Tanfoglio Witness 1911

[Ian]

I manufacture them

We dont call him 'Q' at the UBC for nothing you know!

[Minuteman]

...then know it takes a long time and the quality of the "metal" was for me poor in places necessitating long periods of sanding.

The old Sodium hydroxide trick does not work - however it does turn the finish black but at the same time ruins it (very small bubbles) so my advice would be to lay off the caustic soda if you were considering it.

This still needs more polishing but I had to reassemble it to cheer myself up from the sit and polish, look at it, polish a bit more, look at it again routine

http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/w...S/DSC02429.jpg

[Aardys]

can it just be plated.or its it the wrong kinda metal to plate

[Minuteman]

I don't know - but the actual finish that's on the pistol is really well bonded, possibly rivalling even the quality of Umarex IMHO, certainly several orders of magnitude above that usually found on these type of cheap bb guns.

Usually aluminium can be anodised, steel can be blued/parkerised/plated and everything else gets paint.

I would say unless you were hell bent on polishing (and once you start you cant stop!) then the stock finish is best left - if i could have reversed my decision after trying to chemically strip it I would have

[Aardys]

the only prob with the original finish is if you scratch it,
wouldn't be easy to re-touch
also , looks to me like you got a good excuse to buy a second one now

[Minuteman]

the only prob with the original finish is if you scratch it,
wouldn't be easy to re-touch
also , looks to me like you got a good excuse to buy a second one now

Trust me scratching it is difficult!

Heh heh heh 2nd example is already in the bag - hence the experimentation

Next one will be nitromorsed...

[Aardys]

check these out
http://www.epicmilitaria.com/product...n-pistol-grips
just a shame he doesnt have any finger groove rubber grips

[Rayee]

Next one will be nitromorsed...

Hurry up!