Posted: 1/21/2014 3:46:34 PM EDT
What up, n-bombs? I come to you today with a question about DIY grip work. This is mostly for the guys that have cut and stippled their own grips. So I spent the weekend stippling and cutting up my M&P. The stippling turned out nice and I wanted to go a step further and cut a divot into the bottom of the trigger guard for my support-side index finger. This turned out decently as well, but has worn and discolored that area of the frame. Here are the shots of what I just mentioned (I don't have a proper camera so you'll have to contend with shitay cell phone pictures). My question is this: what, if anything, did you guys use to get your frame back to it's original (or close enough) black color?
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Try oil first.
Also people on the forum tend to read things as if that's what you were saying out loud. Starting a post with "what's up n-bombs" makes you seem many things, the most charitable of which would be immature. Just a heads up. You should put up some pictures of your DIY work with a solid background and better lighting. |
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I have not, and will not, mess with my M&P grips. They are already so far above my Glock grips I'm not messing with them.
The glock however, I have messed with. I probably should have sold it or traded it but I didn't. I keep trying to "like" it. I've worked on the finger groove bumps that don't fit my hand (fingers sit on top of the bumps instead of down in the grooves - so they have to go). I've worked on the trigger guard where it meets the grip. I added a grip force adaptor to it to help line my trigger finger up with the trigger vs. the slide. Its better, but not nearly as good a fit as the M&P. It's a work in progress. I get some time, I mess with it. Its yours, do what you feel makes it fit you better. |
Yeah, I tried the oil but it just seems to go back to the lighter grey color. The same for wet-sanding it with fine sandpaper. Worst case scenario, it'll just break in on it's own. The groove functions great; it's just not the prettiest. And M1A, I kinda regret having my G17 cerakoted because now I would totally add index points and undercut that trigger guard, maybe even remove the finger grooves. 
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Based on my research (I have not yet mustered the cahones to try this) ... polish then black rit dye.... I once heard that to match the texture (of Glocks anyway) you can get a sandpaper that matches the factory 'texture' and tap it in with a hammer.... <<<< LIGHTLY
*THAT'S what I'm going to do... someday. |
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The glock however, I have messed with. I probably should have sold it or traded it but I didn't. I keep trying to "like" it. I've worked on the finger groove bumps that don't fit my hand (fingers sit on top of the bumps instead of down in the grooves - so they have to go). I've worked on the trigger guard where it meets the grip. I added a grip force adaptor to it to help line my trigger finger up with the trigger vs. the slide. Its better, but not nearly as good a fit as the M&P. It's a work in progress. I get some time, I mess with it. You sound like me.  I have a Gen 4 G17 I need to do something with. The finger grooves are gonna go, and the trigger guard undercut is stoopid out of the box. I also want to hog out the inside bottom of the trigger guard as well, since that's where my finger inevitably drags.
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| I undercut a small portion on my MP Shield where the factory "stippling" was rubbing my right middle finger. I sanded it down and used a felt polishing wheel with some flitz polish and it looks really good. It's smooth and is black in color but more of a dull black but it still looks good, plus it's underneath the trigger guard. Try polishing it and see what it looks like. |