One of my brothers from church, turned real good family friend is a retired SWAT negotiator. He mentioned his Beretta safety was broken. I had an extra one so I offered to install it for him. When I picked it up, I noticed it was very worn, which I think is awesome, and what's more awesome is that it was his duty pistol for 30 years. Well, he wanted new life (wanted me to paint it and wanted new grips) for his sentimental Beretta, so I did what I could.
I had some brand new VZ grips laying around and painted it with my favorite paint for guns. I use engine enamel (for clarification refer to post #4) paint because it bakes on in the hot sun and is so durable that even the action of the slide going back, or chambering another shotgun round has not shown any real wear over the years. I can't say wether or not it's better than cerakote, but its just as good.
Anyway, I was happy to do this for him and I'm really proud of the job I did, so I thought I'd share it.
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God bless.
One of my brothers from church, turned real good family friend is a retired SWAT negotiator. He mentioned his Beretta safety was broken. I had an extra one so I offered to install it for him. When I picked it up, I noticed it was very worn, which I think is awesome, and what's more awesome is that it was his duty pistol for 30 years. Well, he wanted new life (wanted me to paint it and wanted new grips) for his sentimental Beretta, so I did what I could.
I had some brand new VZ grips laying around and painted it with my favorite paint for guns. I use engine enamel (for clarification refer to post #4) paint because it bakes on in the hot sun and is so durable that even the action of the slide going back, or chambering another shotgun round has not shown any real wear over the years. I can't say wether or not it's better than cerakote, but its just as good.
Anyway, I was happy to do this for him and I'm really proud of the job I did, so I thought I'd share it.
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God bless.
JColumbus,
VERY NICE. = Fwiw, I've "remodeled" numerous duty guns over the years for other LEOs, using EPOXY APPLIANCE PAINT, especially when I worked the coastal areas where SALT in the air rusts blued guns "while you wait"..
Once fully cured, it is hard to "damage" with sandpaper.
(I buy mine from HD.)
yours, satx
You did an amazing job, looks great. I would've been paranoid about ceramic paint, but that's only because I've had bad luck using it on anything other than engines. I lucked out with using DuraCoat on a restore I did for a friend.
Wow I didn't consider that could happen. Is that a wide spread thing? And if so, do departments do something about it?