parkerizing
/ˈpɑːkərʌɪzɪŋ
/(also parkerising)
noun [mass noun] trademark in the US
A process for rustproofing iron or steel by brief immersion in a hot acidic solution of a metal phosphate.Most have the nice blue finish instead of parkerizing, and good old fashioned walnut stocks, which my customers like....
- Finish is a matte black powder coat over parkerizing.
Derivatives
parkerized
- It has the same features as the parkerized model, including 3.5-inch barrel, 3-dot sights and six-round magazine.
- The number one gun was parkerized, the only one so finished, and the rest were finished in Wilson's ‘Armor-Tuft’ coating.
- The magazine well is slightly beveled, and the parkerized finish is a little different color from the wartime guns, but that's about it.
Origin
1920s: from Parker Rust-Proof Company of America (which introduced the process) + -ize + -ing1.
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