I parkerized my cz82 about three weeks ago. Since the finish is holding up really well through carry and firing, I figured I'd share with you, since a lot of people told me that it couldn't be done the way I did it.
Instead of beadblasting, I used acetone and steel wool to remove the paint, then hand sanded to about 440 grit, and used a wire wheel to take of what paint was left and rough the surfaces up a bit. I degreased everything and then parkerized it in the Midway brand manganese phosphate in a steel coffee pot on a camp stove, dropped all the parts into some WD-40, let em sit overnight, assembled, oiled, and voila. Well... not really voila. Anybody who's ever fully stripped a cz82 can attest to the difficulty of reassembling the automatic safety and, to a lesser degree, the spring for the slide stop. I'm glad my park worked out well, because I would have hated to have to go through that again.
I weakened the mag release spring so I can activate it with my strong hand thumb, index, or middle finger, depending on which I find to be quicker after some practice, following the guide by "http://sailorcurt.blogspot.com ." I also just swapped out the recoil spring and firing pin spring with new springs from wolff, and also got a spring set from them for my MKII that I'm not particularly looking forward to installing having stripped that gun down before. I'll probably run function testing for the new springs sometime this week, but I'm expecting good results.
I used some Rustoleum flat black spray paint to knock the shine off the grips, and it matches the manganese park really well. It looks like a pistol now, instead of a shiny toy with cheap baked-on paint. It also seemed to accentuate the lines of the gun better; it looks much more distinctly like a CZ, particularly the grip angle.
The shine on the grip in this one is just a bit of lube oil; it's a really nice flat black with a little bit of texture. I'm really happy with these grips and it seems to be holding up well.
And just because I was posting pictures anyway, here's a couple of a beautifully worn-in pre-64 model 94 winchester 30-30 that my great uncle gave me a couple days before I refinished the 82. This will not be refinished, and though it's killed more than a few deer in its day, its life is far from over. I hope it outlasts me and my kids and grandkids can feel the same as I did when it was passed on to me.
Instead of beadblasting, I used acetone and steel wool to remove the paint, then hand sanded to about 440 grit, and used a wire wheel to take of what paint was left and rough the surfaces up a bit. I degreased everything and then parkerized it in the Midway brand manganese phosphate in a steel coffee pot on a camp stove, dropped all the parts into some WD-40, let em sit overnight, assembled, oiled, and voila. Well... not really voila. Anybody who's ever fully stripped a cz82 can attest to the difficulty of reassembling the automatic safety and, to a lesser degree, the spring for the slide stop. I'm glad my park worked out well, because I would have hated to have to go through that again.
I weakened the mag release spring so I can activate it with my strong hand thumb, index, or middle finger, depending on which I find to be quicker after some practice, following the guide by "http://sailorcurt.blogspot.com ." I also just swapped out the recoil spring and firing pin spring with new springs from wolff, and also got a spring set from them for my MKII that I'm not particularly looking forward to installing having stripped that gun down before. I'll probably run function testing for the new springs sometime this week, but I'm expecting good results.
I used some Rustoleum flat black spray paint to knock the shine off the grips, and it matches the manganese park really well. It looks like a pistol now, instead of a shiny toy with cheap baked-on paint. It also seemed to accentuate the lines of the gun better; it looks much more distinctly like a CZ, particularly the grip angle.
The shine on the grip in this one is just a bit of lube oil; it's a really nice flat black with a little bit of texture. I'm really happy with these grips and it seems to be holding up well.
And just because I was posting pictures anyway, here's a couple of a beautifully worn-in pre-64 model 94 winchester 30-30 that my great uncle gave me a couple days before I refinished the 82. This will not be refinished, and though it's killed more than a few deer in its day, its life is far from over. I hope it outlasts me and my kids and grandkids can feel the same as I did when it was passed on to me.
