WEGlock silver slides.

[emilianoksa]

Is the mock stainless finish available on the WE Glock 17 more hard wearing tnan the black, or about the same?

Or worse?

 

[Guest]

It’ll be about the same I think bud. But if you want shiny, just strip off the black paint

 

[L3wisD]

What RDB said.

Strip the paint. Bit of brasso and away you go.

 

[emilianoksa]

I've thought about that.

Is there any kind of polyurethane or other spray that can then give the bare alloy some protection?

Or does it not really need it?

 

[koppel]

Polished Mazak/Potmetal tarnishes pretty quickly, 2-3weeks. The problem with a clearcoat is, it's kinda hard to get a paint finish to adhere to a polished metal surface, paint relies on mechanical adhesion to tiny microscopic bumps/ridges/scratches on the surface of the metal and once you polish those out.....

 

[emilianoksa]

Of course.  I should have thought of that.

Strangely it doesn't seem to be true of  cerakote. Somebody recently told me polishing is an essential preparation for this.

 

[Guest]

Of course.  I should have thought of that.

Strangely it doesn't seem to be true of  cerakote. Somebody recently told me polishing is an essential preparation for this.

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Unlikely, you can Cerakote anything you can paint, you can’t polish polymer very well lol

 

[emilianoksa]

I was thinking only of metal.

Pot metal but metal nonetheless.

I'm told there is no problem with it.