Correct finish on original DWM grips

flynt · 04-26-2010, 04:06 PM

When they left the factory, did the DWM grips have a shiny finish, or were was the finish flat? I put a light coat of tung oil, thinnned with turpentine, on some Nill grips, and it left a kind of semi-flat or semi-gloss finish, which doesn't seem correct to me. Thanks.

Ron Smith · 04-26-2010, 04:38 PM

Don,

The grips originally had a Tung oil or similar finish. They would have had a dull satin hue to them. After prolonged handling it becomes a soft burnished shine from body oil and gun oil.

Ron

04-26-2010, 04:06 PM	#1
flynt User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex Posts: 6 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Correct finish on original DWM grips When they left the factory, did the DWM grips have a shiny finish, or were was the finish flat? I put a light coat of tung oil, thinnned with turpentine, on some Nill grips, and it left a kind of semi-flat or semi-gloss finish, which doesn't seem correct to me. Thanks.

04-26-2010, 04:38 PM	#2
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Don, The grips originally had a Tung oil or similar finish. They would have had a dull satin hue to them. After prolonged handling it becomes a soft burnished shine from body oil and gun oil. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...