hmmmmm, the way it was cut and mounted on this particular gun was interesting...The tape was thin, therefore it conformed and did not appear to "want" to pull away from the curved surface because of the thickness and stiffness of the paper base that the "grit" was applied to...
I know you'll probably have to clean and swab the surface with alcohol, to ensure a good application, that goes without saying, and that you might want to be careful with some of the gun cleaning solvents and other oils and protectants used in keeping the guns in service...After application...How you do that...Well...I figure this stuff comes in some good sized lots, so re-applying might be a yearly exercise...Who knows...
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- Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:44 pm
- Forum: "How To" Tips
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- Topic: Grip Tape...
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Grip Tape...
Ok,
A while back when I was in the market for a plain jane 1911, I had gone to a show and handled a real nice 1911, I forget the maker, but thats beside the point...
Apparently I liked the "skateboard" grip tape applied to the front part of the grip under the trigger guard and down to the lower edge of the handle...
It was a thin type of self-adhiesive tape applied to that area, and it really felt good in the hand...It had the "Steve", or "right" feel to it, and it impressed me as to the simplicity of the "tweek" to the gun...
The courseness of the tape was just right...Not too course, and not to fine...Not quite the grit level of regular sandpaper either...Just a good way to give it that much more of a good, tactile feel to the weapon while in your hand, and up on target I suppose...
I tried to find some of this stuff at the local ACE Hardware store around the corner from us, but it was just too course, and might have worked...But I figured I'll keep looking...
Any suggestions to where I might find a "Rad" skateboard shop in the Houston area, that might fill this need???
I could take the 2 .45's we have now and have the front edge "checkered", or add some sort of slip-on grip to these pistols...But I really like this idea the best...
Any ideas???
A while back when I was in the market for a plain jane 1911, I had gone to a show and handled a real nice 1911, I forget the maker, but thats beside the point...
Apparently I liked the "skateboard" grip tape applied to the front part of the grip under the trigger guard and down to the lower edge of the handle...
It was a thin type of self-adhiesive tape applied to that area, and it really felt good in the hand...It had the "Steve", or "right" feel to it, and it impressed me as to the simplicity of the "tweek" to the gun...
The courseness of the tape was just right...Not too course, and not to fine...Not quite the grit level of regular sandpaper either...Just a good way to give it that much more of a good, tactile feel to the weapon while in your hand, and up on target I suppose...
I tried to find some of this stuff at the local ACE Hardware store around the corner from us, but it was just too course, and might have worked...But I figured I'll keep looking...
Any suggestions to where I might find a "Rad" skateboard shop in the Houston area, that might fill this need???
I could take the 2 .45's we have now and have the front edge "checkered", or add some sort of slip-on grip to these pistols...But I really like this idea the best...
Any ideas???