For a fun little project I heat stippled the grips on my personal hi-point. It was my first attempt at heat stippling but I'm quite pleased with the result. The grips are much "grippier" now.
I used a cheap canadian tire soldering iron. I replaced the tip with a brass screw. The screw was a round head slotted. I used a dremel to cut an additional slot in the screw. Then I used a small file to groove out the slots a bit.
I taped off everywhere my hand does not make contact. For the stippling, I just touched the hot screw onto the plastic for a second (or less). It melts the plastic and puts 4 little stipples. Repeat a million times. The actual stippling time was probably about half an hour. I then used a razer blade to shave down the peaks a bit. The net result is a very grippy surface.
While I was at it I also polished the beam on the slide and contoured the trigger guard.
I used a cheap canadian tire soldering iron. I replaced the tip with a brass screw. The screw was a round head slotted. I used a dremel to cut an additional slot in the screw. Then I used a small file to groove out the slots a bit.
I taped off everywhere my hand does not make contact. For the stippling, I just touched the hot screw onto the plastic for a second (or less). It melts the plastic and puts 4 little stipples. Repeat a million times. The actual stippling time was probably about half an hour. I then used a razer blade to shave down the peaks a bit. The net result is a very grippy surface.
While I was at it I also polished the beam on the slide and contoured the trigger guard.
