Do you prefer blondes?
 

Now you too can have blondes! Grips that is!

Through an amazing new process recently discovered by Herr Hugh H. Clark, p.l.g.r.r.r., Renowned Luger Grip Expert, your new brunette Nill-Griff grips can become blondes!

This closely guarded secret process, developed in the deep dark woods of a Southeast Texas Swamp is now available to a few selected clientele.

These favored few recipients were selected by an involved process, whereby a variety of delictable morsels with customers names attached were left in the backyard overnight. Those not devoured by rampaging Armadillos in a 12 hour period were recovered. An email is going out to those remaining few lucky chosen ones!

Unfortunately, the Armadillos were more hungry than anticipated, and there were no names to be retrieved after the alotted time period.

Therefore, we are being forced to make a public offering of this unprecedented breakthrough.

See the attached "before" and "after" pictures for amazing examples of the results of this exciting new discovery!

Hugh H. Clark p.l.g.r.r.r.
(Professor of Luger Grip Recovery, Restoration & Refurbishment)
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Seriously, guys, Here is the method I used:

After checkering, scrub the grips good with Acetone or brake cleaner to remove the surface oil. Wash under running water to remove the solvent and let dry. Take a small container, lay the grips face down in it and cover them with a 50/50 solution of water and household laundry bleach. The grips will float in this solution, that is why they must be face down to get complete coverage, otherwise your results may be spotty. Let soak for 30-60 minutes, depending on the amount of "lightness" you want. Remove and wash thoroughly under running water. Place outside face up in bright sunlight until dry. Oil with Watco Natural Danish Oil Finish. It is important to dry them in sunlight, as the UV rays apparently enhance the bleaching process. <img src="graemlins/r.gif" border="0" alt="[king]" />

Hugh,

What ever happened to Samualito, world champion racing armadillo in the mid-seventies? Used to hear about his exploits on the radio every week day. Went to the Texas State Open Armadillo Races in San Antonio to see him about 1976.

Hey Hugh,
If we use your method, would we be guilty of plgrrrism?

Ron try to say that!

Hugh, I like the lighter grips, although it takes out some of the dark streaks I like in the "normal" grips.

You picked up on that, I see, Ron! [img]smile.gif[/img]

This method may not work well on grips that have knots or very dense dark streaks or spots in them. You will still have a contrast between the dark and light areas. It may be necessary to wash in solvent and repeat the bleaching process a couple of times to lighten these areas. Experimentation is ongoing!
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Unspellable;

I dunno, wonder if they are still having those races? Will have to check up on that.
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Hugh,

I tried your method on some old DWM grips I had recheckered (successfully).

Instead of chlorine bleach, I used Oxi-Clean and it worked wonders. They were blotched/mottled when I started but wound up a uniform medium brown. They really look great.

Thanks for the tip.

Luke

Hugh,
When I was young, I undertook the task (without financial encouragement) of tracking and mapping the unique armadillo furrows created overnight in the fallen leaves of the forest (woods) floor.
The pattern is much more complicated than the feeble crop patterns of Europe. (Tacfoley, pay attention!)
I have discovered that armadillos are the unwitting tool of extraterrestrial gods, guided to wander in prescribed patterns. When the armadillo (that is the last time I am going to type that insufferable long moniker) furrow is viewed from an observation balloon, it forms a strange alphabet that is not yet discerned or deciphered.
I have broken the trail and pioneered the research into this phenomenon, Hugh, the rest is up to you.

"Armadillo Trails I Have Known, volumn I-III" is not available in soft cover.

Luke,

What is Oxy-Clean, and where do you find it? Thanks.

--Don

Don,

Don't you ever watch TV? <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" />

Wes,

Ah be wunderen abot them hummin sounds and them blinkin red an gren lights in tha sky over ma house wuz, an whut all them blak heliocptrs wuz chasin! Hit mus b uh conspiracee. <img src="graemlins/icon107.gif" border="0" alt="[icon107]" />

Don,

Oxi-Clean is a white powder form of non-chlorine bleach which can usually be found at K-Mart and other such stores. It is available under the Clorox trade name also, and my wife found it in the grocery store.

Luke

Hugh,

Yeah, I watch TV, but I go get more beer, recycle used beer, etc., during commercials. Thank goodness I have you guys to cover for me!