I have a 4013TSW that I am saving up the dinero to send it back to S&W. They still refinish 3rd Gen frames - but pictures of completed work on them are scarce as hen's teeth. I did see one picture - and it looks like silver-colored paint with a gloss clear-coat over it. I hope I am wrong - and that they actually re-anodize the frames. It's a good thing SWF doesn't have an "un-like" - because I have to say your frame is looks beyond recovery (to look like new) to me. If you bought it just to carry and shoot - then there's always CCR down in Florida. They won't re-anodize it but they should be able to make it look a 1000 times better...