Refinish an ugly p229

altecgb

Looking at a local sig p229 that has had a bling/bubba treatment. What would be the best way to get this back to a decent looking pistol? The trigger, slide release, etc have been polished and the slide has been duracoated black.

Some thoughts.
1. Take the durcoat off the slide and polish the slide.
2. Refinish entire pistol in cerakoat / duracoat
3. Just replace chromed parts with aftermarket or oem replacements?

StoneChimneyTrading

I would suggest Cerakote for the entire pistol. You choose color scheme. Replacing the small bits would get pricy.

Txs

You first say those parts are polished, then refer to them as being chromed.

Which is it?

altecgb

I belive they are polished.

Riomouse911

Just Cerakote it and ditch the rubber grips. The carbon steel-slide Sig finish is notorious for rusting anyway, my old 226 finish wore so fast I sent it to Robar for NP3. (I think the stainless-slide 229 was better in the finish dept.) IMHO Cerakote will be an improvement.

charliemeyer007

Black magic marker the shiny stuff, then use it for a carry gun until it needs refinished again.

Txs

Besides the finish, I'd also be concerned about the internals.

From the looks of that beat-to-hell firing pin positioning pin Bubba also got in there and monkeyed with the slide assembly.

This one begs for a thorough examination.