[68hodaka]

After looking over my P3AT, I realized just how much better I could make it look.
This is the end result. A polished to a mirror finish barrel, and the slide polished and glass beaded to a  
beautiful satin finish.
The finish is darned near as nice as my Rohrbaugh R9.

EDIT: NO COMMERCE

 

[zakmatthews]

that's impressive. what's your asking price? did you notice any improvement in functioning?

 

[68hodaka]

The slide work is cosmetic with the exception of cleaning and smoothing the firing pin hole.
Please e-mail me with any questions.

Thanks

 

[rcmodel]

Now that the finish is gone, how do you propose to keep it from rusting?

rc

 

[68hodaka]

Now that the finish is gone, how do you propose to keep it from rusting?

rc

I do the same thing I do with all of my handguns. I simply keep a very light film of oil on the slide.
I did the same proceedure to my PF9 over a year ago.
There has *never* been a trace of rust on the slide.  Nada. Zero.
And like my P3AT, it spends most of it's life in my pocket.

 

[swatz]

keep it oiled it won't rust..I did the same with mine, after awhile though, I coated it with cerama-coat... you did a nice job, looks great!
Steve

 

[BillK]

Looks very nice.

 

[Bluetiger]

I wonder if there is some sort of rust-proofing coating that would retain the great appearance?

 

[Whamo]

Pretty Gun!

 

[engineer88]

Looks fantastic! Nice job 68hodaka!!

 

[68hodaka]

Thank you all for the compliment.
It really looks like a much higher dollar gun. The satin finish really looks good.
All that is needed is to keep a light film of oil on the slide.
It WON'T rust.

 

[RDALMASO1]

After looking over my P3AT, I realized just how much better I could make it look.
This is the end result. A polished to a mirror finish barrel, and the slide polished and glass beaded to a  
beautiful satin finish.
The finish is darned near as nice as my Rohrbaugh R9.

EDIT: NO COMMERCE

Very nice!!

 

[gapman]

that thing looks great. so you took the factory finish all the way off? thats not the hard chrome that was bead blasted?
john

 

[doubloon]

nice work.

 

[jerrywoods]

What finish was on the gun prior?

 

[frankmako]

nice,,how hard was it to do???

 

[cherry911]

That really looks great, have you posted steps on how you did it. My blueing is really starting to fade and I am looking at other options.

 

[jbabbler]

That really looks great, have you posted steps on how you did it.  My blueing is really starting to fade and I am looking at other options.

The factory finish can be removed in about 5 minutes with absolutely no scrubbing on your part. Simply place the slide in a bowl of Distilled Vinegar and the bluing falls off after a few minutes. Then you just wipe it clean.

 

[hump]

I refinished mine today.

 

[68hodaka]

I refinished mine today.

Nice job. It looks real nice. Much better than it did when it came out out the box.