Gun Coatings

[KevDen2005]

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.

[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.

[00tec]

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

[earplug]

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

[KevDen2005]

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

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.

[Great-Kazoo]

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.

a decent size toaster oven works.

[00tec]

a decent size toaster oven works.

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

[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.

88560

[KevDen2005]

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.

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

[KevDen2005]

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.

88560

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

[def90]

Forgot to mention, Preval sprayers are regular aerosol sprayers that you get at Home Depot but they draw from a glass jar instead of being prefilled with paint so you can spray whatever you want through them.

https://preval.com/

[BPTactical]

If you have the room just find a giveaway oven on Craigslist.

[Great-Kazoo]

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

I'm cheap and of the mind, if i can paint it once. I can do it again. So 2 coats, dried between each, then call it good. Bert mentioned a CL give away. I have a powder coating oven, but i'd be looking for a used electric oven, next time

[earplug]

Wheeler Ceramacoat, I used a old hand me down convection oven. I works great for powder coating bullets and heating Kydex and kayak repairs. Wife still cooks with it.