Once your set to paint, you can paint all kinds of stuff. I painted up some parts for my jeep and some honey-dos. But yes set up to Cerakote, everyone seems to go with it and it is a great paint for anything you want a hard coat on. If I had it to do over, I would use Cerakote instead of KG Gunkote. There about the same hard coat paint and I haven't any complaints.
I use a airbrush for my sprayer $30 to $80
I made a paint both out of some old wood and a small shop vac I was replacing. $0
My oven is just an small electric smoker $125
You need to have a air compressor with a regulator, I already had one in my shop-garage.
KG Gunkote cost $22 for a 4 oz bottle. I can paint four pistols with 4 oz. I think they have raised there price.
Cerakote should be about the same price. The difference between them is mixing.
KG Gunkote is ready right out of the bottle, but I think Cerakote has to be mixed.
KG Gunkote boosts a loner shelf life, but I don't know if that's true, both have additives to add for curing at a lower temp for painting plastics such as polymer frames.
I got set-up to paint because of slides and frame colors don't match and I am big on matching frames and slides for a full build color.
My first builds when I was still learning and didn't know if I wanted to jump into painting, I use old can paint bought at Lowe's. I just use a clear coat over paint and it held up ok but does scratch. All have been repainted now.
When you can paint your own builds, you will find that you want to do some stenciling. getting setup for that cost's big up fount but that's when you need to talk to me. I can help with that.
I would say "yes" but it all depends on how many projects you plan to do. They do have air cure paints but they have different chemicals in them that make the shipping charge kinda high ($50) because it has to be shipped hazmat safe by ground. The shipping different would still be less than the cost of building a curing oven. I'm sure Hawkeye will chime in and make a good argument for guncoat at some point. Lol
@RAMjetta Would be able to more thoroughly answer questions in regards to Cerakote. But there is a bake curing and a no bake option for cerakote. The baked option if I'm not mistaken will be a better more resilient coating.
If I had a house I would have a Cerakote setup just for personal projects. You’d walk through my house though and anything that could be Cerakoted would be 🤣. Cerakoted light switch plates and matching outlet plates. ODG Cerakoted ceiling fan blades!!! 🤣😆🤣
Once your set to paint, you can paint all kinds of stuff. I painted up some parts for my jeep and some honey-dos. But yes set up to Cerakote, everyone seems to go with it and it is a great paint for anything you want a hard coat on. If I had it to do over, I would use Cerakote instead of KG Gunkote. There about the same hard coat paint and I haven't any complaints.
I use a airbrush for my sprayer $30 to $80
I made a paint both out of some old wood and a small shop vac I was replacing. $0
My oven is just an small electric smoker $125
You need to have a air compressor with a regulator, I already had one in my shop-garage.
KG Gunkote cost $22 for a 4 oz bottle. I can paint four pistols with 4 oz. I think they have raised there price.
Cerakote should be about the same price. The difference between them is mixing.
KG Gunkote is ready right out of the bottle, but I think Cerakote has to be mixed.
KG Gunkote boosts a loner shelf life, but I don't know if that's true, both have additives to add for curing at a lower temp for painting plastics such as polymer frames.
I got set-up to paint because of slides and frame colors don't match and I am big on matching frames and slides for a full build color.
Here are so old post that may help.
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My first builds when I was still learning and didn't know if I wanted to jump into painting, I use old can paint bought at Lowe's. I just use a clear coat over paint and it held up ok but does scratch. All have been repainted now.
When you can paint your own builds, you will find that you want to do some stenciling. getting setup for that cost's big up fount but that's when you need to talk to me. I can help with that.
I would say "yes" but it all depends on how many projects you plan to do. They do have air cure paints but they have different chemicals in them that make the shipping charge kinda high ($50) because it has to be shipped hazmat safe by ground. The shipping different would still be less than the cost of building a curing oven. I'm sure Hawkeye will chime in and make a good argument for guncoat at some point. Lol
Can Cerakote be done without an oven or does it need to be heated like powder coating?
If I had a house I would have a Cerakote setup just for personal projects. You’d walk through my house though and anything that could be Cerakoted would be 🤣. Cerakoted light switch plates and matching outlet plates. ODG Cerakoted ceiling fan blades!!! 🤣😆🤣