refinish a swiss arms PE-90

[john@]

I'm thinking of getting a PE-90, but I dont like the colour/finsh of most of them. Anyone know if they would be easy to strip and refinish with phosphate / parkerize?

Thanks
John

 

[greentips]

hold on a second, you are stripping down a more expensive and durable finish to get a cheap park???? Then it will be as cheap as the Sig 556!

 

[beltfed]

I hear nail polish works wonders

 

[pitdogboy]

I have seen them repainted...looked tidy

 

[cancer]

PE-90s come in Black, Olive Drab, Grey, Red, Blue and Green. You mean to say that none of those colours float your boat?

 

[markl]

i could understand painting the blue or red (camo), otherwise trade the black for the green and you should be happy.

 

[Matt_P]

is there any specific reason these rifles come in so many unusual (for a rifle) colours?

 

[john@]

Not painting, parkerize, yeah, If I had a blue or red one (they seem to be the cheaper ones) I'd want it to look less like a toy and more like a military rifle.

Pit dog, the one you saw, was it painted or parked?

Ideally I'd like a carbine or CQB, no problem with the look of those.

 

[MPI]

A gun nut from up north. His user name is something like "O...tak." Anyway he had Murdock? I think that's his handle strip his blue one paint it guncote (sp?).

Like the antique road show says "never strip the finish on it". If you have to paint it at least future generations have a chance to restore it.

IIRC the finish on the swiss arms is the best tested in the world

http://www.biggerhammer.net/sigamt/550/550techinspection/

 

[AlderTK]

i really want one of these now

 

[Armament]

there's a few in the EE

A blue one in particular

 

[capp325]

hold on a second, you are stripping down a more expensive and durable finish to get a cheap park???? Then it will be as cheap as the Sig 556!

What's so expensive about the Swiss Arms finish? It looks like paint to me.

 

[ESQ]

Is it an enamel or some sort of powder coat?

 

[X-man]

A gun nut from up north. His user name is something like "O...tak." Anyway he had Murdock? I think that's his handle strip his blue one paint it guncote (sp?).

Like the antique road show says "never strip the finish on it". If you have to paint it at least future generations have a chance to restore it.

IIRC the finish on the swiss arms is the best tested in the world

http://www.biggerhammer.net/sigamt/550/550techinspection/

Otokiak got a sweet deal on a "Bluestar" that he had redone in gunkote. Looks great and even with the added cost of getting the rifle refinished, he made out like a bandit.

Doesn't matter the colour, all PE-90s are the same price.

 

[gunplumberr]

it was actually Armacoat not gunkote if I remember correctly

 

[beltfed]

What's so expensive about the Swiss Arms finish? It looks like paint to me.

I believe It's an extremely durable enamel. When I changed my barrel, I put the torch to it. No damage whatsoever.

 

[pitdogboy]

It was a blue one painted Black...There is a thread about Otokiak's rifle here too. His looks awesome.

 

[Otokiak]

I had "murdoc" on the board paint my BLUESTAR in OD green and matching scope/rings to boot ... it is ARMACOAT and it holds up great. I couldn't handle the smurf blue color so I had it re-done. I'll post pics later as I'm at work right now and it won't let me open my photobucket page to post pics. If you can find a Sig Arms rifle for a good price, murdoc does top knotch work and the expense was worth it in my eyes. Cheers,

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

 

[Otokiak]

Hope this works for ya's ...

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

 

[X-man]

There you go! My bad on the Armacoat! As I said before, Otokiak's looks awesome and according to him, its holding up extremely well. However, I don't think I'd consider a refinish of a Classic Green or Black Special unless it was absolutely necessary.