Pietta "Ivory" Grips

[nkbj]

Anyone used a staining treatment on Pietta's white grips?
What success did you meet with?

 

[saaman]

Had one I put dark walnut stain on and then wiped it off. With use it has settled down from a light yellow color to a pleasing cream patina.

 

[ZUG]

No - but you can try tea on them. As you know they are made of a polymer resin

 

[nkbj]

Had one I put dark walnut stain on and then wiped it off. With use it has settled down from a light yellow color to a pleasing cream patina.
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Very nice sir.

 

[Bighorserider]

BatjackJW on YouTube has a few videos about this.

 

[William Lincoln]

If you are staining put a hairdryer on low. It opens the pores in the
plastic. Not too hot. Let dry. Rub good with cloth. The idea is to
get the Ivory look that everyone wants. Appliance white is toy
cap gun stuff.

 

[nkbj]

Yeah.

 

[JamesA]

Yeah.

Very nice revolver.

 

[nkbj]

Yes it is. A design from the aesthetic appreciations of another age. Almost too pretty to dirty up. I needed another 1851 like a third foot but how could I resist?

 

[nkbj]

Bighorserider, thanks for the link. The leather dye is in the garage so that might be what's used.

Another candidate for color. Pietta made these quite a while back. This piece was a complete train wreck. Took a couple of weeks of spare time to fix the factory sledge hammer gunsmithing. Now it's a tack driving nice revolver.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Just normal handling and use will give the desired and genuine patina you will like. Personally, I like white micarta, as used by many knife makers, for a more realistic ivory appearance.

 

[nkbj]

Ivory micarta is really nice. Have a gut hook skinner with those grips.