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04 April 2013, 09:39
rodger wright
Anodize Gun Parts
Does anyone anodize parts? I have two Ruger single six grip frames and two ejector housings??
04 April 2013, 18:54
Dennis Earl Smith
If you have the parts stripped of old finish, polished, and ready to go there are several commercial anodizing companies in K.C. John Hackley mentioned them to me when he was still alive. He lived in Blue Springs. I seem to remember a guy who did that down around Edwards,MO. Look up commercial plating/anodizing. If you don't find one in MO. I will dig up the place I have used in Portland, OR several times. Your parts need to be aluminum to be anodized.


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04 April 2013, 20:19
ramrod340
Years ago I worked with/for a smith that plated firearms and I blued them. He would also anodize the aluminum parts. Pretty easy to do.

This is pretty much what we did.
http://www.benneynlinda.com/fi..._home_anodizing.html


As usual just my $.02
Paul K
04 April 2013, 20:20
dpcd
I paint them with Brownells Alumahide which works well. It will cost you more to have parts anodized than to buy new ones, probably.
05 April 2013, 22:19
TomP
quote:
Originally posted by dpcd:
I paint them with Brownells Alumahide which works well. It will cost you more to have parts anodized than to buy new ones, probably.


The anodizing shop I use here has a lot charge of about $95 for aluminum. There are easier anodizing methods for titanium, for what it's worth.


TomP

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06 April 2013, 03:16
dpcd
Yeah, that's what I meant; there is a plating shop here and they will plate most anything for a starting fee of $100. For which you can buy a lot of Ruger ejector housings.
06 April 2013, 06:02
airgun1
Check out USAnodizing.com


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06 April 2013, 10:45
rodger wright
thanks guy's for all the suggestions and help. Rodger