Discoloring on slide from wiping with a silicone cloth - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

madwrstler · 07-20-2007, 12:54 PM

I have a silicone cloth I wipe down my guns with. Well......I haven't even fired my new XD and, when I started to wipe it because some touched the slide, the finish was getting discolored. What is up with that? I am very pissed and wonder if this is normal? I am ready to take this thing back.

**mvician** · 07-20-2007, 01:04 PM

discolored ????? as in DARKER ????

wipe the whole thing down and smile

Mike

slugger6 · 07-20-2007, 01:08 PM

I routinely wipe down my XDs with a silicone cloth and have never had a problem.

Johnnybgood · 07-20-2007, 01:12 PM

I wipe my XD's down with a silicone cloth all the time with no problem. What you are probably seeing is the protective silicone coating being applied as you wipe the firearm down. Same thing happens to mine every time, I wouldn't worry sounds like things are normal.

xd4life · 07-20-2007, 01:15 PM

+1 on the silicone cloth. Use it frequently only makes the guns a little darker.

zac07 · 07-20-2007, 01:19 PM

+1 the silicone cloth will make it darker and put a little shine on it.

**DanTheEldest** · 07-20-2007, 05:39 PM

Basically the same principle as putting Armor-All on your tires. It looks spiffy (IMO) and offers some corrosion protection as long as you don't handle it (like storage in a safe).

madwrstler · 07-20-2007, 05:59 PM

Thanks guys. I am going to the indoor range tomorrow where I bought the gun to get some time with the new addition. I am going to them about it just in case.

xd4life · 07-20-2007, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by madwrstler

Thanks guys. I am going to the indoor range tomorrow where I bought the gun to get some time with the new addition. I am going to them about it just in case.

Tell us is it darker? Lighter?? Post some pics. Most people that work at fun shops don't know their ass from a hole in the ground

**HPD SRT** · 07-20-2007, 11:26 PM

Pics?????????

07-20-2007, 12:54 PM	#1
madwrstler XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2	Discoloring on slide from wiping with a silicone cloth I have a silicone cloth I wipe down my guns with. Well......I haven't even fired my new XD and, when I started to wipe it because some touched the slide, the finish was getting discolored. What is up with that? I am very pissed and wonder if this is normal? I am ready to take this thing back.

07-20-2007, 01:08 PM	#3
slugger6 XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 19,371	I routinely wipe down my XDs with a silicone cloth and have never had a problem. __________________ "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us". - Ralph Waldo Emerson

07-20-2007, 01:12 PM	#4
Johnnybgood XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North West Florida Posts: 588	I always use a silicone cloth I wipe my XD's down with a silicone cloth all the time with no problem. What you are probably seeing is the protective silicone coating being applied as you wipe the firearm down. Same thing happens to mine every time, I wouldn't worry sounds like things are normal. __________________ XD .40 SC TFO's XD .45 Compact XD . 40 Service Ruger P345PR Taurus 605 357 MAG Bersa Thunder .380 Savage 12 gage pump

07-20-2007, 01:15 PM	#5
xd4life XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Back in HOTLANTA Posts: 2,251	+1 on the silicone cloth. Use it frequently only makes the guns a little darker. __________________ "A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well." Rick Hebert "The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities.... It is best to win without fighting." Sun-tzu 300 B.C Bob Barr FOR PRESIDENT

07-20-2007, 05:39 PM	#7
DanTheEldest XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,288	Basically the same principle as putting Armor-All on your tires. It looks spiffy (IMO) and offers some corrosion protection as long as you don't handle it (like storage in a safe). __________________ The AK-47: Designed to be field-stripped and used effectively by a half-drunk, half-frozen illiterate conscript who found it buried in Mother Russia's mud after last year's Regiment exercises. SOP: retrieve from ground, pee in action, cycle bolt, go back to work. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. --Martin Luther

07-20-2007, 01:04 PM	#2
mvician XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,655	discolored ????? as in DARKER ???? wipe the whole thing down and smile Mike

07-20-2007, 01:19 PM	#6
zac07 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,070	+1 the silicone cloth will make it darker and put a little shine on it.

07-20-2007, 05:59 PM	#8
madwrstler XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2	Thanks guys. I am going to the indoor range tomorrow where I bought the gun to get some time with the new addition. I am going to them about it just in case.

07-20-2007, 11:26 PM	#10
HPD SRT XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Southeastern WA Posts: 1,359	Pics????????? __________________ My Album SA XD-45 Tactical---Springerized! SA XD-45 Compact Model 1 EM-4 CAR Winchester Model 70 .308 Remington 870 Express Magnum USPSA: A-57358 PISTOLGEAR SpringerPrecision

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