Terry Swift
08-07-2010, 11:49 PM
Has anyone lasered Gloock 9mm gun slides and gotten good results? According to the owner / Glock, the slides are coated with tenifer (Glock (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/wiki/Glock), an Austrian (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/wiki/Austria) firearms manufacturer, utilizes the Tenifer process to protect the slides of the pistols (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/wiki/Pistols) they manufacture. The finish on a Glock is the third and final hardening process. It is 0.05 millimeters thick and produces a 64 Rockwell C (diamond cone) hardness rating (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/wiki/Rockwell_scale) via a 500 °C nitride bath. The final matte, non-glare finish meets or exceeds stainless steel (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/wiki/Stainless_steel) specifications, is 85% more corrosion resistant than a hard chrome (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/wiki/Chrome_plating) finish, and is 99.9% salt-water corrosion resistant. After the Tenifer process, a black Parkerized (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/wiki/Parkerizing) finish is applied and the slide is protected even if the finish were to wear off. Glock Ges.m.b.H. (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/wiki/Glock_Ges.m.b.H.), an Austrian (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/wiki/Austria) firearms manufacturer, uses a black Parkerizing process as a topcoat to a Tenifer (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/wiki/Tenifer) process to protect the slides of the pistols (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/wiki/Pistols) they manufacture. After applying the Tenifer process, a black Parkerized finish is applied and the slide is protected even if the Parkerized finish were to wear off. Used this way, Parkerizing is thus becoming a protective and decorative finishing technique that is used over other underlying improved techniques of metal protection.)- a material almost as hard as diamonds; but wants to put some designs on the slide if possible. Engraving would be easy as the slides are flat on 3 sides, of which he wants to put items on it.