Removing flashing from a glock

[gokyo]

My glock G20 has a little sharp flashing on the back strap that is eating a hole in the webbing of my hand.

My only other glock is a 20 year old G17 and it has a pretty smooth grip.

Any suggestions and smoothing it out.

I am worried if I just go after it with some sand paper it will leave a light grey area where ever the sand paper touches the grip.

I want it smooth and I want it black.

[freakshow10mm]

http://www.sharpie.com/img/compel/h4qdnra_wSqVTYzf9lboPeeQaTvQmXye/marker_fine_black.jpg

[gokyo]

http://www.sharpie.com/img/compel/h4qdnra_wSqVTYzf9lboPeeQaTvQmXye/marker_fine_black.jpg

Any non-CRB Suggestions?

[mbradst]

Maybe a soldering iron. Razor blade possibly.

[918v]

I vote razor blade.

[Steel Talon]

little bit of crocus clothe. And that shapie suggestion will work perfectly every time

[Anvil]

bic lighter

[zdogk9]

Hit it with a weed burner, it'll smooth right out. Be smooth like glass

[BigSlick]

:animlol:

[gokyo]

Hey in my OP i told you you my 1st gen G17 was smooth. How do you think it got like that? Of course I used a torch. It is not Like I have every used that junky piece of tupperware.

[Crazy4nitro]

Hit it with a weed burner, it'll smooth right out. Be smooth like glass


Just as Anvil said in post #7...:rofl:

'Nitro

[Oreo]

I vote a razorblade. A fresh one with a perfect edge & careful use of the very tip will shave the flashing right off without leaving any marks on anything else.

[CZ93X62]

Are X-Acto knives/blades still available? I have one, and the sharp-angled blades do great work de-flashing plastic castings. I bought this one about 1970, from a hobby shop near my old house. Handy critter, for sure.

[ept000]

I have done this to several Glocks. The worst area for me is the bottom of the trigger guard. That spot rubs the knuckle of my middle finger until it bleeds. What I do is shape it the way I want with a die grinder with a scotch bright wheel. Use the smoothest disc you can to get the shape you want. When your done with that it WILL be gray. To get rid of the gray I use 1500 and 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper under running water. If you get it all cleaned up with 2000 grit it will be black again. Works great, but it does take a little time.

[Sidhe]

I use a set of carbide scrapers on any flash left over on my Glocks (and any other plastic parts on my rifles too). It's gotten to the point that it's the first thing I do when a new pistol comes home.

Speaking of which, I need to pare down those ridges on the trigger on the new G23 as well, I much prefer the smooth (non-stepped/ridged) trigger on my 14 year old G19.

[degoodman]

If its plastic flashing, I use an x-acto knife to trim it flush. That mainly / only for the very thin plastic bits from where the two halves of the mold join.

If you have a broader defect than that, I's use a heat gun to soften the area and move the material with tools for working with ceramics/clay (have a bunch of stuff that's "worn out" for my moms purposes, but great for what I use it for). You can use a soldering iron, but I'd want one that you can set the temprature on, because the lead melting, one temp fits all ones are really too hot to use on plastic.

To clean up from any of these, work with some auto-body finishing sandpaper, 1500 or finer, work with it wet, and change the paper often and you should be able to finish out anything in no time. Work slow and gentle and you'll do fine.

Avoid power tools, excessive heat and aggressive grit paper or stones and you'll avoid mistakes. When you start thinking "Boy, I'd like to speed up and get this done" is actually time to put the work up and come back to it another time.

[Baldilocks]

I have done this to several Glocks. The worst area for me is the bottom of the trigger guard. That spot rubs the knuckle of my middle finger until it bleeds. What I do is shape it the way I want with a die grinder with a scotch bright wheel. Use the smoothest disc you can to get the shape you want. When your done with that it WILL be gray. To get rid of the gray I use 1500 and 2000 grit wet/dry sandpaper under running water. If you get it all cleaned up with 2000 grit it will be black again. Works great, but it does take a little time.

I must be lucky. My G17 (3rd gen) trigger guard is smoooooooth :)

I can barely make out the join lines along the center of the frame if i look closely, but can not feel it by touch.

There are only a couple of sharp nubs on the backstrap but they don't bother my shooting grip, only noticable when I run my finger tip over them.