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Thread: Wood grip clean up / restoration
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June 26th, 2010, 04:03 PM #1
Wood grip clean up / restoration
I've been searching for a set of original wood grips for my Sig P210-2 for about 8 months now. I found two used sets that looked OK in that period of time.
One set was $275.00 shipped, the other $295.00 shipped
I came across these from a Sig collector in Illinois and they were more reasonably priced at $65.00 but they were pretty ugly. I didn't need a perfect set as the gun is a nice "shooter" condition gun. I decided to buy them and try to clean them up to at least look respectable.
This is what they looked like when I got them. They looked a lot worse than the pictures show. They looked like somebody had varnished them at one point and the varnish had worn off at several different places .
I soaked them in Acetone for about 15 hours. I used a nylon and a steel wire brush to clean the dirt and old finish off of them.
I used Tung oil to refinished them.
I ended up putting 3 coats on them to get the color that I wanted. When using Tung oil, each coat dries to a glossier finish.
I didn't want a real glossy finish so I knocked the gloss down with some fine steel wool.
Here they are on the gun.
I'm very happy with the way they turned out and the amount of money that I put into getting them. These grips look just about as good as the ones that were being sold for close the $300.
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June 27th, 2010, 12:23 AM #2
Re: Wood grip clean up / restoration
Looks like they turned out very nice. As in just about any wood finishing project, surface prep is the key.
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June 27th, 2010, 12:35 AM #3
Re: Wood grip clean up / restoration
They look Great...$295....DAM what a price...SHOCKING to say the least. I did some reading on your piece it has a lot of history & is worth a lot of money. I'm sure that's why the original grip's are so high.But I'm sure you already know that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIG_P210
Last edited by Ronnies111; June 27th, 2010 at 12:47 AM.
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