Thread: First time Duracoating - DIY

So I had this rifle that was kindly made up by various parts and services from current forum and F&H members (brief story to come), problem was that the Shilen barrel I got was Chrome-Moly. It needed coating so I did a search and it seemed DED sells Duracoat over the counter so I ordered some Matt Black.

Prep'ed action of my 257


End result on the 257



End Result on 6mm Rem.



I did the work with a cheap airbrush and the first one came out just fine. The second action I did was a bit off, the brush was leaving spots or blotches on the first coat which I almost covered on the later coats but are still somewhat visible. Does anyone know what could be going on? I struggled to get the airbrush to spray so once I got the paint coming out I left it as is.

Now all I need to do is leave it for a few weeks and see if all my metal prep actually allowed the coating to stay stuck!