Refinished My Para(Whatta ya Think)

[krunchnik]

Yup,I just refinished my Para LTC,of all things I used VHT satin black bake on brake caliper paint and also installed a new set of factory rear sights.I dont know how well the finish is going to stand up to holstering but I guess I will find out,has anyone else ever used a non gun type finish,if so what brand and how well or not well did it work.(I only refinished the slide).

[Bigiron]

You did a good job on the refinishing.

[Guest TnRebel]

looks geat , I never thought of using that before , I have always used ,

GUN-KOTE™ OVEN CURE, GUN FINISH

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[DavidD]

Looks nice, ket us know how well it holds up. My biggest fear with a refinish is durability. How does the price compare to other bake on finishes?

[Guest Baddawg865]

Would it be better if you used some type of primer on it first?

[Mykltn]

Looks great, hope it wears well.

[Allydriver]

Besides degreasing, what kind of prep work did you do?

Looks great by the way.

[Guest Moody]

Besides degreasing, what kind of prep work did you do?

I'd like to know this as well.

It does look good - finish seems to be uniform and I hope that it does well for you. If you could, would you please post some followup pictures in the next few weeks to show us how it fares?

[Kano]

LOOKS GREAT !!!! Good Job !!!!!!

[krunchnik]

For preping the metal I used 1000 grit wet or dry autumotive finish paper and sanded the complete slide,after that I used CLP Gun Scrubber for complete degreasing,did about 3 cycles and let dry completely between sprays.The can of paint was only a little over $8.00,thats why I figured if it doesnt work out I am not out a lot of money just the time I spent.I completely took the slide apart,the only thing left was the front sight.I replaced the rear sights with Para new style factory 2 dot.Thanks for all the thumbs up,and I will post more pics in a couple of weeks to compare how its wearing.

[RD3]

Very nice work, looks great