Gun Stippling Basics: Stippling Patterns & Techniques
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Glock Stippling tips and stipple techniques for beginners. Brad from Gledhill customs covers basic stippling patterns to stipple gun grip on a Glock or polymer 80. Check out other stippling videos on the channel below for more Glock stippling tips
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Hey Brad. I just saw your video and I wanted to say 'thank you' on behalf of everyone who has been watching endless UA-cam stippling tutorials and practicing on endless p-mags, tool boxes, AR grips, etc. hoping to learn how to do it the right way. It took me over A YEAR of practicing to get the confidence to stipple a firearm. You're right about people wanting to guard their 'trade secrets'. I understand that too. With that said, your generosity in showing us how to stipple (in a well-explained way) is beyond generous. Thanks again. Liked and subbed.
Thank you!! I’m glad they’re helping! If there is anything you want to see a video on let me know!
Check out my stipple tutorial
Honestly, this might be my favorite stippling pattern, based on practicality, ease, and looks. Thank you!
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I watched this video like 5 times. And all your other videos. You helped me so much. Just finished my first stipple job and it turned out great!
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Really like this texture for it's unique pattern . I have a bunch of Glocks & want to stipple my gen3 . Thanks for sharing your experience on stippling.
Aspiring gunsmith here and these simple designs are exactly where to start. Thank you for the video
Thank you for this. So humble and easy to watch and listen to. You are an artist.
It’s funny how we keep you company while your working 😆 And at the same time learning a good skill. Thank bro!
Hope the videos help 🤘🏻
Thank you for sharing the knowledge. Newbies like myself really appreciate it.
I taped mine off and sprayed a texture on the grip, IG its a natural progression for me, I used to be a gelcoat guy, in a factory that built parts for NYC transit, and I sprayed ALOT of texture on gelcoated parts, so to me it was the fastest, cleanest and easiest way to get some custom texture on my P80.. But when I did that, I rly didnt realize its this basic to stipple stuff. Good vid my man. And good explanation of technique. I will say, textured- painted parts are more like skateboard griptape, than an acutal stippled design like this, but still afford great grip on the plastic, and can be easier on the eyes if you find stippling to be too aggressive for your liking, and is truly randomized, as its basically millions of tiny paint bubbles on a flat surface, stacked and over lapping, over and over, layer after layer, until its basically nothing but several layers of gelcoat or CeraKote stacked up on top of each other, creating a textured surface. Marine application Gelcoat actually held up great, cerakote has bonding issues and tended to flake off the base layer, it took ALOT of messing around with techniques to get cerakote to adhere right, but looks incredible if you can get it down.
You make it look so easy dude
Appreciate the video man!
Absolutely! Hopefully it helps 🤘🏻
Thanks for sharing.. I feel a lot more confident in attempting my first Glock stippling. Myself, and many others would probably like to see a video on how you do your edging! As well as the thumb ledge.. Thanks! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
You put out some great work man. And I appreciate you making videos like this. Like you said, most pro stipplers are unwilling to give out trade secrets. Respect!
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Thank you for sharing this. As a newbie to handguns in general, it's not something I'm going to try anytime soon, but I think this is really good information and you are to be commended for sharing it. Subscribed.
This is so satisfying to watch! You sir are a true artist. I really appreciate the good info in this video!
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Your Knocking it out of the park bro!!
Thank you so much! This really helped me out and I feel much more confident doing this now!
I’m glad ya did this video! I’m just starting out never done it before. Your vids help a lot man. I didn’t think about stippling Pmags
They’re a different polymer, have a ton of fiberglass in them. But will help learn the basics!
They’re a different polymer, have a ton of fiberglass in them. But will help learn the basics!
I love watching ur vids. Probly the most helpful. They def helped me take the plunge and do some work on my guns. Came out pretty good. Thanks for taking the time to help us out
lots of folks gate keep. thanks for the vid
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Thanks man this helped, looking to do something like this to my Glock.
I Just sent my G43x to the Glock Store and had mine done and it’s perfect
Glad to hear you had a good outcome.
