Aurora finish still around

[paintballfiend]

Ooo, purdy.

[WalkingTarget]

this brings up an interesting question, the older stainess steel Automag bodies and valves are of a hardy enough material to take the current.... so what stops someone with a good stock of bodies from having a run done?

i mean.... really, an older PF mag with classic valve would look pretty sweet with that treatment

[ta2maki]

this brings up an interesting question, the older stainess steel Automag bodies and valves are of a hardy enough material to take the current.... so what stops someone with a good stock of bodies from having a run done?

i mean.... really, an older PF mag with classic valve would look pretty sweet with that treatment

Or any palmer's or sheridans. Zippo lighters are brass.

[Chaos_Theory!]

this brings up an interesting question, the older stainess steel Automag bodies and valves are of a hardy enough material to take the current.... so what stops someone with a good stock of bodies from having a run done?

i mean.... really, an older PF mag with classic valve would look pretty sweet with that treatment

Nothing is really stoping anyone. The process of making steel have that finish isnt a very uncommon thing. Its just not common in paintball since aluminum is the metal of choice.

[WalkingTarget]

Nothing is really stoping anyone. The process of making steel have that finish isnt a very uncommon thing. Its just not common in paintball since aluminum is the metal of choice.

time to call finishing shops around me....

if i get lucky, i'll be able to buy a stainless steel body/barrel/ valve combo and get that finish applied...

[mobsterboy]

hurray for blowtorch welding 12 yearolds in search of a "custom" gun!!!

paint magnet got pwned.... jk

[RRfireblade]

I can do that finish on any marker for half that price.






Seriously.




BTW, the material doesn't matter. It get's nickel/chromed regardless. Alu is no problem.

[wjr]

Seriously? The ninja leads me to believe it's some sort of joke that I'm not in on....

And are there any issues throwing off tolerances? It seems like a layer of chrome and whatever the shiny stuff is would be pretty thick.

[RRfireblade]

Seriously? The ninja leads me to believe it's some sort of joke that I'm not in on....

And are there any issues throwing off tolerances? It seems like a layer of chrome and whatever the shiny stuff is would be pretty thick.

No , seriously as in one at a time is quite costly. Probably $1K a marker. Tolerances are not too bad. Not worse then a couple re-annos would do to it.

[Nick E]

And on something like a mag body...you could just sand barrel and the little part of the valve down to fit with no problem...how is your success rate fireblade? OT: Also, did you post on the PCOG a while ago?

[RRfireblade]

And on something like a mag body...you could just sand barrel and the little part of the valve down to fit with no problem...how is your success rate fireblade? OT: Also, did you post on the PCOG a while ago?

Don't think you want to be doing that.

Success is same as for anno.

[olinar]

it looks great but how durable is this process? chroming eventually flakes away after some hard play. does this thing need any special material for cleaning

[SummaryJudgement]

I have an Eclipse cocker that has the Aurora. It's chipped/flake pretty bad on the ASA, but then that area has alot more curvature than the rest of the gun body.

[RRfireblade]

The durability is in the prep , set up and application. The finish itself is diamond tough , same finish used on various cutlery and jet engine parts for ~10 years now.

[Caboose]

Fireblade, did you address the success rate question? I may have read over it. After "I can do that finish on any marker for half that price.", my eyes started bleeding.

We should get a run together. I would absolutely love to get the eye covers, feedneck collar, Ultralite back, bolt cap, LPR cap, ASA and reg housing on my DM6 aurora-ized... I can imagine that being sexy as all hell.

Anyways... woudl you take a classic mag as payment?



EDIT: Ok, wiped the blood from my eyes and saw "Success is same as for anno.". So it's like a 99% thing, cause I haven't seen many botched anodizing jobs. Well, not horribly botched.