To Stipple or Not to Stipple That Glock?
If you have a Glock, you know for a fact that you have one of the plainest gun grips in the world and there is not a lot you could
do to change that with a set of aftermarket grips as on other pistols. One very common DIY trick for this is stippling. This act of burning holes in things that you love may (or may not) be the answer you are looking for.
Basically put, this act of modification is accomplished by pushing something very hot and very hard (think steel) into your
medium. While in our case it’s done to plastic (err, we mean high impact polymer), it can also be done to wood or similar items. Its an outgrowth of the old-school scroll worker’s inlay known as pyrography used to checker stocks and such. The ‘stipple’ that is left behind is the opposite of a ‘nipple’ in the respect that sinks in rather than pokes out. The best way to perform this act on a Glock in question is with a soldering iron. Most serious stipplers use small, ultra-fine point battery-powered models to keep from having a cord get in the way.
If you get too aggressive with it, you can always sand it back down as smooth as you like…
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