@@gledhillcustoms4659 I have limited use of my left hand I got wounded in combat that’s why I had to have it done or I would have tried it my self. Your video is great
You the man!!! Love the work! Love and blessings
Cool thanks for sharing! That's randomized. Non-randomized would be lines, or stripes or anything that is a consistent pattern.
Thank you for the video man!
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Thanks for the video u do dam good work man thanks again
Thank you! I appreciate the support 🤘🏻
Great video, thank you taking time time to teach us
Damn you're so good at it!
That's great, exactly what I've been looking for! Much appreciated. Hopefully soon I can give this a go. As well as become a customer after everything settles as everything I've seen you do is nothing short then amazing
You should! Practice makes perfect 🤘🏻
Check out my stipple tutorial
@@CycloneGunworks not my style. Thanks though...
@@gledhillcustoms4659 all good great videos bro.
That texture still looks dope and you can see that it's grippy
This video is very helpful. Thanks. 👍🙂
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Killer job man. Definitely helpful to me as a beginner
Glad it helped 🤘🏻
i illke your borders very clean and good tech tips, currently doing a couple guns, wasnt going to bother with a border but now i am. haha
Thanks for sharing. Nice work!
Thanks for the video 👍
Thank you for your guidelines and expertise. I’m brand new to stippling and your vids are definitely most efficient and helpful. Just have one question. If it’s meant to look random, why is the technique called non-randomized?
Crazy idk you had a UA-cam channel. I follow you on IG 👍🏽🔥💯
What temp should I use my iron on? Thanks for sharing the info. I was using a soldering iron and it was just too much. Destroyed one g30S lower grip module. Thanks!
Hotter the better. An adjustable temp is ok to use to learn, but at the end of the day the higher the temp the cleaner the work
@@gledhillcustoms4659I just tried doing my G19 and I don’t think I had it hot enough (adjustable) I would lift up and get little plastic hairs
Hey I’ve gone through your videos and I can’t find anything about taking the material down before you outline? Just learning, can really use some direction. Looking for that initial step like getting the grooves off my gen4….
Also wanted to ask if you’ve done any grip reduction on G34’s?
Thanks so much. Very cool videos brutha.
Search through my videos. There are two on cutting borders
Great Work!!! I have a gray Glock 43 frame can I stipple it without discoloring the gray?
Not if you keep the tip clean.
What tool is that first one with the ball tip? And where can I get the different pieces for the different patterns?
What should I practice on before doing my own firearm?
Great vid your the best
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Super awesome video. What tip exactly is it?
Can you show how you clean your tip and what you use to clean it?
Soldiering iron tip cleaner from Amazon. Looks like copper steal wool.
you got one steady ass hand
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What kinda machine do you have? Is Harbour Freight on for starter?
Great video, thanks!
You can buy Airsoft M4 grips and glock lowers for dirt cheap to practice on. I started stippling with airsoft.
Would it be the same procedure for a x5 legion grip.. tungsten infused polymer grip module? Looking to try, but nervous of screwing it up. I know I can do just not sure about material, and how it would respond to iron.. your feedback would be appreciated greatly. Thank you so much
Yup! Takes a little more to melt it, but it’s the same process
Hi, do you need to be licensed dealer to have glock lowers sent to you for stippling work?
Anytime you do anything “work related” you need to have a FFL
What do you use to get the prep work smooth after taking old texture off?
Sandpaper. 80-400 grit
Excelente, que buen trabajo!! Saludos desde Argentina!! 💪🤙
Looks great. What are you using to wipe the tip?
The tutorials on your channel are a great resource with lots of great tips. Out of curiosity what was the base color of this frame before Cerakote? I am assuming it probably started life out as black. That might be a good topic to discuss on a future video. Love the content of this channel.
Thanks man! I’ll make sure and address it in the future. This one was a coblat frame
Awesome video! I’m looking to stipple my own firearms and by far you provide THE best info... what kind of wood burner should I purchase?? Should I purchase something that has variable temp control??
