Posted: 1/25/2010 7:04:16 PM EDT
| Any body know of a place that does duracoating in SE Missouri? Anywhere between STL and cape. |
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Do it yourself its not much different that Krylon. Seriously don't use duracoat. IT IS EPIC FAIL.... I have seen three guns two used and one new that that coating was litteraly flecking off with very little use and in one case NO USE. I have a Glock 23 that I had duracoated. After approximately 1000 rounds, it still looks like the day I got it back. The biggest part is the prep - if it's not prepped right, the paint won't stick. I used a guy in southern Missouri by the name of Aaron. Great work, but he's retired until further notice. He said mine was the last one he was going to do. I'd like to have another installer as I have other projects... |
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Here are a few of my Duracoat jobs. You tell me, are these epic fail?
It's not hard to do, just like any paint job surface prep is crucial ... media blast, degrease, heat in an oven to bring out more oils, then degrease again. Other than that, it's just like painting anything. Use a decent quality airbrush and put on light coats. I'm not sure if I'd ever want to sell my services or not. I'm so anal about details, I end up having 20 hours in every job, which you can see in all the fine detail. If you did models as a kid, you can do a nice Duracoat job. 
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Not my thing really, but man, those look AWSOME!  Thanks man, it holds up a lot better than people think too ... I've beat the crap out of that Saiga since painting it, and it only has a few light chips around the ejection port. Do you ever fire those things?? My guns are trashed after one 3 gun match. Those do look great, but I dont think Duracoat will hold up to the abuse I put mine through. OP, PM me and Ill give you the number of a guy by St Louis that does great Duracoat work. |
| I think there is a gun smith in Cape located on off Old Hopper Road (south end) does that. He was at a gun show and I talked to him. The business is called Longrifle or Longshot Gunsmithing. Something like that. I know that the Re Arms gun smith in Sikeston uses it for some of his customers. Saw several examples of their application and the pistols looked really nice. And yes, I realize that Sikeston is now between Cape and STL. |
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I think there is a gun smith in Cape located on off Old Hopper Road (south end) does that. He was at a gun show and I talked to him. The business is called Longrifle or Longshot Gunsmithing. Something like that. I know that the Re Arms gun smith in Sikeston uses it for some of his customers. Saw several examples of their application and the pistols looked really nice. And yes, I realize that Sikeston is now between Cape and STL. Wow, when did they move? 
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| Turbofan those rifles look beautiful you did great work. Here are my experiences with this coating. DSA was selling their gas trap carbines (pof) with a digital design on them. A close friend who is a dealer received two. One had been to the shot show and was used. It looked like it had been in the sand box and had tons of coating failures. The new rifle had issues with the coating coming off just from handling in and out of the box and rack. If I were going to do the hard work that your did to your rifles I would use the KG gunkote. I have been very impressed with that coating and several builders of note use it as their default coating. I have warned everyone away from Duracoat for the reasons detailed above. |
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I've used KG Guncote too, it's no better or worse than Duracoat ... with either surface prep is the only thing that matters to a long lasting finish.
That Saiga has probably 1000 rounds through it since the paint, the PTR-91 close to that, and that Digital AR in 6.8 has 3-400. None show ANY signs of wear except a ding or two where ejected brass makes direct contact. Reason why, I prepped the surface properly and kept my greasy fingers off the paint inbetween coats. |
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I think there is a gun smith in Cape located on off Old Hopper Road (south end) does that. He was at a gun show and I talked to him. The business is called Longrifle or Longshot Gunsmithing. Something like that. I know that the Re Arms gun smith in Sikeston uses it for some of his customers. Saw several examples of their application and the pistols looked really nice. And yes, I realize that Sikeston is now between Cape and STL. This is who I was going to suggest. I've seen his work and it's pretty good. I can try to get some contact info for you. |