Un-Parkerize

[hunter64]

I was thinking of parkerizing an old .22 revolver that is just a shooter. Is it possible to un-parkerize if I change my mind later?

 

[gunpro]

add sand blaster.

 

[BEARMAN]

Parkerizing is usually done to a firearm that has been BEAD or SAND blasted and if you sand or bead blast your finish before parkerizing, it will be hard to polish it to a shiny finish at a later date. So you would be stuck with a black, grey or green parkerized matte finish or a blue matte finish.

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

Muritic Acid, diluted in water, dont inhale the fumes, Cdn tire super cheap, best way to go, do it outside, I can send you some before and afters if you like, will also take off blueing.

 

[sixty9santa]

Takes off everything

 

[sunray]

"...that has been BEAD or SAND blasted..." Doesn't have to be. There's really no reason to either.
"...un-parkerize..." Yep, but it'll cost as much to take off, professionally, as it does to have it put on.

 

[hunter64]

Thanks for the replays, I had no idea that you could get black parkerize, thought there was only gray and green.

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

They same stuff you use to make it black is the stuff you use to make it green you jsut leave it in the solutions longer. I have done quite a bit of parkerizing on my kitchen stove.

 

[sunray]

The green tinge seen on milsurps that were parkerized is the result of long term storage in cosmoline. M-1's, for example, were never parkerized to be green. There's an on going debate as to what colour original M-1's were. Grey or black.
However, some professionals are changing the chemicals to give a green tinge. The chemicals get changed to give black too. Regular parkerizing comes out in shades of grey. There are other metal finishes, like Luberite(a brand name for black phosphating), that are only black. In any case, the process is the same. The only difference is the chemicals used. Some of 'em do give more protection though.