holster wear fix?

[CentralMsGunFan]

How can you touch up blemishes on the glock slide due to holster wear?

[Steve Koski]

Black electrical tape.

[CentralMsGunFan]

Originally posted by Steve Koski
Black electrical tape.

Thanks for being so helpful. Maybe ill just use a black sharpie to fill it in. Gezzz.. Anybody got a real answer?

[Steve in Az]

How dare you call those "blemishes." Those are character marks mister. Seriously though, I don't know that there's anything you can do, short of having the slide hard-chromed to help hide wear marks. Anything you do is going to eventually wear off as well....

[gary newport]

Originally posted by CentralMsGunFan
Thanks for being so helpful. Maybe ill just use a black sharpie to fill it in. Gezzz.. Anybody got a real answer?

Someone left the gate open and Koski escaped from the Reloading Forum! Come to think of it, I believe Lonnie has also been sighted outside his normal (and proper) confines. GT is doomed! ;)

[gary newport]

Originally posted by CentralMsGunFan
How can you touch up blemishes on the glock slide due to holster wear?

Look at these as honorable battle-scars. If they bother you too much, send your slide to Glock for a re-finish (doesn't cost too much, if I recall correctly). I'm told touch-up bluing (or blacking) won't take on the Tenifer. I seem to recall some black paint (by Birchwood-Casey ?) intended to cover up marks on aluminum (such as AR-15 receivers) that might work as a TEMPORARY measure. Take a look on the Midway site for something like that.

[Steve Koski]

Come on, you can get a whole roll of that stuff for $1.99 at Wal-Mart. It would cover scratches for years.

[gary newport]

Originally posted by Steve Koski
Come on, you can get a whole roll of that stuff for $1.99 at Wal-Mart. It would cover scratches for years.

Yes, but will it adhere to a hot slide? What about using AGrip; with that, your whole gun would take on the "Velvet Elvis" look. When the slide heated up, you'd get a warm and fuzzy feeling! :supergrin:

[Bren]

Originally posted by CentralMsGunFan
Thanks for being so helpful. Maybe ill just use a black sharpie to fill it in. Gezzz.. Anybody got a real answer?
The real answer is that it isn't a "show" gun, why would you even want to "touch it up?"

[CentralMsGunFan]

Sure, It is more important to me that it goes boom. And the only ppl I want to show it to is a BG, but there is nothing wrong with wanting to have a nice looking gun.


Originally posted by Bren
The real answer is that it isn't a "show" gun, why would you even want to "touch it up?"

[Steve Koski]

Originally posted by gary newport
Yes, but will it adhere to a hot slide? What about using AGrip; with that, your whole gun would take on the "Velvet Elvis" look. When the slide heated up, you'd get a warm and fuzzy feeling! :supergrin: True. I was thinking of wrapping it around the slide a few times to make sure it didn't slip off.

[Steve Koski]

(Carry guns always show wear. If you want a gun without holster wear, don't put it in a holster.)

[CentralMsGunFan]

Ok...how about this. If you dont know, then dont say anything.

[Steve in Az]

If your holster is Kydex, you could try spraying some lube on a rag and wiping the interior surfaces of the holster. This may help.

As far as the existing wear marks, there's a ton of refinishing options. Send it back to Glock, go to Tripp Research and get either Kobra Krome or one of their polymer finishes, try a DIY finish thru Brownells, etc, etc...

[CentralMsGunFan]

Originally posted by Steve in Az
If your holster is Kydex, you could try spraying some lube on a rag and wiping the interior surfaces of the holster. This may help.

As far as the existing wear marks, there's a ton of refinishing options. Send it back to Glock, go to Tripp Research and get either Kobra Krome or one of their polymer finishes, try a DIY finish thru Brownells, etc, etc...

thanks bro, I check those options out.

[BigSlick]

If you're a CRB, and careful, you can use BC perma blue pens (in black of course).

Koski's suggestion of using tape can also be utilized to prevent inadvertent marking of area you don't want to mark. Just like taping off a car before you pain it.

[Joe D]

Geez, if you are afraid it will get holster wear then leave it in the safe. It is a tool. Tools get worn.

[Steve Koski]

Originally posted by CentralMsGunFan
Ok...how about this. If you dont know, then dont say anything. How about this. If you can't take humorous/off topic responses in your precious thread, increase your dosage.

[Joe D]

Paxil is a wonderful drug. WalterGA turned me on to it years ago.

[CentralMsGunFan]

Originally posted by Steve Koski
How about this. If you can't take humorous/off topic responses in your precious thread, increase your dosage.

such amazing wit

[ibedanny]

I carry gun will get holstar wear no matter how you try to avoid it. I would almost say to get rid of minor scratches is to use a polishing wheel and not even for 5 seconds. Maybe thatll work. I used one to polish my barrel and it took a bit yo get the finish off.

[BigSlick]

Originally posted by CentralMsGunFan
such amazing wit

Actually, the advice Koski posted was sound.

If you put a gun in a holster, you're going to get holster wear. Even if you completely refinish the gun to look factory new, when you holster it again, the same holster wear will show up.

If you plan on never holstering the gun again, a refurb to the finish might be worth it, in which case a roll of Scotch 33 by 3M would be most useful in segregating areas to be repaired. Just don't use tape mfr'd by Plymouth, the adhesive is different and is a real biyotch to get off.

If you plan to holster the gun again, any temporary solution would be time, effort and resources wasted.

Now, let your love for Koski restore your Chi and move on with your day in peace. He provided an immediate, accurate, sound answer to your question and even had the patience to follow up in the face of blatant arrogance.

He is an example for all to follow, even if he is a little ahead of his time where gunsmithing is concerned

Learn from this, grasshopper

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