Thanks man 🤘🏻 I personally use the walnut hollow burner. Like $25 on Amazon
Have you done any GST-9s? I'm curious about how their polymer compares to the others. I think that's the first frame I own that I want to get stippled.
I haven’t yet surprisingly
@@gledhillcustoms4659 cool. I was thinking about doing mine. I'm just not sure what type of polymer it is, based on what you've explained in the video.
Thanks. I will be testing out some of your tips. At first it just looks shitty. But the end result is super sweet looking. I’ve burned a ton of plastic with a iron. But never the grip on my gun. So this will be fun. Thanks for the motivation to try it out.
True artist
Awesome video
Would love to see more videos on stippling
I have done quite a few actually 🤘🏻
@@gledhillcustoms4659 I know I’ve seen them all nearly lol I’d like the idea of a like a pattern series or the same video but a more complex pattern it’s just like you said like naw I wanna basket weave straight away 😂 gotta Learn to walk first tho
@@glkshooter6168 exactly man. Once you get the basics down the rest makes sense. Basket weave was literally the hardest texture of all of them for me to get down. There’s nothing a lot of guys out there who can lay it down properly
@@gledhillcustoms4659 that one you posted on Instagram was gnarly lol fuck the basket weave that was sick lol
Check out my stipple tutorial
Appreciate ya brotha
If i have a tan frame that came like that when i stipple it will the part i stippled be black or tan for a p80 frame
I wish I watched this before I stippled my handgun. It came out alright but with this insight, it could have been a lot better
Now you know for the next one
I practiced too in P80 frame just in case
Do you have any videos on basket weave?
I don’t. I quit doing it a few years ago because I loath doing it 😂
you the real mvp
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Man, I've been practicing on old M4 handles. Is polymer much different?
Is polymer different than polymer?
It’s definitely different. But if you can get the hang of doing it on a old AR grip, you can do it on a pistol 🤘🏻
Hey man, I have a few questions and it would be awesome if you could help me out. I've been practicing stippling on trashed p80 frames and I just ordered a Cerakote pro starter kit. Do you sandblast your frames before your Cerakote them? I have the H series oven-cure Cerakote. Also, do you Cerakote, then do your borders and sanding or do you do your borders/sanding and then Cerakote?
ALWAYS sandblast anything you Cerakote. For the plastic, do it at a lower pressure. As far as sandblasting before or after stippling, it depends on whether you want the stippled area to be bare polymer or Cerakoted. If you want the entire part (stippled and virgin areas) to be Cerakoted, sandblast it after stippling. I think that's the best way. It softens out any "unevenness" in the stippled area and along the border. I'm sure you can sandblast, stipple, then cerakote it, if you want everything to have sharp edges, but I'm not sure about the cerakote adhesion if you're applying it to areas you've stippled after blasting. I'm sure it would be fine, but I think stippling, sandblasting, then Cerakoting is best. Or, if you want it only Cerakoted on the virgin areas, sandblast and cerakote the entire thing, same the areas you're going to stipple (so the cerakote doesn't melt in with the polymer and tint it) then stipple it.
Cerakote has great files in the resources tab, and you're paying a premium price, for a premium product, so use their support. Email them with questions; you're paying for it. They'll tell you the blasting media, pressure, tip size, and everything else you need to know. They're excellent.
