I bufffed the finish off my Glock. Will it rust?

[FlyinBryan]

now all it needs is this

http://www.impactguns.com/store/media/ruger/ruger_4901.jpg

 

[ljnowell]

BTW, I had to take ljnowell off my ignore list to see where the heck this was coming from. You can look at my posts of the last few seeks and see just how many times he has followed me to other threads and posted some nonsense or another right after my posts. It seems I have a stalker for some childish reason.

Actually he is a troll that roams the boards looking to start glock fights. He got all butt hurt one time when he was trolling for fights. In fact in one thread he admitted that was the sole purpose he came into the thread, to get a reaction. So yeah, there probably is one in WV.

BTW I love your sense of humor with the scope mount. Priceless.

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

seems like that might have been a good question to ask before doing it

If you really like the two tone look and rather not take chances, might I recomend getting the slide hard chromed.

 

[Wonder9]

On a serious note, polish the barrel too, it will come out shiney as heck, and look nice with the slide that way.

Okay, while the debate seems to have been solved on the slide... what about the barrel?

 

[helz_mcfugly]

the barrel is the same way. It is tennifer coated and I could do the same to it and have the same outcome but I like the way the black barrel looks inside the polished slide.

 

[Kilgor]

Helz is right. The barrel is the same. The only thing that can rust on a Glock are springs and the extractor. If I recall correctly the firing pin, disconnector, and trigger parts are chrome plated.

 

[helz_mcfugly]

Dude, I am ALWAYS right. and by "always" I mean at liest half the time.

 

[Kilgor]

You misspelled least while proclaiming your brilliance.

 

[helz_mcfugly]

lol, thats how Ive always spelled that. We must have went to different schools or something.

 

[Wonder9]

at liest half the time

Well, as long as it's only hafl the time.

 

[helz_mcfugly]

OOps I did it again

So I like the way my Glock 22 looked so much I did it to a Glock 21 45 ACP only this time I left the ridges in the back where you grasp the slide black and the the sightes. This one looks better then the 22.

 

[helz_mcfugly]

Its been over 3 months and its still as bright as it was the day I polished the black off it, and ive carried it almost everyday and have sweat on it, got it rained on , and handle it every day and the only thing ive rubbed down the outside of the slide with is my shirt. I think the test is complete. Its safe to say if you polish a factory Glock, the way I did, you dont have to worry about it rusting.

 

[nhstk02]

Don't try this with a S&W M&P. The M&P does have a stainless slide and the same finish as a glock, but with a different name. However, it does not work like a glock. Mine started rusting and I had it in a drawer, no moisture either. By the way I still prefer this gun over a glock, I guess it's a grip angle thing. Also, I'm not knocking glock in any way I have owned several over the years and all of them have been accurate and reliable. I also like the two-tone glocks and I think a od green duracoat would be pretty cool looking.

 

[helz_mcfugly]

10 months & still looks just as nice as it did the day i buffed it. just updating

 

[NG VI]

Understand that the slide is stainless steel, but it may rust eventually. Understand, the Glocks you see with the two-tone finish, they didn't just take off the finish, they treated the slide with a new one of some flavor or other. Tennifer is about the most durable finish on the planet, but if you rub it off, it's gone.

Didn't read all four pages, so this might have been covered by now, but Glocks don't have a stainless slide, they are carbon steel, the Tennifer treatment is a boiling cyanide bath (more technical than that, but that's pretty much what it is) that penetrates the metal a bit, the black coating on it is just to prevent glare and give it a decent-looking finish. And to make it black. Polish away, you'll have to remove the entire surface of the slide to get rid of the Tennifer.