Painting a Glock Slide

[Skylineracer329]

Looking for the best rattle can method for spraying a glock slide. I painted mine with high temp wheel paint and high temp clear coat and it was peeling within a week. I de greased it, sanded it, de greased again. Baked it, painted it, repeated.

Any particular primer i could have used to help it adhere better?

 

[NickyB]

get it cerakoted

 

[Romokid]

If you're not going the cerakote way then take a look at Brownells Aluma-Hyde. I picked up a can to tryout on some AR parts but haven't gotten around to it yet.

 

[NHKevin]

Looking for the best rattle can method for spraying a glock slide. I painted mine with high temp wheel paint and high temp clear coat and it was peeling within a week. I de greased it, sanded it, de greased again. Baked it, painted it, repeated.

Any particular primer i could have used to help it adhere better?

I never heard of buying a Glock to make it pretty.

 

[Skylineracer329]

I never heard of buying a Glock to make it pretty.

Yeah me either, they're pretty ugly to begin with. But I'm the 3rd owner of this 20 year old police trade in and the finish looks like shit.

 

[Skylineracer329]

get it cerakoted

I'm broke AF and don't have the resources to cerakote at home. Otherwise that's the route I'd go

 

[11_fingers]

Yeah me either, they're pretty ugly to begin with. But I'm the 3rd owner of this 20 year old police trade in and the finish looks like shit.

Glock refinished one of mine, don't remember the cost but it was cheap. Maybe give that a go

 

[LuvDog]

What about bluing it with motor oil?


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[22lr]

Yeah me either, they're pretty ugly to begin with. But I'm the 3rd owner of this 20 year old police trade in and the finish looks like shit.

It's called "character", not a bad thing in my opinion

 

[Skylineracer329]

What about bluing it with motor oil?


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Never heard of that. Gonna have to google it

 

[Wrench75]

Automotive high temp primer. Like the stuff they use on engines. Rustoleum brand is good. You can get it at wally world. It will be in the automotive section not in hardware w/ the other paints.

 

[drgrant]

I'm broke AF and don't have the resources to cerakote at home. Otherwise that's the route I'd go

You should just have left the thing alone and spend the money on ammo instead. It's a Glock FFS, lol.

-Mike

 

[peterthefish]

Brownell's Gunkote is a cheapish alternative. You need to go with very thin coats but it's durable.

 

[Snora]

My experience with rattle can is it'll never last on something that's getting carried. If I was broke and wanted to waste my time spiffying up a gun I'd think polish would be longer lasting than paint.

 

[92G]

Yeah me either, they're pretty ugly to begin with. But I'm the 3rd owner of this 20 year old police trade in and the finish looks like shit.

if finish looks like shit, would taking can of spray paint to it make it look good? you're breaking my heart. please get the gun cerakoted. it would probably look good!!

 

[qqac]

For $45 Glock will refinish it and send it back to you. Sometimes they will even throw on new sights and other parts.

https://us.glock.com/documents/GLOCK Warranty.pdf

 

[kalash]

Strip the current finish and polish it

 

[Skylineracer329]

if finish looks like shit, would taking can of spray paint to it make it look good? you're breaking my heart. please get the gun cerakoted. it would probably look good!!

Lol it did look good, until it met its holster.

 

[JDL]

Oil blueing will give it a very cool finish.
Directions to blueing with oil.
Remove all parts from the slide (you are going have to remove the striker sleeve and replace it, order a new one before you start the project)
Remove all old finish/blueing ect. lightly sand or steel wool or scotch bright to the desired finish on the bare steel, don't be too concerned with the inside of the slide you are only finishing the outside for looks not the inside it will be OK.
After prepping the slide you will need to d-grease it. Use acetone, brake clean or some other d-greaser, acetone works great and is inexpensive and available at Home depot (use rubber gloves for this part of the operation not latex gloves)
You will need a Propane torch. You will need a way to hold the slide to the heat it, a metal rod in the striker channel would work OK, don't force it find a rod that fits loosely and you will need vice grips to hold the rod. You will need to heat the slide to around 570 deg. (drawing point of steel) You want to heat the slide up until you get a consistent darkening of the steel. The torch doesn't have to be set to full blast just enough to darkening the steel to an even looking bluish color. You are looking for an (Even Darkening) (This Is Important). As you are heating the slide take it away from the torch flame every once in a while to check and let it cool just a bit to let you see where the darkening is uneven, then back to the heat to get that even darkening. Once you have achieved an even dark finish drop the hot slide into your container of oil. Drop the whole slide in all at once, let it cool in the oil. Once it has cooled down take it out of the oil and clean off all the oil. You will need a container larger enough to immerse the entire slide in oil all at once. Any motor oil will work (not synthetic real motor oil)
The slide should have a nice dark blued finish. Reassemble your slide and install it on the frame, function check and you are ready for the range.

 

[SilvaMan61]

Cerakote kelly green. Do it

 

[Dennis in MA]

Remember that Glocks are manly guns and don't take kindly to non-manly things. Stop painting it pink and it might stick.

 

[wmass]

epoxy rattle can.

 

[TomMontana]

This actually looks pretty good. Like the Sniper Grey. Leave it as is. People pay for the battle worn look.

Lol it did look good, until it met its holster.

 

[Broc]

Whenever I re-finish my guns, I also buy grillz and a matching hat to go with it.

 

[drgrant]

Whenever I re-finish my guns, I also buy grillz and a matching hat to go with it.

Then when you get the gun home for the first time, you fire up some Faf Larage.....

 

[sschevy]

I'm broke AF and don't have the resources to cerakote at home. Otherwise that's the route I'd go

Its only $45 to have a glock slide cerakoted local to you

 

[42!]

Yeah me either, they're pretty ugly to begin with. But I'm the 3rd owner of this 20 year old police trade in and the finish looks like shit.

It doesn't look like shit, it's a vintage collectable that has a nice patina.

 

[G&N Gunsmithing at Gartman Arms.]

Get it Cerakoted. It really doesn't cost that much to do a pistol slide, and it holds up much better than any spray paint. It also looks a lot nicer, and it wont flake off and clog up your slide. I also saw a comment in thread about bluing it. Most Glock slides are treated with tennifer, which needs to be completely removed (.002"-.003") before bluing will adhere. Usually way more of a pain in the ass than is necessary.

 

[S. Kelly]

Leave it as-is. It's supposed to look worn.

 

[Canndo]

Bumping this just to state how bad the new Glock finishes are. I recently discovered that my 1yr old G43 has a pretty bad rusty slide issue. I carried it all summer in a coyote brown Raven Kydex holster. I noticed it earlier this year, but I thought it was just the Kydex rubbing off on the slide and never paid it much mind until I went to clean it and switch over to my G19 for the winter. I'm assuming the sweat getting into the holster may have been a factor, but I have 20-year-old Glock's that are pristine in comparison. I've got Steve at Northeast Arms cerakoting it now. Googling it, I found several other people have had the same issue. Anyone else see this?