Anyone know how to recreate Vortex Razor color in Cerakote??

[Gunneegoogoo]

I bought a 1-6 Razor HDII from a great CGN member, and I'm thinking about having my modern hunter done in the same color.

Vortex says it's proprietary, and called "stealth shadow".

Does anyone have any idea if there's a Cerakote color that matches, or if a match can be done??

Thanks,

-J.

 

[onetwentyish]

Contact Tactical Ordanance or Frank @ BC Cerakote.

 

[Gunneegoogoo]

Thank you - will do

 

[longarm21]

Midnight bronze looks similar

 

[Gunneegoogoo]

I just looked, it sure does.

-J.

 

[Gunneegoogoo]

I went looking for midnight bronze on the cerakote site....doesn't exist....so I googled and some helpful chaps on the Facebook shared their recipes...

Looks like somewhere in the 40:60 to 60:40 range of burnt bronze:graphite black will do it.

-J.

 

[Gunneegoogoo]

While on this topic - how are scopes cerakoted?? Can they tolerate the high baking temp, or do they have to be dismantled?

-J.

 

[Superbrad]

While on this topic - how are scopes cerakoted?? Can they tolerate the high baking temp, or do they have to be dismantled?

-J.

I would assume the tubes and such are cerakoted prior to assembly....

 

[Gunneegoogoo]

But if I wanted to change the Color??? Of let's say a black scope to match the bronze I think I'm gonna use on my upcoming MH??

-J.

 

[Superbrad]

But if I wanted to change the Color??? Of let's say a black scope to match the bronze I think I'm gonna use on my upcoming MH??

-J.

Like you, I doubt the scope would survive the heat.....

 

[chappy]

for optics you can use ceracote high heat
air cured. can be air dried does not require high heat bake. works great . can be used on metal, plastics anything really.

 

[Gunneegoogoo]

I did some looking.....

Cerakote has an air-dry product. They call it their C series. Their website is a bit hard to navigate, but it's there.... H is the baked on one. H is less money, but the air dry is actually more heat tolerant, it's weird.

I did find a guy on snipers hide that's done 10 or so scopes in the oven at 140deg with no problems...but I don't think I have the balls to do that!!!

I'm thinking my bushnell 3.5-21 XRS might find its home on my MH. It's FFP, low power for hunting, fairly high power for out to 600, fairly compact... It'd look good in that midnight bronze I reckon....

 

[chappy]

if you let c cote sit for a couple of weeks it will be very hard. if baked it dry In 30 minutes.

 

[Gunneegoogoo]

H series cerakote will dry in weeks?

 

[titch--]

doing a scope would be kind of scary for me. heh

 

[ffgats]

you mean like this, in person its close but the 100%, my rifle 80-20 burnt bronze-grapgite black in satin, maybe just maybe you can put a little red or brown

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[Gunneegoogoo]

Nice!! Thx for the recipe!!

Do you think you'd add more burnt bronze or graphite to make it closer??

I've read 60:40 ratios online.

-J.

 

[Shibby!]

Funny, there used to be a serious hate for the razor brown. Now people love it.

If it were my opinion, I'd sooner have different colour, then "close". Close always looks bad.


BTW, I own two razors.

 

[ffgats]

Funny, there used to be a serious hate for the razor brown. Now people love it.

If it were my opinion, I'd sooner have different colour, then "close". Close always looks bad.

It was never my plan and intension to have it same as the scope in the first place , so it's not bad for me,��
OP, maybe a little more on the brown or even red , the more burnt bronze the more golden it will be, but I'm not a pro paint mixer so it's only my guess,you can do some mix sample.

 

[Gunneegoogoo]

I'm gonna play a bit with the Color mixes.

I always liked the color, but until recently was naive on how to make a rifle match..... Seems to be not as hard a I had first thought.

Might by myself a stencil cutter as well.... Might need that infidel logo somewhere on something!!!

-J.