Have any of you tried Brownells TEFLON molycote finish? It is a ready to spray paint can that needs oven baking. Is this a lot better than ALUMAHYDE, which is too thick that it almost "hides" the stampings on the lower.Thanks,

I'm wondering about the same product......can you use the oven at home, do I need to wait for the wife to go out of town....the smell? vapors? what to bake on.....thanks...

I have used it on a couple of home AK47 builds.  It seems thick also, but very durable.

I used the kitchen oven for the first one, but reconsidered because the fumes were so bad... don't want my kids to grow teeth out their foreheads from contaminated food.  So, I bought a used little toaster oven for $10 to do it outside.

Generally, I would only use paint for a cheesy project like AKs or some POS shooter.  For my real builds I do home blueing, anodizing, or parkerizing.  Its more work but the finish ends up professional.

I just refinished my pistol with the OD yesterday, as a matter of fact. Here's a link to the thread I just posted.

[url]http://ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=5&f=4&t=5596[/url]

To answer an above question: It beats the absolute shit out of Alumahyde II.

I use it all the time. Follow the directions and it works awesome. Order extra spray nozels.

The teflon/moly finish can be a bit difficult on some finishes.   For best results it is wise to have something with a rougher finish, bead blasted steel or cast steel usually is okay.

But I had a problem getting it to stick to anodized aluminum like that of uppers/lowers or magazine bodies.


Alumahyde II really was better if doing aluminum parts or parts that were a bit more smooth in surface finish.     The teflon/moly is a tad bit thinner finish than Alumahyde II but surface prep is a bit more critial.

I have used it with great success on anodized aluminum. You absolutely need a sand blaster.