Parkerizing firearm components

Beermaker

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I am looking parkerizing as an option for finishing front and rear sight components instead of flat black painting.
I would like to get the finish as flat, durable and dark as possible. I have used silica based automotive paints you bake and have had good results, just looking at perhaps better options.

It appears to be a simple process to get the absolute flat black finish one would want on sights by parkerizing.
Searching has lead me to PJ's Gun and Metal care as a supplier of Radocy parkerizing solution.
Anyone has experience with the company or the solution?
Also have just recently read on another forum about using black oxide which is promising but the finish doesn't appear to be flat but low sheen.

Any thoughts or ideas are appriciated.
 
Will this product, using the more concentrated dilution as read in the FAQ's on PJ's web site, produce the flat black I am looking for?
I know I will not get the "flatness" like you see on a Lee Enfield rear sight with the cross thatched flat parked finish but a nice no gloss or glare finish. Just want to improve my odds using open sights and bad eyes to get a decent target picture.
 
SIGP2101 said:
Parkerizing will never give you BLACK finish required for sights.
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Any good suggestions for what I wouldlike to accomplish? The silica paints seem to be resilient, nice and black but the best one so far has a sheen to it. This shouldn't be too much of an issue as I know if I need too I can always flaten the sheen with a match or lighter to apply a soot film before shooting.
 
You may be best off with a two part solution. First off get the parts etched or media blasted to produce a textured surface. Then instead of Parkerizing, which tends to more of a grey sort of colour, try a black oxide finish such as seen on the black Grade 8 allen cap screws. And then to protect the surface without producing a shiney look consider one of the dry film lubricant/protectorants such as EEZOX.

The easy solution in the end might be to simply soot blacken the sights as required.
 
High contrast, black on white, can be achieved by simply applying black permanent marker on front post and rear plate of the sights you are using.
Can be cleaned up and reapplied as many times as you want. Not as messy as soot and it won't built up as paint. Get thick Sharpie and you are set.
Anything short of saltpeter blackening will not give you permanent result.

Not what you looking for i know, I may be able to help you out with blackening but you will have to wait till spring time. It is outside job.
I do blackening of small parts.
 
if a true mil spec park job is done and the steel is 4140,4350 then it will come out very very dark gray to black
the company we use will provide Mip spec Cert manganese phosphate finish.
but its not cheap
 
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