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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Jburke on February 05, 2013, 04:48:59 PM

Title: Cerakote question
Post by: Jburke on February 05, 2013, 04:48:59 PM: So I am planning on having an AR upper reciever coated and wanted to know if having it coated will leave too small of tollerences inside the reciever? For the bolt carrier etc.
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: Biggerhammer on February 06, 2013, 08:46:05 PM: Seeing that mil-spec parts aren't exactly held to NASA tolerances you will be good to go.
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on February 06, 2013, 08:52:28 PM: I may be wrong, but isn't Cerakote primarily an exterior coating on the gun parts--sprayed on with an airbrush and given a certain time to cure? Never thought of it as a coating for wear surfaces... :dunno:
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: Jburke on February 06, 2013, 11:44:22 PM: Quote from: Heredoggydoggy on February 06, 2013, 08:52:28 PM
I may be wrong, but isn't Cerakote primarily an exterior coating on the gun parts--sprayed on with an airbrush and given a certain time to cure? Never thought of it as a coating for wear surfaces... :dunno:
This was also something that I wasn't sure about. But the upper that I have is completely sandblasted currently, inside and out. I was guessing that it wouldn't be an issue to coat the inside but wanted to be sure first.
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: high country on February 07, 2013, 06:06:28 AM: Micro slick is a better choice for moving parts.....but cerakote will last a long long time if the media blast is not to coarse. As for clearances.....you shouldn't have to worry unless you are rhino lining it....they rattle for a reason.
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: Biggerhammer on February 07, 2013, 06:56:23 PM: If I do have internal parts coated, it's either with NP3 or Birdsongs Black-T.
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: Jburke on February 07, 2013, 08:05:49 PM: Quote from: Biggerhammer on February 07, 2013, 06:56:23 PM
If I do have internal parts coated, it's either with NP3 or Birdsongs Black-T.
Is it worth leaving the inside of the reciever uncoated?
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: high country on February 08, 2013, 09:10:58 AM: I would coat it all if it's been blasted.
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on February 08, 2013, 09:32:19 AM: Quote from: high country on February 08, 2013, 09:10:58 AM
I would coat it all if it's been blasted.

:yeah: I don't think a light coat will hurt anything. If the bolt carrier doesn't move freely, you'll know there's too much Cerakote someplace. :twocents:
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: Jburke on February 08, 2013, 01:48:05 PM: Sounds good to me. I'll probably drop it off this afternoon
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: addicted on February 13, 2013, 01:06:24 AM: Where you having this done?
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: Jburke on February 13, 2013, 09:25:16 AM: Well I was intending on having it done at Liquid Transformations here in Spokane. But in the end I decided to do it myself and ordered the other day. Should be here end of the week. In the end I decided that since I am only doing the reciever I should have way more than enough to do it over if I screw something up with it. Lol. With shipping it ran right at 50 and it was going to be 75+tax to have it done by someone else. So if all goes well I should have extra for future uses.
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: high country on February 13, 2013, 11:24:05 AM: What is your plan on media blasting? You said it had been done, but was it done with garnet, ao or glass......the answer severely affects the outcome.
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: Jburke on February 13, 2013, 08:16:04 PM: This I don't know. I can attempt to find out but I don't know if I can get ahold of the guy I got it from. Explain to me the best option and why?
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: high country on February 13, 2013, 10:29:16 PM: Glass will screw you. If it feels "toothy" and not overly coarse it is likely ao or garnet and will be fine. If it feels like a remington stainless rifle......no go.
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: Jburke on February 13, 2013, 11:19:35 PM: That's good to know. I'll take a look at it in the morning and see what I can come up with
Title: Re: Cerakote question
Post by: Jburke on February 13, 2013, 11:31:03 PM: I also have an email out to the guy I bought it from to see if I can get a deffinate answer