Smith & Wesson 78G restore project

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   Cheers, yes it certainly won’t be original. 
There is something charming about the original flawed finish though, so I went and got a Matt spray to test.. 
it may be closer to the original finish based on the small test piece. Not so much sheen. 

So back to stripping! The spray comes off easier than the factory finish so it won’t take much to strip back to metal and try again! 

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J-S Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 19 Oct 2014 Location: Auckland Status: Offline Posts: 84	Post Options Post Reply Quote J-S Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Jan 2021 at 11:14pm
	Cheers, yes it certainly won’t be original. There is something charming about the original flawed finish though, so I went and got a Matt spray to test.. it may be closer to the original finish based on the small test piece. Not so much sheen. So back to stripping! The spray comes off easier than the factory finish so it won’t take much to strip back to metal and try again!
	J S Airguns Air Arms TX200 S&W 78G + 79G Gamo Compact HW45 FWB 300s Current projects: S&W 78G Diana 45 Paintball to pell

dvlnme Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 30 May 2017 Location: taranaki Status: Offline Posts: 336	Post Options Post Reply Quote dvlnme Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 2021 at 10:21am
	best wearing paints are those you can bake on they dont chip etc like normal spray paint and wear better,i have used wood stove paint before,that bakes on at low temps so have preheated gun parts painted them and put in home oven at pout 100d /c for good results,these are usually flat finishs so do work well and look good/worth a try cheers mike

J-S Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 19 Oct 2014 Location: Auckland Status: Offline Posts: 84	Post Options Post Reply Quote J-S Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Yesterday at 11:05am
	This matt paint is a primer / paint apparently suitable for directly coating... (according to their marketing claims...) but I will try curing it in the hooded BBQ at around 100C. The wife may not be too please with spray paint fumed in the oven.. The good thing about these is that there are not many parts that move against other parts so there shouldn't be a lot of friction wear on the paint. I did consider the high temp engine paints / stove paints, but i wasnt sure about the finish; this one was priced in between the standard sprays and those specialist ones and I think it should do fine.. if not I can always strip it a third time!
	J S Airguns Air Arms TX200 S&W 78G + 79G Gamo Compact HW45 FWB 300s Current projects: S&W 78G Diana 45 Paintball to pell