Gun Coatings

Has anyone used any aerosol gun coatings to spray bare aluminum parts, such as the Brownells Alumihyde. I'm looking for ideas for a bare lower.

yes, i use the alumahyde, along with an electric oven to cure the paint. I do a light soda blast to clean and rough the lower up. Ultrasonic dip to remove any particulates, dry with compressor, then shoot. If you don't have an ultrasonic cleaner, a good soak in very hot water works. The instructions are fairly simple. I make it more complicated, then it needs to be.

Easy way is, some brake cleaner, wipe it down, spray again, dry then paint.

You can use air cure cerakote so the wife doesn't get pissed about the oven.

Wheelers Ceramic coat. Held up on a daily carried pocket gun.

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Originally Posted by 00tec

You can use air cure cerakote so the wife doesn't get pissed about the oven.

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Yeah, that's where I might be at on things. I don't have my cerkote connection in SW MO like I did in Brighton

But didn't even know until now that was an option.

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Originally Posted by KevDen2005

Yeah, that's where I might be at on things. I don't have my cerkote connection in SW MO like I did in Brighton

But didn't even know until now that was an option.

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a decent size toaster oven works.

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Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo

a decent size toaster oven works.

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I didn't have much luck with a toaster oven. It seemed to hotspot, and I had to start over when it got scorched.

I've painted several rifles at home with Cerakote using a Preval sprayer and then baked them in my oven. Yes I'm single. :D

I just ran the self cleaning cycle on the oven afterwards and had my windows open during the baking process. As for the Preval sprayer, just use a few old parts that you don't care about to practice on and determine the right spray speed and distance before you hit the good parts.

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Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo

yes, i use the alumahyde, along with an electric oven to cure the paint. I do a light soda blast to clean and rough the lower up. Ultrasonic dip to remove any particulates, dry with compressor, then shoot. If you don't have an ultrasonic cleaner, a good soak in very hot water works. The instructions are fairly simple. I make it more complicated, then it needs to be.

Easy way is, some brake cleaner, wipe it down, spray again, dry then paint.

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do you bake after each coat or paint, let dry, paint again, and when you have enough coats then bake?

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Originally Posted by def90

I've painted several rifles at home with Cerakote using a Preval sprayer and then baked them in my oven. Yes I'm single. :D

I just ran the self cleaning cycle on the oven afterwards and had my windows open during the baking process. As for the Preval sprayer, just use a few old parts that you don't care about to practice on and determine the right spray speed and distance before you hit the good parts.

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That's sweet....a dream gun of mine