Has anybody tried a diy cerakote job?

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I have an old .22 that I was going to clean up for my kid to use and was wondering if it's difficult to get decent results. Is there a difference in quality between the air dry version and the baked version? And lastly, is there a retailer that will sell you a gun and paint?
 
I've done lots with the air dry version. It takes longer to dry. Prep work is just as crucial though. I buy my cerakote from the manufacturer. Bottom two rifles are cerakoted, top is sps finish.
 
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I have done many guns with cerakote. the air dry works fine. you need to grit blast with #100 grit aluminum oxide, soak in aceatone and hang to spray. the better your prep the better the finished product. I use a sata mini jet gun myself. if you have some spray ability its not a hard product to use. the fumes are very harmful so wear a good resperator. i bake the air dry even though its not required. I order direct from cerakote. the gun you can buy at auto supply houses or princess auto. make sure you use a good water filter on your airline. nothing ruins a job like moisture in your finish. if doing one gun you might find all the equipment costly. done right it makes your gun pretty water proof.
 
You can get a Preval spray kit at Home Depot or just buy a complete package from Armacoat that's ready to shoot.

As Chappy mentioned, prep is the key to good results. You'll want to have a plan in advance for how your going to hang the parts. Test everything in advance once or twice and you should get good results.
 
I had mine blasted with walnut media, I then used some 3m stripping pads to buff it up. You can buy from ceracote but the smallest amount I could buy cost a $100 . I believe you can buy a smaller amount from brownell for $30.
 
Does it have to be blasted? I was going to try some vinegar to get the blue ing off and rough it up with some 400 grit sandpaper. I guess I could pick up one of those cheap gravity feed guns and try it out.
 
I had an aluminum tac sol barrel and a 1022 receiver and I wanted it to be natural Colour so I had it blasted. To remove the black anodizing. The 3 m was to make it smooth and shiny. I don't think you want it rough. And the media blasting was good for those hard to get at places.
 
I've done my own with the oven bake method. Works really good. Just trying to finish up a few other projects before I start
spraying my next batch.
 
I have had really good success with VHT paints with other projects, but I wonder, had anyone tried it on a firearm? Not quite the same color palate, but otherwise I can't see why it wouldn't work.
 
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