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Posted: 7/8/2010 4:46:56 PM EDT
| I am thinking about getting some Cerakote from Brownells for the small parts and an ace stock, on the AR I am building. In doing research I find conflicting prep practices. The degreasing and handling with gloves I get. Do I blast the hard coat off my parts or am I able to just degrease and spray over the top? I have seen people report that it is done both ways. Do I use acetone for cleanup or is there something different I need to use? I don't want to waste the investment of the cerakote or ruin my good airbrush. Any help is greatly appreciated. |
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If you are referring to the oven cure Cerakote, you won't mess up your airbrush. I have no experience with the air dry.
I wiped my barreled action down with acetone, then removed any remaining residue or oil by baking the barreled action @ 400 deg for over an hour, iirc (2+ years ago). For something like an AR, there will be a lot more residual oil in all the crevices and threads than there are on a M700, so if you bake, bake long enough. Also, think about your component's heat tolerances before you just start melting stuff or ruining finishes. I don't know if anyone has told you about the application process yet, but it is kind of easy to over spray. If you over spray, the finish will be extremely abrasive, like sand paper. I did this on some of my parts and just recently had everything blasted and went to Duracoat. Cerakote is a good product though, when applied correctly. I'd use it again, now that I know what I'm doing haha (not trying to scare you away from it) |
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Cool. Thanks for the advice on the overspray. Does the cerakote spray like an enamel paint? What consistency is it so I could find something similar to practice. Thanks. Yeah, about. If I remember it correctly though, its a little bit lighter/thinner than regular acrylic spray paint. Its been a little bit though. If I were doing it again for the first time, I'd get 3 small panels, coat them in different thicknesses, bake them, & decide the coating thickness I should go for. |
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