How to roughen up grip surface?

[Guest]

Brilliant, Paul. Please post pics!

John M. in Milwaukee

[Chris]

F. Paul,

I am glad to finally seeing someone else using Quickwood. I have recommended this stuff a few times over the history of TT. Little mess and great results.

Then in the end after the grip shape is just right I used some clear 2 part epoxy and spread over the surface I wanted extra grip and when still wet I sprinkled some very clean store purchased sand. After this dried pulled out the black paint and process was done. Very simple and cheap to do.

[F. Paul in Denver]

Hi gang,

Here are the photos of the grips I promised. They have been molded and then coated with the silcon carbide as I described in my previous post.

Good luck and good shooting to all.

F. Paul in Denver

[IPshooter]

Hi Paul,

That grip looks awesome! Do you recall the epoxy that was used?

Stan

[F. Paul in Denver]

IP,

I sure dont - as I said, the final finish on the grip was done for me by a fellow shooter. I know he told me it was a fairly quick drying epoxy - max 10 minutes.

F. Paul

[ChrisL]

I personally have used the Dremel tool w/ a small "ball" drill. Took a good hour to drill a lot of half-holes, but the result was very good.

The other solution I would dare to try comes from dinghy racing:
-apply a coat of thick varnish, paint or epoxy resin, cover with coarse sugar or salt.
-let it dry
-wash off the salt/sugar: it dissolves and leaves a nice grippy surface.

[scout18]

I must agree on the use of quickwood. It ws very simple to use with excellent results for me. I used it mainly on the back of the grip to fill in hole on under the base of my thumb. Quick and easy to use. Then I used the dremel with the small ball file to get a bunch tiny divets in the grip. I think both worked great.

[scout18]

here are a couple of pictures of my grip