Giving DuraCoat a Try
 

Many years ago I took in a Sig Sauer P245 to settle a debt. It shoots very good but the Parkerized finish has seen better days. Not sure why in this old pic the grips came out purple :eek:

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Decided to try DuraCoat to spruce up the old dog. I used an airbrush. The stainless had to be reduced 10% but applied very easy. I sprayed it Saturday, assembled it today. Instructions say 3-4 weeks before heavy use. I will see how it holds up down the road.

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It turned out real nice!

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looks great , good job.

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Better than new :cool:

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Man, that thing looked rough in the 'before.' Good job.

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Nice work....what do they say the lasting time is?

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nice

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Very nice work and thanks for the post as I've been wondering about doing a handgun with DuraCoat that has seen a better finish long ago.

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thanks to all

From the instruction sheet; Remember DuraCoat doesn't wear, but you dropped it down the mountain, or had more than 100,000 draws from you holster it might need a touch up.

so who knows? this one hangs out in the nightstand with just an occasional trip to the range so it should last a long time.

I also painted a scrap piece of raw steel so after 3 weeks I'll see what kind of abuse it will take

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Wow that came out sweet!! I can't wait for the abuse test on the scrap piece.

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Dug these Hogue grips out of the closet today, need stainless screws.


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Very nice and the grips are tight!!