Thread: Gunkote vs Cerakote?

I was quoted $400 for all the metalwork (barrel, action, bottom metal, action screws) on my brno in colour matching the original phosphate finish.
Think it is a similar price to rebluing but much tougher and resistant to rust.

Deadeyes is $300.00 for metalwork Ceracoat

Ceracoat Coyote Tan , Duracoat Stock

Yeah, unfortunately deadeyes has not used cerakote for a long time, they use Durakote according to Cerakote after i contacted them regarding reports of their coating pealing off. They are not factory certified to apply cerakote.

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Originally Posted by ChrisF

Cerocoat is usually rated as the best , over duracoat & others , BUT you need to realise their are 2 types of Cerocoat , one thats heated/baked on , and one that air drys , the air dry is for scopes & stocks etc , the baked one for steel , its the baked cerocoat that has the highest rating in reguards to toughness etc .

I have chosen to only use oven cure, mostly as it is expensive to buy but if I had to buy twice as much it would cripple me. .....only thing is the air cure series handles higher temperatures, so is better for military machine guns etc. Still the oven cure is rated to 650 deg C

If you were to coat a AR barrel would the gas block fit over the coating?

Absolutely. It is tight but one of Cerakote main advantages is how thin it is. I normally coat the barrel and inside the gas block and they fit back together. The microslick version is so thin it is transparent on the first spray.

Originally Posted by Macks guns

Yeah, unfortunately deadeyes has not used cerakote for a long time, they use Durakote according to Cerakote after i contacted them regarding reports of their coating pealing off. They are not factory certified to apply cerakote.

Deadeyes does do baked on Ceracoat . JC didn't work for Deadeyes when he did Ceracoat and was factory trained and his business had nothing to do with Deadeyes.

Here is mine just back from being coated.

Originally Posted by Spudattack

Here is mine just back from being coated.

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Hope you are happy, midnight blue is an awesome colour.
Cheers
Mack

Originally Posted by Macks guns

Hope you are happy, midnight blue is an awesome colour.
Cheers
Mack

Yeah, cheers, came out awesome!

Just back from Reddot Rifles... baked on GunKote. Fast turn around, nice guy to deal with, rang when arrived to double check what I wanted done, rang when she'd left via courier.... can't ask for much more than that.

For $125 for the barrel, the action and the suppressor, pretty damn happy!

After getting the beaten up old stock looking nice again, thought she deserved a fresh finish.

Hey @Grue how has the coating held up over time and use.