Freshening up a DHBP

[Dylan Rhodes]

Hey everyone,

I bought a lower value gun to dip my toe into the restoration waters. Forecasting the journey ahead, I have a decent idea of what needs done and how to do it, time will tell how good I am at it. Anyways, the DHBP has me stumped, it’s turned to brown almost, presumably from 100 plus years of UV exposure and breakdown of plasticizeers/etc. is there a way to get these back to black, or am I better off sourcing a replacement? Of course, that would require its own fitting adventure.

Thank you,

[Pa SxS]

Black liquid shoe polish

[Tennessee Dave]

I didn't realize that they all started out black, I like the lighter colored brown.

[Bill Murphy]

When I have tried to bend a buttplate in hot or boiling water, they have turned brown.