What are your DIY stippling tips/tricks?

[Sasage]

Practiced sanding on two back straps, just waiting to pick up a soldering iron/wood burn

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[Luke]

How much of a difference does sanding the grip make? I've never sanded.

[vcdgrips]

Luke,

IMHO, surface prep by sanding makes a world of difference in terms of appearance, but very little in terms of function, particularly when using a finer texture. I would refer you back to the link in my prior post for fairly stark visual confirmation of that point.

There is also no question in my mind that the coarser the texture, the better the grip/traction. (At least to the point just before it is too coarse and begins to cause pain, abrade the web of the hand etc.). That is why my range G35 and G34 have a more tree bark like texture. My carry set is still "pinprick/orange peel" on the sides which contact me and my clothes, but the forestrap and backstrap have been retuxtured to "treebark" as well.

[Sasage]

VCD what grit do you recommend? I ordered some 120 dremel bits and I tested the back straps with 60 grit.

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[23JAZ]

You can take a 10x24 brass flathead bolt and use a dremel cutoff wheel to make an asymmetric checkerboard pattern on it.

After reading this ^ It does look like a Philips head.

[Luke]

After reading this ^ It does look like a Philips head.

Mind blown. That's awesome

[Irelander]

I've done a couple of Glocks. I can definitely agree that surface prep is key. I removed the finger grooves on my carry G19 and smoothed out all the factory "checkering" before I did a 360 grip stipple. I neglected to smooth out the light textured factory pads on the sides of the grip. Even though I gave a fairly aggressive tree bark type stipple, you can still see the edges of those pads. The places that I smoothed things out look very nice.

[Luke]

What would you do on something like a P2000 that had a rubber back strap?

[Sasage]

Been experimenting with my new wood burner and sanding drums.

So far I prefer the 120 grit over the 60 (takes longer but more forgiving) and a random chaos pattern to dots.

More trials to follow

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[Irelander]

What would you do on something like a P2000 that had a rubber back strap?

Hmmm...I didn't know the P2000 had a rubber backstrap. I'd probably leave it alone. Just stipple the plastic around it, however I'm not familiar with the P2000 grip so maybe I am missing something.