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8/12/2025 4:09:03 PM EDT
Anyone have any info on if it’s possible and how to refinish a pistol with a vanta black type color? I want a Platypus and can’t decide on a theme so I’m thinking of  doing all black but a bit different.
$ň@ĢĢLĕŦ%Ŧĥ
8/12/2025 4:22:39 PM EDT
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Vanta is exclusively allowed only to one dude, some artist.
8/12/2025 6:14:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Thor][Edited] [#2]
I've played around with low reflective/light absorbing blacks, including Cerakote's LR Black, but they don't really work on firearms. These blacks only look that way if they are dry, clean, and you DO NOT ever touch them. I can touch it with what I think are clean hands and leave a residual fingerprint. And gun oil? Forget it. It turns everything satin.
8/14/2025 8:27:35 PM EDT
[Last Edit: snaggletooth1925][Edited] [#3]
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Originally Posted By Thor:
I've played around with low reflective/light absorbing blacks, including Cerakote's LR Black, but they don't really work on firearms. These blacks only look that way if they are dry, clean, and you DO NOT ever touch them. I can touch it with what I think are clean hands and leave a residual fingerprint. And gun oil? Forget it. It turns everything satin.
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Thanks for the info. Now I have to try and come up another color scheme
$ň@ĢĢLĕŦ%Ŧĥ

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