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I have an older (mid 70's) SKB double with a bright silver finish on the receiver, trigger guard and forend iron that has turned dark in places. Does anyone know what this finish is (plating?), and is there any way to clean up the dark places so it it is all looks the same again?
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Pretty sure that it's Silver plating. It tarnishes.
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I know this will sound like blasphemy on this web site, I happen to think the SKB is one nice gun. If it was mine, I send it out and have it French grayed. Or replated. I fear the plating on yours has worn.
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I have an SKB 200E. Bought it mostly based on recommendations found here. Good value.
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I never heard of silver plating on SKBs, possible, but, I suspect they 'woulda been tarnished before they hit the box. Could be silver colored titanium nitride. Try taking a pencil eraser to a hidden, darkened area. Might work.
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Silver plating seems very unlikely to me, as well. I don't recall what they(SKB) called it in those days but my guess would be a nitrided finish.
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It might be a silver nitrided finish, but it is not Silver plated.
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Actually it is silver plate. If you handel the gun alot the high spots will polish bright and show the machine engraving very well. If you want it all bright you can polish it with some silver polish on a rag but be carefull not to over do it and wear thrue the silver. Don't let any bore solvents come in contact with the frame as it could lift the silver off or start it pealing. My 200E has it's silver pealing around the firing pin hole on the right barrel. This is good old advice for nickel plated revolvers also.
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It's my understanding that the process for putting the silver finish on guns is a "silver nitrate" application. Per what I've read, silver nitrate (a salt type chemical that is used in photography to light sensitize surfaces) is made into a solution and the part is immersed. I don't recall if an electrical field is required, but my memory seems to indicate no electricity is required. Essentially, it is an electroless silver plating process.
I don't know if "silver nitride" is a true technically accurate term or not. But I haven't found anything on it. I suspect "silver nitride" is a bastardization of the other term. However, I have seen where even Browning described their silver finish as "silver nitride", so I could be all wrong on this.
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I ran a google search on nitride and silver nitride, apparently it is similar to the process used to make mirrors, there are warnings about the explosive properties of the solutions used, so I don't think you want to be doing this at home. this site tells you more than you want to know about nitrides http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NitrideJim
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