In this thread we post our fuckups. I'll start.Been having issues getting my pistol frt to run suppressed and while cleaning the can helped, it could be better. I noticed the striker had some resistance in half of it's travel with the spring removed. There was a bunch of gunk in the metal block and the only way to really clean that out is to pull the striker housing from the slide. Had to use a lot of force to get it out like it was glued in there. I think the blue/green shit is loctite. My dot kept coming off so I kept reapplying it.It was on the slide and striker housing.Everything is clean now though. It'll be a few days before I can get to the range to test though.>nice blogpostseethe
So what's the moral of the story? Put threadlocker on the screws, let it tack up, then apply? I think I read somewhere that was the better way to do it.
>>64689328>In this thread we post our fuckups. I'll start.I tried to use a few thin coats of Aluminum Black to darken the laser engraving on a cheap 50th Anniversary CZ 75 PCR. It was working then at some point it made the actual black paint start lifting off around the engraving.
>>64690036Don't apply too much.Also, and this is the big one that at a lot of people fuck up: make sure to degrease the parts BEFORE applying the loctite. It won't hold properly if the parts still have oil from manufacturing or rust prevention on them.
>dot>on frt handgunwhy? its not like you can use the dot with the slide moving back and forth unless you can get something like a tx22 competition to run
>>64691820That kind of product is a strong corrosive that reacts with the metal to create its color. It's not a dye or a pigment. It's the same thing with cold blue, "tool black", and art products like Novacan Black or those green patina products used on copper alloy products. Because they are quite aggressive chemicals they can fuck with paint and other kinds of finishes.IMHO one of the best products for doing lettering is Tamiya lacquer type model paint. Dip a toothpick in it and go to town. It's also great for sights. The aerosol type is also very good for painting guns, it sticks like mad, much better than hardware store paint.
>>64690036I'll be doing that next time.>>64691933They got some chassis available that decouple the optic from the gun. I was considering getting one but I'm not sure any of them have the extra clearence behind the backplate for the weight.
>>64692720>I'll be doing that next time.It's not as strong if you do that. Just don't apply too much.
>>64691820>then at some point it made the actual black paint start lifting off around the engraving.That's what happens when you rub acid on painted metal.
>>64692720I would tell you to just source a bag of dry-loc coated machine screws of the correct kind but I don't even know if the McMaster-Carr catalog has what you're looking for in bulk. You might have luck ordering specific mounting screws for your optic, and once you know what screw to order you should be able to find someone selling them in bulk with dry-loc applied. Don't buy anything from monstrum or swampfox, that's airsoft grade pot metal.
