Parkerizing?

[SP45]

Customer asked me if you leave the side plate on when parkerizing. Anyone know.

 

[Steve912]

It's definitely going to need cleaning up along
joining edges, if you separate em.

Are you going to parkerize the interior--where
hammer/trigger/rebound/cylinder lock live?

 

[SP45]

I don't know. I am trying to find out what they did with Victory Models. I know they plugged the barrel and cylinder chambers. Anything else would have to be protected I guess. What did they do with the extractor hole in the cylinder

 

[Steve912]

They may have parkerized stuff prior to machining,
or gone back and polished it off--or some combination
of both. Maybe plugged finished openings with dowel
plugs? Dunno if grease or paint can be used to resist
parkerizing solution...

I don't have any specific knowledge of how it was done,
just conjecturing. Parkerizing will definitely build surfaces.
I'd *think* that simply dropping a finished revolver frame
in a park'ing tank would leave you with a LOT of work, to
get things fitting again.

 

[WR Moore]

Yes, you do leave the sideplate on, plug the screw holes. There are coatings that can be used to protect surfaces you don't want Parkerized. Plugging the barrel & chambers would still be a good move. The Parkerizing solution is acidic. Possibly check with Brownells tech guys or whoever made your Parkerizing solutions.

 

[walter o]

You could coat the surfaces that you don't want parkerized with lacquer.
after parkerising to your satisfaction soak the gun in lacquer thinner.
That will remove the lacquer from the protected parts.