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3/17/2017 2:39:39 PM EDT
The barrel of the month for my 6.5G build (18" AA) is just natural bead blasted SS so it is silver.

Is the non-bake Ceracoat/Duracoat type coatings worthwhile vs the baked ones?  Aerosol Duracoat sounds the most user friendly.  Take the heat of a barrel ok?

Still sorting out which way I am going with this yet... if the SS color will be a big deal and if so if I want to follow thru with this barrel and change the color or keep looking.
3/17/2017 7:25:07 PM EDT
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Cerakote recommends the C series (non-bake, air dry) for high temp applications over their H series (oven cure).
3/23/2017 9:43:26 AM EDT
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The barrel of the month for my 6.5G build (18" AA) is just natural bead blasted SS so it is silver.

Is the non-bake Ceracoat/Duracoat type coatings worthwhile vs the baked ones?  Aerosol Duracoat sounds the most user friendly.  Take the heat of a barrel ok?

Still sorting out which way I am going with this yet... if the SS color will be a big deal and if so if I want to follow thru with this barrel and change the color or keep looking.
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Ranger:  All my ARs are black, but several of them have stainless barrels.  To color the barrel black so it matches the rest of the rifle, I degreased and painted the exposed portion with Rustoleum high-temp spray-can paint, flat black, the kind made for engine blocks.  

Works great, is very durable and easily touched up.  You can start with a coat of Rustoleum primer, but its really not necessary.  Take care to mask your barrel before spraying, you definitely don't want any paint on the journal for the gas block.  Ask me how I know. - CW
3/23/2017 10:34:50 AM EDT
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I started out thinking black engine paint.  But the rifle has OD green buffer tube and charging handle... so I got to thinking making the barrel match that would be neat.  Everything else on it is black.

I am not locked into anything yet, I haven't even ordered the barrel.  Just feeling out different options right now.
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