Touching Up, Refinishing Blades, Screws, etc.

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Most blades are coated with either a teflon or other finish to keep them discreet in the dark and protected from the elements. Is there a teflon paint or brush-on finish that can be used on a blade, screws or the sights of a gun to dull reflection? I realize stainless will pretty much resist anything that's not baked on or pre-treated, but I wondered if anyone had found anything better than a black marker.

Also, has anyone tried hard chroming a knife blade? If so, is it something one can do one's self? I've seen various plating kits, but nothing designed for knife blades and parts, per se. I know hard chroming is very thin, durable and hard. I once had a revolver that was hard chromed and the parts virtually stopped wearing.

Anyway, this product looks quite good, but is a bit on the expensive side.

Thanks!
 
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All sortsa things. there are numerous spray and bake gun finshes that are used below the temps that will hurt modern stainless steels. For non bake-on finishes there's brownell's alumahyde and my personal favorite, automotive crinkle valvecover paint. The non-bake finishes usually take over a week to cure to max hardness, but there's no worries about heat or getting yelled at for painting knives in the oven etc. They key to getting them to adhere is a very clean surface, preferably freshly cut with abrasive blast or sandpaper. Otherwise use a good non-residue degreaser and let dry thoroughly, then coat.

Edit: hard chrome. I haven't had it done to a knife but I did have a rifle once that was refinished in it, really nice. Mad Dog knives uses hard chrome, I haven't heard many complaints other than some rust creep, but that will happen with almost any hard chrome surface unless oiled because it is slightly porous.
 
Thanks! Just the sort of info I was looking fer. The first revolver I had done the hard chrome was unpolished and had a bit of green tint to it. The second one I had polished and it came back looking just like stainless steel.
 
If chromium is applied in the proper thickness, it will not be porous.
I have offered to electroless nickel plate a working blade for the first person to contact me. I will do this without charge (smaller blades only!) as I want to see how it holds up to rough use.
Bill
www.billdeshivs.com
 
Bill, I'd be interested in trying that out. Your profile is set to no emails.

nick_hyle at yahoo dot com
 
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