oops forgot to ask.

BILL · 11-19-2001, 01:52 PM

OK, I am not disagreeing, but..I have seen original strawed parts that develop an oxidation after the strawing has gone away and it looks just like tarnished silver (purple haze). It is actually fairly common on old strawed commercial parts. Strawing is not very durable and even light can cause it to fade and over time the interesting purplish color becomes more obvious. One good check of this is to remove the part and examine it (the trigger is a good one, the exposed surface can be in the white but inside, where there was nothing that touched it, you will see a darkening purple cast). I have commented on this in the past because it had me concerned regarding attempted restrawing.

11-19-2001, 01:52 PM	#4
BILL User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Western Washington Posts: 826 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: oops forgot to ask. OK, I am not disagreeing, but..I have seen original strawed parts that develop an oxidation after the strawing has gone away and it looks just like tarnished silver (purple haze). It is actually fairly common on old strawed commercial parts. Strawing is not very durable and even light can cause it to fade and over time the interesting purplish color becomes more obvious. One good check of this is to remove the part and examine it (the trigger is a good one, the exposed surface can be in the white but inside, where there was nothing that touched it, you will see a darkening purple cast). I have commented on this in the past because it had me concerned regarding attempted restrawing.