sHiNy ThInGs....... barrel is too purdy, how to de-purdy a barrel.

[BPTactical]

........you two are a little scary, with in 2 minutes you both said the same thing. Glad one of you added "it" to your sentence or you would have been twins.

So the consensus is bead blast and then maybe a high temp coating? kind of what I was thinking. If you see this barrel you would understand, if it was a flat surface I could use it as a mirror almost. Beautiful, just not ME......... I like black and utilitarian over shiny / fancy.


So Ray do I have to buy the sand to use the bead blaster? I will probably have to remove the barrel which means I need some tools for a 308 ...........

Didja see that big black cabinet in the corner when you were here Skully?
That would be an industrial blast cabinet.
On the other bench is another big black thing that contains tools.
308 platform tools to be exact.

See a trend

[ray1970]

So Ray do I have to buy the sand to use the bead blaster? I will probably have to remove the barrel which means I need some tools for a 308 ...........

Nope. No buying "sand". Plus, it isn't sand. Sand blasting will make a pretty rough surface and remove a bit of material as well. What I have access to is a glass bead cabinet. It uses glass beads. They leave the surface dull but smooth and don't really remove any material.

You would need the .308 tools though. Or we would have to take some time masking off everything we don't want blasted.

The 1911 I posted earlier started life looking like this...



Then I got bored and polished it...



Then I decided that was way too much bling and really showed fingerprints so I bead blasted it.

[Skully]

Nope. No buying "sand". Plus, it isn't sand. Sand blasting will make a pretty rough surface and remove a bit of material as well. What I have access to is a glass bead cabinet. It uses glass beads. They leave the surface dull but smooth and don't really remove any material.

You would need the .308 tools though. Or we would have to take some time masking off everything we don't want blasted.

The 1911 I posted earlier started life looking like this...



Then I got bored and polished it...


Then I decided that was way too much bling and really showed fingerprints so I bead blasted it.

Bling bling baby................. its looks much better now.

I am not in to the high gloss bling bling stuff............specially on a work-horse firearm.

Now I have some decisions.................

Didja see that big black cabinet in the corner when you were here Skully?
That would be an industrial blast cabinet.
On the other bench is another big black thing that contains tools.
308 platform tools to be exact.

See a trend

Yes, I see a trend.............. is that like the Monty Python "......wink wink, nudge nudge say no more SAY NO MORE!"

See now I need to decide and coordinate.................

[BPTactical]

Bring me a.............shrubbery, a nice one




But Ray sez he isn't gonna mess with it anymore.........

[ray1970]

But Ray sez he isn't gonna mess with it anymore.........

It's all in the past now.... all in the past.

[BPTactical]

It's all in the past now.... all in the past.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggghhhhtttt!









Note in journal: "8-28-2012, Ray says "Its all in the past now....all in the past".

[ray1970]

Look. Over there. What's that? Cat food?









(Some people are so easily distracted )

[BPTactical]

Look. Over there. What's that? Cat food?









(Some people are so easily distracted )

Catfood meh!
I want a new fuzzy mouse on a string that's laced with primo kittynip

[Skully]

Oh brother..............................


Stop it both of you.

The SUBJECT of this thread was how to de-shiny MY "sHiNy ThInG" not yours................

[Skully]

Okay I need to figure out what my next step is. After taking pics of this thing you can see how "sHiNy" the barrel is.

Going to call Bert soon........................