[Ned Christiansen]

Parko is also a mil-spec prerequisite for some things that are to be painted, since it makes such a "thirsty" base for the paint to lock into. For that reason, I feel that the only time one of the fancy-schmantzy polymer bake-on finishes is at its optimum is when it's applied over new Parkerizing.

 

[Ned Christiansen]

PS-- Another advantage is that it is generally cheaper, since all you do is bead or sand blast. No use carefully polishing anything as Parko comes out dull either way.