Refinished Hi-Powers

[Hipster Doofus]

Hello, I'm looking for suggestions on having a Hi-Power I picked up refinished. Basically a stored pistol corroded after moisture got into the case in a high humidity state (FL). It is fairly light and mostly in areas where bluing was worn away from use, backstrap, trigger, forward edges of slide, and muzzle area. I love blued HP's but this one needs to get repaired & protected so I'm thinking of maybe getting fancy with the refinish.

Just looking for any suggestions or examples you'all might have.

[djv38]

You might want to look into Cerakote and getting it refinished with that

The finish looks quite good. Check out some of the pics http://cerakote.net/

[jhs27275]

Just looking for any suggestions or examples you'all might have.

These guys do great work and they are about to do a Hi-Power for me.

They've done several guns for me and I've always been pleased with the work.

http://www.apwcogan.com/

They do three different chrome finishes that hold up well in the Florida climate, they will also do a black chrome finish.

[Hipster Doofus]

The spray-on bake-on ones make me a bit nervous as I have done powder coating myself and have seen some of it's limits over time. Plating makes me more comfy but.....? Can't decide. Anyone else?

I do dig the black chromes offered by some and think one would look nice on a Hi-Power but wouldn't mind seeing some results. I'm going to be selling some weapons soon so I'll have some ready cash to spend on this project.

[CountryBoy]

check out innovative arms located in elgin, SC. Ive talked to a few customers and the owner and while i havent gotten any work done by them yet I do have a couple projects lined up in the future to send his way
http://www.innovativearms.com/services.html

[Hipster Doofus]

check out innovative arms located in elgin, SC. Ive talked to a few customers and the owner and while i havent gotten any work done by them yet I do have a couple projects lined up in the future to send his way
http://www.innovativearms.com/services.html

I had not really thought about Parkerizing.....

[Kost]

Don Williams is building my P35, I decided on a hard black finish
for the build, hard as hard chrome, good matte black color.
IonBond Diamond Black

http://www.ionbondguncoatings.com/samples.html

Parkerizing is a good black finish too, its pretty durable and holds oil like
a sponge