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Terry · 03-11-2008, 06:11 PM

A budy of mine has one of the older Xd40 service. He had the rust problem at first. He said that he put a thin coat of turtle wax in the out side of the slide. He replaces the wax about every six months and has never had a speck of rust. He carries it ,IWB every day.

Buzzfuzz · 03-11-2008, 08:38 PM

Might want to give a try using a light shot (caot) of white Lithium Grease.. spray. It goes on light... and dosnt stain the gun or grips or anything as far as I can tell.. and does a great job of chasing the rust monster away. Buzz

**chuck1284** · 03-12-2008, 05:38 AM

I work on the Northern California Coast and carry my XD every day in the salt air, fog, rain etc.. It's an older XD40 Tactical.

I use Corrosion X. I wipe the gun down with a real thin coat about once a month and haven't seen any signs of rust yet, been doing this for about 10 months now.

porschesales · 03-12-2008, 10:27 AM

just called springfield and they said to send it back and if they found the finish to not be up to par they would recoat in the armory finish. parkerize and then spray on finih wish is then heat baked on.

Anyone know about this?

Johnnybgood · 03-12-2008, 08:51 PM

I had an older Xd 40 pre-melonite. I noticed some rust starting on the slide one day so I gave SA a call. They said it would be covered under warranty and they would reimburse me for shipping. After doing some research I decided to send it off to Brad at CCR-Refinishing to have the Cera-Hide finish put on and it cost me $59.00 plus $8.00 to cover return shipping. Normal price for slide only is $69.00 but they had a sale going. Turn around at the time they told me would be 3 weeks so I should get it end of this week or sometime next week. I will try to post pics when I get it back. CCR-Refinishing.com is the web address if you want to check it out.

DIRTY HARRY · 06-24-2008, 10:37 PM

how can you tell if its an old coating or the melonite coating can you or springfield tell me based on the ser number of the gun etc i would like to know if my gun is coated or not it was bought new in box in either 2006 or 07 from a gun dealer which has since gone out of business

Broadside · 06-25-2008, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DIRTY HARRY

how can you tell if its an old coating or the melonite coating can you or springfield tell me based on the ser number of the gun etc i would like to know if my gun is coated or not it was bought new in box in either 2006 or 07 from a gun dealer which has since gone out of business

You can call SA; provide them the serial # and they will look it up and tell you for sure. If you look close you can see a difference between the finishes, the photos are bad to really tell. The services is the old finish the sc new melonite.

03-11-2008, 06:11 PM	#1
Terry XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NorthPole, Alaska Posts: 459	Older XD finish A budy of mine has one of the older Xd40 service. He had the rust problem at first. He said that he put a thin coat of turtle wax in the out side of the slide. He replaces the wax about every six months and has never had a speck of rust. He carries it ,IWB every day. __________________ Be safe and always watch your back trail

03-11-2008, 08:38 PM	#2
Buzzfuzz XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 186	Another option Might want to give a try using a light shot (caot) of white Lithium Grease.. spray. It goes on light... and dosnt stain the gun or grips or anything as far as I can tell.. and does a great job of chasing the rust monster away. Buzz __________________ Buzz

03-12-2008, 05:38 AM	#3
chuck1284 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: No. Calif. Posts: 16	Yet Another Option I work on the Northern California Coast and carry my XD every day in the salt air, fog, rain etc.. It's an older XD40 Tactical. I use Corrosion X. I wipe the gun down with a real thin coat about once a month and haven't seen any signs of rust yet, been doing this for about 10 months now. __________________ "The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation." -Jeff Cooper

03-12-2008, 10:27 AM	#4
porschesales XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: louisiana Posts: 8	just called springfield and they said to send it back and if they found the finish to not be up to par they would recoat in the armory finish. parkerize and then spray on finih wish is then heat baked on. Anyone know about this? __________________ When staring down the barrel of a gun all men are equal.

03-12-2008, 08:51 PM	#5
Johnnybgood XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North West Florida Posts: 555	I had an older Xd 40 pre-melonite. I noticed some rust starting on the slide one day so I gave SA a call. They said it would be covered under warranty and they would reimburse me for shipping. After doing some research I decided to send it off to Brad at CCR-Refinishing to have the Cera-Hide finish put on and it cost me $59.00 plus $8.00 to cover return shipping. Normal price for slide only is $69.00 but they had a sale going. Turn around at the time they told me would be 3 weeks so I should get it end of this week or sometime next week. I will try to post pics when I get it back. CCR-Refinishing.com is the web address if you want to check it out. __________________ XD .40 SC TFO's XD .45 Compact XD . 40 Service Ruger P345PR Taurus 605 357 MAG Bersa Thunder .380 Savage 12 gage pump Last edited by Johnnybgood : 03-12-2008 at 08:52 PM. Reason: correct spelling

06-24-2008, 10:37 PM	#6
DIRTY HARRY XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: EASTERN NY STATE Posts: 118	how do you tell old finish or new finish on an xd pistol how can you tell if its an old coating or the melonite coating can you or springfield tell me based on the ser number of the gun etc i would like to know if my gun is coated or not it was bought new in box in either 2006 or 07 from a gun dealer which has since gone out of business

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