I Thought Cerakote Was Tough?

[Kerplow]

[Rob454]

Anodizing doesn’t mean it’s invincible. A anodized aluminum part can still get dinged hard enough to damage coatings

[stormvet]

Cerakote is not tough, it’s one of the list tough finishes in the firearm world. But it’s cheap and easy, I’ve got a few cerakoted handguns. They show wear from holstering and use pretty darn quick. The good thing about it, you can get that weathered hard use look without having to do a lot of hard work with it. Ha ha

[golfish]

Um, just tell people that you dropped it on the carpet....

Was it the mag catch?

[stormvet]

The Marines thought Cerakote was tough too.

[1911RONIN]

"Cerakote is tough..."

Said no one. Ever.


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[G-forceJunkie]

Its paint. While thin, anodize is at least very hard.

[Oceanbob]

[ar15barrels]

You can’t anodize steel.

Nitriding is the surface hardening "tough" solution for steel.

[Kerplow]

Um, just tell people that you dropped it on the carpet....

Was it the mag catch?

[Scotty]

It is 9H hard. 9H is a pencil harness. Your local art store will have pencils in various hardness which results in a particular shade. HB, your #2 pencil is a medium harness. 10H is the hardest.

If you take a 9H pencil, you can write on the cerakote finish because the pencil is softer than the finish. A 10H pencil will scratch the finish.

[B.Richards]

Yeah it will definitely wear over time. Certainly not extremely strong but for a paint on product id say its pretty good.

[NoHeavyHitter]

I just have one question.

Was this a "home-brew" job or one that was done professionally and oven-cured to the manufacturer's specification?

- not trying to be a jerk, fault anyone's best efforts, etc.. Just curious, because I've had no problems with anything that I have Cerakote on.

FWIW, when I buy a "police trade-in", I often find that I enjoy such guns more as I'm not paranoid about getting that "first kiss" that spoils the once perfect finish. As always, YMMV.

[Kerplow]

I just have one question.

Was this a "home-brew" job or one that was done professionally and oven-cured to the manufacturer's specification?

- not trying to be a jerk, fault anyone's best efforts, etc.. Just curious, because I've had no problems with anything that I have Cerakote on.

FWIW, when I buy a "police trade-in", I often find that I enjoy such guns more as I'm not paranoid about getting that "first kiss" that spoils the once perfect finish. As always, YMMV.

[SharedShots]

Note that professionals put more effort into the prep work than anything else. You can bake, steam, cure and use the best coating money can buy but if the prep isn't done right, it won't matter. That said, not all Pros do it right either, a rush job rarely turns out well and a top rate job usually isn't cheap.

A lot of coatings fail because the surface being coated wasn't absolutely clean before starting the painting. Any flaw or contamination is enough to start the process of coating failure. Just watch the good pros change their gloves, make sure everything is clean and degreased only to stop and start over before applying any coating because something got contaminated.

If a paint job failed, it's probably not the curing but the prep work that got you. Curing a poorly prepped coating is a waste of time and money.

That oven at home you use to cure the coatings? There is all kinds of stuff in there that can easily contaminate your paint. Scrub and clean all you want but even the smallest drip of grease at the bottom or some crumb that smokes is enough to screw your paint job.