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pre-64 model 70 metal restoration question #176269 01/26/10 04:19 PM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 74 Arizona Shawn OP Sidelock
OP Shawn Sidelock Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 74 Arizona	Does anyone know who can refinish the aluminum buttplate, floor plate and trigger guard on a pre-64 model 70 featherweight? Thanks

Re: pre-64 model 70 metal restoration question Shawn #176277 01/26/10 04:59 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 704 mkbenenson Sidelock
mkbenenson Sidelock Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 704	I just polished mine bright. Of course you could leave them outdoors for 100 years and get a nice white oxididized surface.

Re: pre-64 model 70 metal restoration question mkbenenson #176296 01/26/10 06:37 PM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 74 Arizona Shawn OP Sidelock
OP Shawn Sidelock Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 74 Arizona	I should have been more specific. Does anyone know who can anodize aluminum to look like Winchester did?

Re: pre-64 model 70 metal restoration question Shawn #176379 01/27/10 01:01 PM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,429 Likes: 34 SDH-MT Sidelock
SDH-MT Sidelock Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,429 Likes: 34	Mark wasn't jerkin your chain. This came up a while back with no reasonable solution. Some use black paint I've heard.

Re: pre-64 model 70 metal restoration question SDH-MT #176391 01/27/10 02:16 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 704 mkbenenson Sidelock
mkbenenson Sidelock Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 704	Kidding aside, Brownell's in my 2006-7 catalog offers a couple of products for blacking aluminum. One of them is a paint of some kind, the other is for touching up black anodizing, don't know how it works or what it is.

Re: pre-64 model 70 metal restoration question mkbenenson #176394 01/27/10 02:56 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,881 Alaska Michael Petrov Sidelock
Michael Petrov Sidelock Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,881 Alaska	I called my Winchester Model 70 guru and he said that he was shown a redone featherweight bottom metal at the Vegas show by Bob Cantonwine. He was told who did the work but forget the name. He thinks that Bob is in San Diego in the winter. Cantonwine Enterprises (503) 399-9435 1243 35Th Nw Salem, OR. 97304 MP Sadly Deceased as of 2/17/2014

Re: pre-64 model 70 metal restoration question Michael Petrov #176529 01/28/10 09:09 AM
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 144 Likes: 2 MN Bob Saathoff Sidelock
Bob Saathoff Sidelock Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 144 Likes: 2 MN	Shawn, Google "anodizing aluminum". Lots of sources or you can do it yourself. Bob

Re: pre-64 model 70 metal restoration question Bob Saathoff #176611 01/28/10 05:37 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 976 Germantown, TN jjwag69 Sidelock
jjwag69 Sidelock Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 976 Germantown, TN	If you are trying to "black" the checkered portion try India ink. Allow it to dry and lightly buff the raised portion or let it wear off over time.

Re: pre-64 model 70 metal restoration question jjwag69 #176650 01/28/10 09:33 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 94 Likes: 2 Northwest Territories Arctic Sidelock
Arctic Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 94 Likes: 2 Northwest Territories	A black "Sharpie" permanent marker will do the job and last awhile, ....works on H&H triggerguards! "A Stranger is a Friend we haven't Met"

Re: pre-64 model 70 metal restoration question Shawn #176834 01/30/10 04:08 PM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 13 Duncan, BC, Canada Swarbrick Boxlock
Swarbrick Boxlock Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 13 Duncan, BC, Canada	Black epoxy paint (spray can) will work. It usually goes on without any runs. Let it dry and follow the directions for cure time (usually 30 days). Leaves a hard durable gloss finish. Cheers.

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