Change silver to black?

[Dexter Morgan]

I have a shiny stainless revolver that I would like to make black.

Is Cerekote my best option?

Is there anything better out there?

 

[Ganderite]

Could it be bead blasted to give it a satin finish?

Is it nickle, chrome or stainless?

 

[tobin]

How about DLC?

 

[Dexter Morgan]

" Is it nickle, chrome or stainless? "

Stainless steel.

" How about DLC? "

Please elaborate. What is DLC?

 

[RL1]

diamond like carbon...very hard and wear resistant...also slick so helps parts move better.

RL

 

[Ganderite]

I dislike the shiny finish stainless guns. I call them "pimp" guns and give them away. But the satin stainless looks good.

 

[hoytcanon]

I dislike the shiny finish stainless guns. I call them "pimp" guns and give them away. But the satin stainless looks good.

That just makes you a dull pimp...

 

[hoytcanon]

I have a shiny stainless revolver that I would like to make black.

Is Cerekote my best option?

Is there anything better out there?

Why do you want to make a stainless gun black??? Sell it and buy a blued/black gun... plenty of people prefer stainless.

 

[tjhaile]

Arma-Coat can Nitron blacken stainless steel.

 

[heliace]

Why do you want to make a stainless gun black??? Sell it and buy a blued/black gun... plenty of people prefer stainless.

100% correct. I never understood painting a gun, unless the thing was so rusty or such a low value piece that it didn't merit a re-blue. I prefer cold bluing over paint any day and stainless is AWESOME! Polished or satin.

 

[Dexter Morgan]

" Why do you want to make a stainless gun black??? Sell it and buy a blued/black gun..."

Perhaps you haven't purchased a new revolver lately.
The market has gone pretty much stainless only. It's next to impossible to find most models in black.

A workaround is to get one in stainless, and then have it coated.
I will be looking into any coatings mentioned in this thread.

 

[Dexter Morgan]

" diamond like carbon...very hard and wear resistant...also slick so helps parts move better. "

Thanks.

" Arma-Coat can Nitron blacken stainless steel. "

Thanks.

 

[sixty9santa]

Who does DLC gun coating in Canada?

 

[tobin]

Red Tower Armoury in Ajax ON. They are a vendor on CGN.

 

[flashman2]

I dislike the shiny finish stainless guns. I call them "pimp" guns and give them away. But the satin stainless looks good.

Have any pimp guns? I'd totally take one.