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Posted: 2/25/2013 6:46:44 PM EDT
| Has anyone put an item that has been duracoated in the oven once it has dried to the safe to handle point? Just curious if this will speed up the curing process or if it is a bad idea. I duracoated a couple mags this weekend and they turned out pretty good. But right now the weather isn't getting above 40 at night, thus slowing the process down. And I've got a few more things I want to do. It seems like I've seen a video or two of someone baking a product once duracoated, but I can't remember. This is the standard duracoat colors, not the durabake or anything. |
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OK they will tell you it doesn't do any good but I actually always bake my duracoated parts, if possible. I would suggest around 200 deg. for about 45 min. It will accelerate the dry time but supposedly not the cure time.
Even the polymer furniture n stuff I "bake" in the warming tray on the bottom of my oven, probably about 100 deg or so. Not absolutely necessary but it dries evrything to touch a little faster. Never hurt anything doing it. |
| The cure time is most important. I took an AR out that only had about a week cure time. The ejecting case put little dents into the coating on the deflector. Didn't chip or anything just dented the duracoat. 2 weeks later not one left a mark. For best finish wait the recommended time then add a week or two if your gonna play hard. |
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