Coloring in your engravings: the Write Up - Page 16 - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

Reno82 · 07-05-2007, 02:57 AM

working on getting the pics posted!!

and

OK...try that

texasm203 · 07-05-2007, 03:05 AM

yeah, you have to host them through a different site like www.photobucket.com. Once hosted, you post a new reply, click on the little button that is a picture of a mountain, paste the URL of the picture provided by photobucket, and your good to go.

Reno82 · 07-05-2007, 03:23 AM

Got it...take a look now.

texasm203 · 07-05-2007, 03:25 AM

Job well done. On both the engravings and the pics.

Reno82 · 07-05-2007, 03:28 AM

Thanks. The finger nail remover left some graying of the slide. Has that happened to you? How can I fix it and get it back to all black?

texasm203 · 07-05-2007, 03:31 AM

Not 100% on that. I believe in this thread somebody brought that up. I think you just clean it up with a patch moistened with polish remover. a q-tip might work too for precision around the engravings. I used china marker (wax pencil) on mine, so it just rubs out of the finish.

ETA: Start at page 13, somebody presents this problem. A solution is offered regarding letting the polish dray for a day or 2 for complete removal on surrounding areas.

Celcius · 07-05-2007, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guncrazy

I guess I'm nobody, because I just posted a couple of mine last night.

Anyway, someone sent me a message asking how I applied/cleaned off the Testor's on my gun.

Most of it was easy--the lettering, the serial number--but the logo on the top of the slide was a pain, because it's so shallow.

Basically, it was just put a drop on the slide, spread it around with a straight edge (I used an old credit card), let it dry a minute or two, and then lightly wipe with a gun cleaning patch (synthetic) that had been moistened with thinner. I wiped until the the paint was gone from where it shouldn't be, which also tended to pull it out of the grooves where it should--but not all of it. I'd let it dry in a warm oven for a while, then I'd repeat.

It took a while, and it was a pain the butt, but I'm pretty happy with the results.

Now, on my black XD45...I tried to go the quickie route. Basically, I just let a puddle of paint dry over the logo (and all the other areas I wanted to fill). I left in on there for about a week, and then started removing it with a rag wet with paint thinner. The impressions filled in quite nicely, but I got a really bad haze surrounding the lettering and logo. I have tried numerous times to remove it, but I've had no luck so far. I'm now wondering if Melonite is tough enough to stand up to a brass bristle
brush...

OOPS! DIDNT even see it, the blue looks awesome, sounds like a pain. Has it stayed on pretty well? Testors, Like the model car paint? Thanks alot sorry for not checking your pics out earlier, looks great though.

MrBeta · 07-05-2007, 06:25 PM

Well fingernail polish remover has acetone in it and doesn't that work to remove the blueing?

texasm203 · 07-05-2007, 06:41 PM

yeah, but according to other postings on the thread, it's ok in small doses on the Molly finish.

Celcius · 07-06-2007, 12:07 PM

yeah, rule of thumb for most of the stuff, small doses

07-05-2007, 02:57 AM	#151
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07-05-2007, 03:05 AM	#152
texasm203 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Antonio Posts: 1,448	yeah, you have to host them through a different site like www.photobucket.com. Once hosted, you post a new reply, click on the little button that is a picture of a mountain, paste the URL of the picture provided by photobucket, and your good to go. __________________ If you won't stand behind our troops, please stand in front of them!

07-05-2007, 03:23 AM	#153
Reno82 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 1,236	Got it...take a look now. __________________ XD-45acp Service (Match Gun I changed it to a compact for CCW... did a grip chop on it) Ruger Mark III 22/45 Kimber SS Custom Target II 10mm Walther G22 (FUN GUN) XD-45acp Tactical (Match Gun II; upgraded the bbl from PistolGear) XD-9 Sub-Compact (Home Defense and CCW) DPMS AR-15: 9mm (1/17/08...) RRA CAR A4 Upper 223/5.56---did a lower bulid 6/3/08 and bought completed upper 2/21/08 S&W 642 38 special w/ CT grips (HD& CCW) Upper ALEX ARMS 19.5" 6.5 GRENDEL-order 9/9/08

07-05-2007, 03:25 AM	#154
texasm203 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Antonio Posts: 1,448	Job well done. On both the engravings and the pics. __________________ If you won't stand behind our troops, please stand in front of them!

07-05-2007, 03:28 AM	#155
Reno82 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 1,236	Thanks. The finger nail remover left some graying of the slide. Has that happened to you? How can I fix it and get it back to all black? __________________ XD-45acp Service (Match Gun I changed it to a compact for CCW... did a grip chop on it) Ruger Mark III 22/45 Kimber SS Custom Target II 10mm Walther G22 (FUN GUN) XD-45acp Tactical (Match Gun II; upgraded the bbl from PistolGear) XD-9 Sub-Compact (Home Defense and CCW) DPMS AR-15: 9mm (1/17/08...) RRA CAR A4 Upper 223/5.56---did a lower bulid 6/3/08 and bought completed upper 2/21/08 S&W 642 38 special w/ CT grips (HD& CCW) Upper ALEX ARMS 19.5" 6.5 GRENDEL-order 9/9/08

07-05-2007, 03:31 AM	#156
texasm203 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Antonio Posts: 1,448	Not 100% on that. I believe in this thread somebody brought that up. I think you just clean it up with a patch moistened with polish remover. a q-tip might work too for precision around the engravings. I used china marker (wax pencil) on mine, so it just rubs out of the finish. ETA: Start at page 13, somebody presents this problem. A solution is offered regarding letting the polish dray for a day or 2 for complete removal on surrounding areas. __________________ If you won't stand behind our troops, please stand in front of them!

07-05-2007, 06:25 PM	#158
MrBeta XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 298	Well fingernail polish remover has acetone in it and doesn't that work to remove the blueing?

07-05-2007, 06:41 PM	#159
texasm203 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Antonio Posts: 1,448	yeah, but according to other postings on the thread, it's ok in small doses on the Molly finish. __________________ If you won't stand behind our troops, please stand in front of them!

07-06-2007, 12:07 PM	#160
Celcius XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 114	yeah, rule of thumb for most of the stuff, small doses __________________ "Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty keystone... the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable... more than 99% of them by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour. " -George Washington - XD 45 ACP Bi-Tone - Ruger 10/22

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