Sandblasting media for 6906 (?soft alloy frame?)

[85V65Sabre]

Sabre,

Yes they do offer refinishing and it's not a bad price. i was told that they would do the following:

1) set up shipping so that you don't have to go through a FFL entity to ship.

2) tear it down and check dimensions to see if it in tolerance.

3) sandblast

4) do type 2 anodizing

5) reassemble and polishing



I was told that all of this would be done for 150 dollars. Sounds good to me, what do y'all think?



Kim

Sound good to me.
Thanks[emoji106]

 

[Erniekim]

I think so too. One side of me still wants to try anodizing myself but this gun is so nice that I'll likely leave it to the experts.

It would probably turn out like that first drywall joint that you do; in hindsight, you wish you had started inside a closet.

 

[Erniekim]

As mentioned, I'd go with a hard chrome by Bob Cogan, he does great work.

Ladder, thanks for the suggestion. I'm reading some good things about hard chrome plating.

The pictures on his website don't seem to show what color hard chrome plating becomes on 7076 alum. Do you know?

Sounds like it would stand up better than type 2 anodizing. I was hoping that Smith and Wesson did type 3 but no such luck.

Maybe type 2 is good enough? Do y'all keep the slide area lubed to protect it or does lube attract dirt making the area more susceptible to wear?

Any thoughts?

 

[85V65Sabre]

Do y'all keep the slide area lubed to protect it or does lube attract dirt making the area more susceptible to wear?



Any thoughts?

Here is a discussion on aluminum frame lubrication.
Need help!best lubricant for aluminum frames?
http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-...need-help-best-lubricant-aluminum-frames.html

I stumbled across another one.Reducing wear on 3rd gen alloy frame rails/ramps?
http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-...ing-wear-3rd-gen-alloy-frame-rails-ramps.html