Also, make sure you use a glass beaker, glass stirring rod, and don't let the cerakote come into contact with ANYTHING like gloves, rubber, or plastic while mixing and applying (besides the substrate you're spraying it on). I had problems with a rubber gasket on a mesh strainer, a certain type of metal that I was mixing in, and other things that caused really annoying problems. Also, spray it WET. If it does right as you're spraying, it'll be too light, and will cause a sandpaper finish. It's almost opposite to how you would use spray paint cans. Instead of a bunch of super light coats, use one fairly heavy coat. Also, get a scale that has a resolution of 0.01g or 0.05g (or at the very least 0.1g). A scale with a resolution of 1g is not precise enough. If you're only mixing 20g of cerakote, the difference between a matte finish (24:1), normal finish (18:1), and glossy finish (12:1) is 0.65g, 0.87g, and 1.30g of hardener catalyst respectively. That's only 0.65g difference between the highest and lowest ratios. That's impossible to measure with a scale with a resolution of 1g, and it is really hard to estimate with a scale with a resolution of 0.1g. With a resolution of 0.05g or 0.01g, you should be good. Be careful though, because a lot of scales with a resolution of 0.01g don't have a very large max weight. So once you add a beaker and all the liquid, and you try to tare it, you may be over the max. I like a max of at least 500g. A 50 mL beaker is ~40g, a 100 mL is ~60g, and a 250 mL is ~110g. So if you use a 250 mL beaker, and a glass stir rod, then add the 50g cerakote and catalyst, you're going to be at almost 200g.
Hope that helps.
How do you get the black stipple grip area on a colored frame?
Cerakote
I’m planning on sending my frame in ASAP. Just trying to choose if I want you to stipple the strike 80 or the regular polymer g19 frame I have. Right now the texture feels very aggressive on the frames. When you stipple them is it still aggressive or does it soften the polymer up a bit ?
It’s still aggressive, but feels better in the hand. Due to the way that finish them, there is added grip without being super aggressive.
What size tip and what burner are you using?
What grit of sandpaper do you use to strip the gun?
80-400
Probably a really stupid question... what do you use to wipe the polymer off the tip as it’s building up?
Is the texture soft or hard after it gets stipple?
It’s a nice edc texture. Very grippy but easy on the skin
How do you or what dobyou clean the tip with?
Brass Soldering iron tip cleaner
Thanks bro
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My favorite is waffle stippling
I was going to start by just using my laser burner and using adobe illustrator and Cad to design the pattern then letting my laser do the work with perfect lines .....since I am use to burning on those polymers already .
Good luck!
@@gledhillcustoms4659 either way learning hand made stuff is always a plus forsure
Most definitely. Each method has a purpose. Hand stippling is way more beneficial than laser work when it comes to enhanced grip. Most laser stuff is merely cosmetic, but it looks super sharp. I wanna get a laser one of these days, just to learn how to operate it.
@@gledhillcustoms4659 the laser is the way to go but forsure it's beneficial to learn it by hand first.... tho only if your really going to get into the hand made crafting but to earn cash and do clean setups i think laser is the key because you can dial it up to engrave precisely ... deeper if you want the grooves or whatever so it looks factory. As now companies laser them in there OEM new gen guns.
@@dreamkiss4u 95% of laser work is merely cosmetic. Hand work is for functionality and when done right you wouldn’t know the difference. People think most of my work is done by laser instead of by hand.
So you took grip off to add more grip
It’s literally what they pay me to do 🤷🏻♂️
What kind of rotary tool do u use on yhese videos?
It’s a cheap Chinese rotary called marathon n8. I upgraded to a foredom 1060 a few years ago
@gledhillcustoms4659 thank you I check both of them out.
Have you ever done a spiderweb sibling job on Glock 19?
I have not. All of my work is done by hand. At is more in line with laser work.
Hey what temperature do you use usually?
I always run max temp in b everything
What Temp For The Iron?
Full temp
Tho get straighter more clean borders l, use small files... i use standard and diamond files... i also establish the first line with a v notch chisel...( pencil before that, but you get the idea..)
Whatever works
Sweet
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I want to do my first video is the easiest one I found what video shows how to burn your boredes
Search my videos. I have one listed
Cinimatic ahh intro ong
You're not talking through the mask.... lol. But it looks good man
What is the voltage of the soldering iron?
30W
your opener audio is overly loud than gets incredibly quiet with the mic audio lol
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The edge work looks rough man
It really bugs me how you use the terms "randomized" and "non-randomized" as if they mean the same thing, when, of course, they mean the exact opposite. Other than that it's a great video, showing a real master Craftsman with a great technique. Well done.
buy some cheap A2 ar grips to sand over and over and practice on
“It’s not randomized”
“Make it randomized”..
Just do cursive letters lol