Hi: New to the forum. I recently bough a CZ 75 PCR compact. After careful dissasembly ,cleaning , etc went to the range and shot 150 rounds and came back and upon dissasembly found a long and marked scrath in the inner frame just in the area below the recoil spring. I called CZ ,email ,sent pics etc and they didnt care much for it. I went to 2 different CZ forums looking for someone with a similar problem and a solution and they started bashing me for not accepting that a brand new gun should not be constantly scratching the frame under normal use. None of my other guns do. Cz does not apply the polycoat to that area in the inner frame so the only thing you can see is the gray parkerizing. I work in the aviation industry with T6 aluminum everyday and other alloys and contrary to what many people say , aluminum alloys do get corrosion, only pure aluminum dont get corrosion. Normally T6 or any structural grade aluminum alloy have a coating of pure aluminum to avoid this,or in the CZ case, a parkerizing treatment before the polycoat to protect from corrosion. So in my case, this parkerizing is going away in the areas were this scratches are forming. I know that if I leave it like that , with time and use I will have a very ugly area full of scratches and the parkerizing gone. I used the gun for another 100 rounds and another ugly deep scratch in the same area ,this time on the side. CZ spring on this area is flat , not round. And the guide rod is plastic. I noted that when the spring is compressed it may actually touch the frame and cause this. I ordered a Wolff round spring and an aluminum guide rod that I plan to put in as soon as I get it. Now...for my real gunsmithing questions:
1.If there any low cost parkerizing method for that area? It is a small area and instead of sending the gun to CZ (who didnt even care when I called them and gave me really bad service) I want to put some type of coat after I change the spring and rod to prevent further deep scratches.
2.If there any room temperature polycoat that I could apply after the parkerizing to match the original polycoat? As I explained before, CZ dont polycoat this area , so I just want a light coat of extra protection and something that will make it look better .
3 I have available alodine/syncromate treatment at work for aluminum surfaces, but would like something that is more like the parkerizing treatment that they put on the factory. I saw some parkerizing spray at brownells , but I dont know how durable or effective it may be, any suggestions from someone who has done this kind of work will be appreciated
Thanks for any help in this matter. If anybody that respond just want to bash out because Im being too picky in your opinion, please refrain from answering. I dont need fanboy answers as I already got them . I want someone with knowledge to help me fix my problem. Im not bashing the gun , just telling things like they happened to me and being proactive to fix my situation. Thanks again for any help and keep up the good work.
1.If there any low cost parkerizing method for that area? It is a small area and instead of sending the gun to CZ (who didnt even care when I called them and gave me really bad service) I want to put some type of coat after I change the spring and rod to prevent further deep scratches.
2.If there any room temperature polycoat that I could apply after the parkerizing to match the original polycoat? As I explained before, CZ dont polycoat this area , so I just want a light coat of extra protection and something that will make it look better .
3 I have available alodine/syncromate treatment at work for aluminum surfaces, but would like something that is more like the parkerizing treatment that they put on the factory. I saw some parkerizing spray at brownells , but I dont know how durable or effective it may be, any suggestions from someone who has done this kind of work will be appreciated
Thanks for any help in this matter. If anybody that respond just want to bash out because Im being too picky in your opinion, please refrain from answering. I dont need fanboy answers as I already got them . I want someone with knowledge to help me fix my problem. Im not bashing the gun , just telling things like they happened to me and being proactive to fix my situation. Thanks again for any help and keep up the good work.