Gold Plated Trig+ Frymark Grips=Mmmmmmmmm

[frop]

I finally got my hands on a digicam now that I'm home for the holidays. The grips are blue/purple colorchange lady .45s & they are really awesome, the pics dont do them justice. I plated the trigger myself w/ a brush plating kit I bought online. It took a LOT of trial & error, I was like :mad: :cuss: :mad: :shooting: more than once. A word of advice to those that may want to do this too, DON'T! Learn to plate on a material other than aluminum.

Props to Heather for the stellar grips & to darrickws for the Q :cheers:

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[mag88888]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! nice.

[SCpoloRicker]

:humps leg:

Plated it yourself :eek: ??

[AGDlover]

dude you should do the rest of the gun!!!!

[Chipper]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

I bow down to you. Try doing somthing like the feedneck though.

[SpecialBlend2786]

me likes.

[Autosnipe]

me likey

[FireITup14]

dude you should do the rest of the gun!!!!


that would be.....delicious :headbang:

[punkncat]

If the rest of the marker were blue or purple I would say props , but the grips look like something leftover....

The trigger is cool. Try doing the gripframe screws , or a few other things to accent the gold. It needs to be "accessorized". :p

[AGDlover]

ya first do the screws and some accents then the hole damn gun!!!!

[SOAD8789]

teh ub3r ho77ne$s


no, but seriously, i like the trigger, its cool....on the real.

[Chronobreak]

now ditch the q-loader....



what.... somone had to say it

[frop]

hehe, me likey the Q. Ricker, yeah I did it myself. The whole thing would be nice, but impractical, since I have no way to take critical dimensions back to spec. The difficulty also goes up exponentially w/ size when brush plating. I may do it sometime in the future when I have more cash & time(not looking forward to polishing the body :( ). The grips were acquired first, and I feel that they & the trigger add a touch of color to an otherwise 'dull' gun. So screw you punkncat!!! :p j/k

[SCpoloRicker]

now ditch the q-loader....



what.... somone had to say it

q load3r not teh hotne55?

/can't shoot 35+

[The Frymarker]

cool :cool:

I was wondering about those brush plating kits as well

[frop]

Brush plating a material that doesnt need a base plate is super easy, it gets hard when bases are needed, & when aluminum is involved. The piece should always be polished to the desired end finish (matte-mirror) before plating begins.

Aluminum is then treated with a zinc solution to remove the oxides present in the surface of the metal. Then it must be immersion plated (usu w/ copper)to avoid possible contamination. Then the final surface finish must again be achieved w/ the copper very carefully. Trust me, it's easy to burn through, even hand polishing. Then the final plate. I don't recommend the use of ANY abrasives on the finished piece, a high shine, or whatever, should have already been achieved, & that will carry over to the final plate. With gold, it's even easier to burn through :tard:

I think I need to go back to bed...

[Gabriel]

Cool beans jive cat. Daddy-o likes. Me thinks I might do a gold plated gun myself. Solid.

Lord Gabriel the Jacob

[chaos lichen]

Very nice! :hail:

[judster]

cool looking VM68 :D lol no really...i would try to 'goldize' is in other places like the screws and maybe the feed neck...sorry dont like the Q bro