It's my understanding that stainless revolvers can be bead blasted to restore their original finish. I've got a couple of stainless revolvers that I'd like freshened up. Are there any local shops that do that?
What kind of finish? Bead blast isn't going to be a smooth shiny finish... you need a buffing wheel for that.
Just a nice matte finish like it came from the factory. I just want the little scratches taken out and shiny spots from holster wear to be matte again. I'm not looking for pimpy shiny nickel like finish.
Bead blasted looks like this.....
That's what I want. Now, where do I take it?
Glass bead would probably be a good start. If you have a sand blaster, you can do it, otherwise, hit up OlYeller, he's more in your neck of the woods than others.
If mike doesn't have time to do it, bring it to Tulsa for an hour, I can do it and you can watch.
You can do it yourself but you have to take it apart first and cap both ends of the barrel and chamber or you can hurt the inside of the barrel and chambers.
You can do it yourself but you have to take it apart first and cap both ends of the barrel and chamber or you can hurt the inside of the barrel and chambers.
This is a little smith I did...
An SA:
Some grips:
An SA:
Some grips:
Yes, in fact that is an old pic, it has an extreme melt now, a poor pic, but enough to show what I've done, I spent alot of time blending everything in.
Take note of the cylinder on the little smith, it was blasted, then I finished it with a surebrite wheel leaving the depressions blasted.
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