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Is there a home shop method of getting a grey finish, similar to a Browning Pigeon grade?
TIY,
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depends on your home shop.....Now that I'm done being a wise ass, maybe I can help. I have the original browning dircetions for thier service centers. I could never lay my hands on the clear baking enamal they used. After much research I ended up using a clear auto body finsih thined down some. You also need to fill the engraving with black india ink. It took a fair amount of crap to pull off and I'm not looking to do anymore really, but not that hard either. If you are interested in what I used let me know, I'll dig it out of the rack of crap. requires a cheap airgun and a compressor, the results were as good as factory, if I don't say so myself.
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I bought a Pigeon Grade Trap gun that someone had removed the factory finish and left the metal in the white. IMHO it looked better that way. I tried (without success)to find out what the finish was from Midwest Gunworks.
Ken
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Brent,
Ken Hurst has mentioned etching with a toilet bowl cleaner.
Another would be to glassbead blast the surface.
I was experimenting with blueing/etching damascus with the RadioShack circuitboard etch and got a slightly etched (frosted) surface that was grey, after rustblueing with Pilkingtons and then etching.
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The original finish is nickel plateing
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Bill,
The Superposed Pigeon grades that I've seen were a silver grey color. The only nickel plating that I'm familiar with is a yellow color like that on the K80 I had.
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I'm going to try to lightly etch a small part starting with the tidybowl and move up in strength as needed. If it comes out well, then I'll finish the frame and clearcoat with baked enamel.
Thanks all!
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Brent,
Give that rust blue/circuitboard etch a try on a sample as well, if you can find the time. I thought it was a real nice 'French grey'.
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Yeti --- I have found that Lysoj TB cleaner works on color cased guns along with a wad of steel wool. It will produce a dark grey finish as you remove the color and progressively get lighter as you continue to polish with steel wool and TB cleaner. I like the lysol as it tends to cling to surface. Afterwards, I wash part with soda water to kill any remaining acid particles, boil in fresh water for a few minutes, dry and coat with oil. Once cool,I wipe down and use/store as usual. Works for me, Ken
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