Did I ruin grips

[CaptainVane]

Put Uberti 1848 upside down in hot water, really hot, near boiling. Cleaning after going to range. About 1/3 of grip was submerged about 20 minutes. Now the portion submerged is all milky white.
Did I ruin the finish?

 

[Phil Coffins]

Didn’t help it, wait till it drys then you’ll know.

 

[CaptainVane]

Didn’t help it, wait till it drys then you’ll know.

Ya. I told wife i will give it a couple days to see if it dries out before i panic and order new.
Next time the grips will come off first.

 

[russellshaffer]

I'll add this to my "never do" list. I'm with Phil - dry it slowly in a cool place and hope it doesn't crack. Then sand and finish again. Good luck.

 

[Eutycus]

They make small bottles of white appliance enamel. A little sanding , then painting and you got a set of "Ivory" grips.

 

[1950DAVE]

Strip-refinish

 

[Phil Coffins]

Ya. I told wife i will give it a couple days to see if it dries out before i panic and order new.
Next time the grips will come off first.

I have a new set of grips for the small frame Colt replica you can have if you want.
IMG_0562 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

 

[slwnbp]

Don't get in a hurry, give everything time to dry.

 

[Phil Coffins]

Ya. I told wife i will give it a couple days to see if it dries out before i panic and order new.
Next time the grips will come off first.

Send your address by PM I’ll get them in the mail.

 

[Old-Duckman]

Why does everyone call the Colt grip, grips? It is a one piece grip.

It like saying I washed my cars…when you only have one.

 

[CaptainVane]

Why does everyone call the Colt grip, grips? It is a one piece grip.

It like saying I washed my cars…when you only have one.

Same reason people say they wearing a pair of underwear or pants. Makes no sense. but there it is.

 

[Smokerr]

If we quit using our nonsensical speech patterns, all conversation would stop.

You might as well ask why flour and flower are two different things.

Its all a mish mash of historical hand down from mixing of languages and cultures.

I tired to get off the QWERTY key board and onto (Devorac?) and could not do it. Too many years of QWERTY burned into my brain. Or as I told the School Marm, I am up to 38 errors a minute!

 

[Old-Duckman]

Good answers, ya made me laugh!

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

Why do you brush your teeth with a tooth brush ?

 

[Old-Duckman]

Why do you brush your teeth with a tooth brush ?

We have a joke here in Pennsylvania.

How can you tell that toothpaste was invented in West Virginia? If it were invented anywhere else it would be called teethpaste.

 

[Splitear]

Why do you drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?

 

[2 shots]

are not they really stocks??

 

[LME]

Put Uberti 1848 upside down in hot water, really hot, near boiling. Cleaning after going to range. About 1/3 of grip was submerged about 20 minutes. Now the portion submerged is all milky white.
Did I ruin the finish?

What are the grips made of?

 

[Phil Coffins]

Wooden thing shipped.

 

[dracer]

Wooden thing shipped.

very good