!!!!

[azgsmith]

Texturing your glock

First' dont do this without practicing first and remember that anything you do to your weapon can void your warranty. I use marine tex to texture and do grip reductions on the glock.

Strip the reciever of its parts and fill holes with clay. Mask off and media blast or lightly sand the area to be textured, use the high pressure hose to blow the excess media off. Wipe down with lacquer thinner, apply a thin coat of gray marine tex to the area you want to , as it becomes sticky, use a tool of your choice to touch it and pull the tool away. The marine text will pull away with the tool. after you have textured the areas to be done let the marine text dry. Than you can smoothe them down with 320 grit sand paper.

Practice first on another piece of plastic to see the desired type of texturing you want. Play with the tool you use for texturing, different tips wider narrower round pointed etc. There are some people doing texturing on you tube. check it out. Good luck. Wise men seek him!

[jumbopanda]

Well I ended up using Marine Tex, and it came out pretty well, but then I pinched the bottom edge of the magwell a little bit to test its resilience, and a few bits chipped off. I like the texture, but I think in the future I will have to refrain from applying Marine Tex to flexible areas.


Picture of the chipped area:


Marine Tex seems popular for this application, but perhaps something that is closer in flexibility to the Glock's frame material would be better.

[Spdjunkie]

Here's a link to R&D Precision's method of texturing a stock. It also works for a Glock frame.

http://www.rdprecision.net/diy.html

Wow, I spaced out on this one.
I had the link in my signature and forgot about Randy's "HateCA" stock texturing DIY Article. Thanks for posting the link "CamW"

[Gunsmith Dan]

The only problem with that the types of textures mentioned in this post is they do not allow enough air flow and drain path for when your hands sweat alot.

The best is when the texture has lines of intersection .... straight up and down or crossed like checkering.