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StevenJ · 07-10-2006, 12:34 PM

I will hopefully be sending off the frame to get all small metal parts duracoated pink this week, new sights should be in thursday. Remember, this is my wifes gun! not mine, Id carry it though

Steve

dave_in_delaware · 07-12-2006, 10:19 AM

So you're only getting the small parts colored? Slide will stay black w/ pink lettering? Hmmm... that's cool if she wants it that way. Personally, I wouldn't do that for my girl's gun.

I may have gone a different way, if it was for a girl: maybe color the whole slide a "normal" shade of pink, and the small parts pink, then do a black lettering on the slide.

You don't *have* to do pink just because it's for a girl. There are many other colors to choose from, that would be really nice for a girl, too. My fiancee really loves the "cobalt blue" color, so I did this for her gun:

That's a gun koted blue slide, and gk silver parts. I did the silver lettering myself. Looks pretty sharp, and she loved it.

Just a thought.

ShowMeState1977 · 07-12-2006, 02:42 PM

Whatever sinks your...I mean her submarine.

**kopfjaeger** · 07-13-2006, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dave_in_delaware

...."cobalt blue" color....

I LOVE that color! Might have to buy another XD so it can be blue

dave_in_delaware · 07-13-2006, 08:08 PM

Well, thanks, but I can't take credit for the coloring...

It was R/T Performance's idea first. And I knew my fiancee loves cobalt blue. So, thankfully to R/T (and him not having a copyright on it -

) he let me use the color scheme on my fiancee's gun, too.

It looks much better in person than in the picture.

Between all the coloring "systems" for guns out there now, you can practically pick any color combo and have it look really good, then do the lettering yourself w/ a Lacquer Stik.

Rich at Canyon Creek http://www.canyoncreekcustom.com/ did my fiancee's blue and silver gun kote.... and I got the silver lacquer stik from James of http://www.xd-hs2000.com/ .... both are true professionals and will fix you up right!

07-10-2006, 12:34 PM	#1
StevenJ XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 56	Like it? I will hopefully be sending off the frame to get all small metal parts duracoated pink this week, new sights should be in thursday. Remember, this is my wifes gun! not mine, Id carry it though Steve

07-12-2006, 10:19 AM	#2
dave_in_delaware XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 6,158	So you're only getting the small parts colored? Slide will stay black w/ pink lettering? Hmmm... that's cool if she wants it that way. Personally, I wouldn't do that for my girl's gun. I may have gone a different way, if it was for a girl: maybe color the whole slide a "normal" shade of pink, and the small parts pink, then do a black lettering on the slide. You don't have to do pink just because it's for a girl. There are many other colors to choose from, that would be really nice for a girl, too. My fiancee really loves the "cobalt blue" color, so I did this for her gun: That's a gun koted blue slide, and gk silver parts. I did the silver lettering myself. Looks pretty sharp, and she loved it. Just a thought. __________________ Dave Daily carry = XD-9 service in a Blackhawk CQC SERPA holster, a Spyderco Native, and a Streamlight Scorpion. "Everything matters... unless it's antimatter." “A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and State, and for hunting and recreational use.” [Delaware Constitution, Article I, § 20 Right to keep and bear arms] Last edited by dave_in_delaware; 07-12-2006 at 10:22 AM.

07-12-2006, 02:42 PM	#3
ShowMeState1977 XDTalk Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 86	Whatever sinks your...I mean her submarine. __________________ XD9SC 1,750+ rounds as of 08/16/2008 XD45 Service Model w/ Night Sights 150 rounds as of 08/20/2008 www.missouricarry.com

07-13-2006, 08:08 PM	#5
dave_in_delaware XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 6,158	Well, thanks, but I can't take credit for the coloring... It was R/T Performance's idea first. And I knew my fiancee loves cobalt blue. So, thankfully to R/T (and him not having a copyright on it - ) he let me use the color scheme on my fiancee's gun, too. It looks much better in person than in the picture. Between all the coloring "systems" for guns out there now, you can practically pick any color combo and have it look really good, then do the lettering yourself w/ a Lacquer Stik. Rich at Canyon Creek http://www.canyoncreekcustom.com/ did my fiancee's blue and silver gun kote.... and I got the silver lacquer stik from James of http://www.xd-hs2000.com/ .... both are true professionals and will fix you up right! __________________ Dave Daily carry = XD-9 service in a Blackhawk CQC SERPA holster, a Spyderco Native, and a Streamlight Scorpion. "Everything matters... unless it's antimatter." “A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and State, and for hunting and recreational use.” [Delaware Constitution, Article I, § 20 Right to keep and bear arms]

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