Where to get Suncorite in Canada?

I like my Suncorite worn

I like my Suncorited rifles a bit worn.
That way they they show their true history.

They're old battle rifles after all not new remingtons.

Still don't quite understand what is accomplished with a strip and repaint. I've seen many Suncorited rifles and have quite a few and not a one actually required a repaint.

If I want a new looking Enfield I pull out a new one to look at.

Regards
Terry
 
Terry,

I can't speak for anyone else, but I got the stuff to repaint a Sten dewat that was demilled by chopping it in half, then re-welded, then bead blasted, then reblued. It looks 'OK', but it SHOULD be Suncorited. Now it will be.

It's intended for restoration (and is a damn fine coating for sporting guns exposed to salt) - NOT to strip off a historically correct finish and re-apply. but if someone wants to do that, more power to them.

Brit Bren re-welds also look great re-suncorited.
 
The devils own brew !

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Lovely stuff !.......one sniff and it will blow your head off :)
 
OK, quick update, I product tested Suncorite Aqua100 as a Suncorite 259 substitute. This product, as it turns out, does NOT have the abrasion resistance of the 259 formula. It does look the same and applies to the same film thickness, but it is a softer coating and will scrape off under abuse, where real 259 tends not to.

For the time being the Sten looks the part, but if/when I get 259, I'll blast the gun and re-paint.

FYI, use a spray gun. Brushing Suncorite on looks like CRAP.

Other interesting tidbits, the paint is actually grey-ish green. It reacts with air and the metal to lightly phosphate the steel under the paint. The paint flash-dries a grey similar to parkerizing, but the first time you oil it, it turns semi-gloss black and stays that way forever.
 
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