another parkerizing question

[pklin1297]

For a gun that was parkerized before but showing signs of wear, can you heavily degrease and then dunk the gun straight into the parkerizing tank? Thanks.

[Citadelgrad87]

Maybe. I can tell you the park won't match, because the batches will have different qualities, and if the wear has smoothed the metal, it probably won't take too well. I did a FAL years ago after I built up a kit and the receiver was parked but the barrel was not, I parked after install, and the receiver needed to be re done, it looked kind of like an annealed Garand.

I am a big fan of doing it once. Bead blast or otherwise prep it to give a uniform starting point.

[ar15barrels]

Best results will be obtained by blasting it all and doing the park job over again.

[bigbob76]

Best results will be obtained by blasting it all and doing the park job over again.

Agreeing with this but I can say that I have done many AK builds without blasting the front end at all. On G models especially where they didn't have any wear I just built out the receiver and blasted it either before or after pressing the barrel in, degreased, and Parkerized the whole thing. It was better to blast and park after pressing the barrel in otherwise you end up with some shiny scratches from pressing the barrel in. It always seemed to me that the color ended up looking completely uniform.

[Gunsmith Dan]

No not really because if it could be done it would save ALOT of grief for those that have damaged Parkerized finishes, the Parkerizing solution will only plate onto the steel. While it might look like the finish is darker and coated it will wear off very easily and in some cases flake right off when rubbed with just a towel.

If you want it to work correctly let alone look good you need to start from a clean steel surface.

[pklin1297]

Got it. Thanks all. I was just wondering if it was like bluing where it can be "touched up".

[hellayella]

No not really because if it could be done it would save ALOT of grief for those that have damaged Parkerized finishes, the Parkerizing solution will only plate onto the steel. While it might look like the finish is darker and coated it will wear off very easily and in some cases flake right off when rubbed with just a towel.

If you want it to work correctly let alone look good you need to start from a clean steel surface.

u da man, Dan...will be coming to u soon for refinishing!!!!