First attempt with cerakote on a norc 1911.

bilkathegerman

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You know you a real gunnut when you sandblast gun parts in the middle of your your condo's parking lot and then bake the ceramic paint in your kitchen's oven (had to unchain GF).
So this is a Norc 1911 air brushed with oven cured cerakote (federal brown and graphite black), I did a trigger job myself and this gun honestly looks and feels way better thant its price might let you think it would.
Cerakote is very strong (way stronger than duracoat). I have racked the slide may times and still can't see any marks in front of the rails.
Grips are Fab.
I'm very happy with the end results.

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Good job! what did you degrease it with? I watched the video on applying Cerakote and they said the parts had to be submersed for 30min to completely degrease them. I'm thinking thats a few cans of brake clean lol.
 
Big Mike said:
Good job! what did you degrease it with? I watched the video on applying Cerakote and they said the parts had to be submersed for 30min to completely degrease them. I'm thinking thats a few cans of brake clean lol.
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Mineral spirts will be cheaper then 2 dozen cans of brake cleaner
 
Big Mike said:
Good job! what did you degrease it with? I watched the video on applying Cerakote and they said the parts had to be submersed for 30min to completely degrease them. I'm thinking thats a few cans of brake clean lol.
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I'd use acetone. Next to water, it's actually the safest, least-toxic solvent.

I'd avoid using brake cleaner, when you follow it with heating the object in an enclosed space:

http://www.brewracingframes.com/id75.htm

The gun looks great, BTW.
 
FastFord58 said:
How much material did you order? I'm seriously considering doing my Nork now.
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I bought the smallest bottles which are enough for several handguns. You have to be very patient cause if you touch the wet paint or ruin it somehow you can't just wipe it off, you would still have to bake it, and then sandblast it, clean it, degrease it and paint it again. Trust me I had to do an AR upper all over again and it was painful.
 
bilkathegerman said:
I bought the smallest bottles which are enough for several handguns. You have to be very patient cause if you touch the wet paint or ruin it somehow you can't just wipe it off, you would still have to bake it, and then sandblast it, clean it, degrease it and paint it again. Trust me I had to do an AR upper all over again and it was painful.
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I have a lot of experience with airbrushing and automotive finishes, so that should come in handy.

I see on the site, they have a tester which is 4oz. Is that the one you got?

Thanks for putting up with the questions.
 
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