06-22-2011, 03:09 AM
in.dmand
I've only been doing the oven-bake Cerakote, and it is extremely durable. If you want to remove it for some reason, like a smudge...well...it takes some pretty aggressive steel filing or metal wire brush, and the wire brush seems to just polish it mostly. It is the most durable finish I have seen yet. I've tried to gouge a freshly-done upper with a brass screw, and it didn't even mark the upper, other than some brass rubbing off a little, then wiped away. I really pushed down on it because I was coating it again with another color anyway, so I bore down on with a lot of force.
Do you know if you can you bake on the spray finish? After seeing how well it does, I have decided to Cerakote all my exterior parts. Scott at Vortex told me I could bake my Viper PST at 200F with Cerakote, and the scope would be fine, but I haven't tried it yet. Maybe the spray-on would be best for that application.
It also does not change colors on barrels when heated up during high volume sessions, like PTFE-based paints. Cerakote is really the way to go for durable firearms finish.
LRRPF52
I've only been doing the oven-bake Cerakote, and it is extremely durable. If you want to remove it for some reason, like a smudge...well...it takes some pretty aggressive steel filing or metal wire brush, and the wire brush seems to just polish it mostly. It is the most durable finish I have seen yet. I've tried to gouge a freshly-done upper with a brass screw, and it didn't even mark the upper, other than some brass rubbing off a little, then wiped away. I really pushed down on it because I was coating it again with another color anyway, so I bore down on with a lot of force.
Do you know if you can you bake on the spray finish? After seeing how well it does, I have decided to Cerakote all my exterior parts. Scott at Vortex told me I could bake my Viper PST at 200F with Cerakote, and the scope would be fine, but I haven't tried it yet. Maybe the spray-on would be best for that application.
It also does not change colors on barrels when heated up during high volume sessions, like PTFE-based paints. Cerakote is really the way to go for durable firearms finish.
LRRPF52