Awhile ago, I stripped the slide on my JHP. Masked off part of it & painted the slide & the grips. Got the gun out of the safe today & noticed a fingerprint on the polished part. Was like it was tarnished from my skin. It came off with a little oil & an abrasive pad. (Ultra fine) I made this gun to look like the 380 with the polished slide. My question is, does MOM put some sort of clear finish on the 380"s slide?
Good question, have wondered the same, but I don't know. The slide on the .380 is made of the same material, so I would assume they "treat" is somehow.
0311, I tried finding something online about slide tarnish of the CF380, but found hardly anything that stated if Hi Point puts some kind of clear-coat on that.
I used clear nail polish. You might want to get some Mothers Mag and Aluminum first in order to put on a mirror finish. Or you could skip the nail polish and just polish it occasionally with Mothers.
Could be powder coat.Maybe a baked on paint, but I don't know about the texture. I did it all by hand sanding. Start out with a coarse paper & keep moving up in grit till it's a shiny as you want. I could probably go another couple grits to make it perfect.......but after all, it is a HIPOINT.
