DuraCoat Experience ?

[ashylarry]

I have been thinking about picking up the materials to DuraCoat some things myself. Anyone have experience with doing things themselves? It will cost about $150 each handgun and I could get the materials for around $100 and do multiple guns and whatever else I wanted to coat.


Thanks
Nick

 

[VUPDblue]

I've done it a few times. The only advice I can give you would be to treat yourself to one of those hobby air compressors/airgun kits. The cheap ones you get from Lauer with the cans of propellant are cheezy and don't work so well. They extra dollars you spend on the pump system will be well worth it.

 

[ashylarry]

I have a airbrush kit on the way and already have a compressor, so I am good there. Any advice on actually applying the DuraCoat? I was looking on a site and it didn't say how long to wait between coats.

 

[VUPDblue]

You'll get instructions from Lauer, but I recommend to wait at least 3 hours between coats if you don't bake it. Overnight would be better, but impractical due to the pot life of the hardener.

 

[bwframe]

I've done it a few times. The only advice I can give you would be to treat yourself to one of those hobby air compressors/airgun kits. The cheap ones you get from Lauer with the cans of propellant are cheezy and don't work so well. They extra dollars you spend on the pump system will be well worth it.

Are you talking about an airbrush system?

Oops, sorry, slow poster.

 

[ashylarry]

You'll get instructions from Lauer, but I recommend to wait at least 3 hours between coats if you don't bake it. Overnight would be better, but impractical due to the pot life of the hardener.

Ill have to check out their site, compare prices and what not. I'm sure Ill have more questions once I actually get going on this.

 

[VUPDblue]

DuraCoat is easy to do, but also very easy to eff up.

 

[ashylarry]

DuraCoat is easy to do, but also very easy to eff up.

Ill just practice a few times before I try. This will be going on a P6 so its not like it matters very much if I mess up

 

[VUPDblue]

Proper prep is really the key. Degrease the hell out of it. Start with brake cleaner, then take that off with Simple Green. Dry it very well before you start spraying. You'll only need one or 2 coats, just be very careful not to apply too much at one time.

 

[ashylarry]

Proper prep is really the key. Degrease the hell out of it. Start with brake cleaner, then take that off with Simple Green. Dry it very well before you start spraying. You'll only need one or 2 coats, just be very careful not to apply too much at one time.

Yah Ill try and do more light coats then getting it done quicker.

 

[WHITE_WOLFE]

As far as degreasing it, I would use denatured alcohol. Every time I use brake cleaner my part sweats. This may be why he recommended Simple Green. I haven't Dura-coated anything, but I have refinished several firearms and the alcohol works great.

Get yourself some latex or nitrile gloves too. Make sure you dont handle the parts with oily hands after they are clean and degreased.


If you wanna bring it all the way to Greenfield I can blast if for you and the Dura-Coat will stick better.

 

[VUPDblue]

As far as degreasing it, I would use denatured alcohol. Every time I use brake cleaner my part sweats. This may be why he recommended Simple Green. I haven't Dura-coated anything, but I have refinished several firearms and the alcohol works great.

Get yourself some latex or nitrile gloves too. Make sure you dont handle the parts with oily hands after they are clean and degreased.


If you wanna bring it all the way to Greenfield I can blast if for you and the Dura-Coat will stick better.

+1 on this. I had this done to my Bersa before it was coated and it worked wonders. I also had a couple AR parts blasted before I coated them and it made a world of difference.

 

[ashylarry]

As far as degreasing it, I would use denatured alcohol. Every time I use brake cleaner my part sweats. This may be why he recommended Simple Green. I haven't Dura-coated anything, but I have refinished several firearms and the alcohol works great.

Get yourself some latex or nitrile gloves too. Make sure you dont handle the parts with oily hands after they are clean and degreased.


If you wanna bring it all the way to Greenfield I can blast if for you and the Dura-Coat will stick better.

I might take you up on that, I think a friend that lives closer has a blaster

Probably picking the P6 up tonight so Ill see what needs to be done.

 

[shotgun131313]

i will be duracoating a few things next week if you are around s.indiana i i will be using the h&k black

 

[BeeRian]

I duracoated my kimber a couple years ago. The above advice is all good.

I would add to be careful not to put too thick of a coat on any moving metal to metal surface areas that are already a tight fit. I put a bit too thick of a coat on the rails on the frame of the Kimber and the slide wouldnt fit back on untill I polished the rails down.

I did intentionally put a thick coat on the exterior of the slide and frame to help with wear on the gun and it has held up very nicely with no visible holster wear since application.

 

[ashylarry]

i will be duracoating a few things next week if you are around s.indiana i i will be using the h&k black

I am in central IN. but thanks for the advice guys.

 

[ashylarry]

I decided that I wasn't going to make this a "perfect" job since I will most likely be carrying and shooting this gun a lot. So I finished it just enough to where it looked good to me Just waiting on my grips now

Before:

After:

 

[VUPDblue]

Looks decent enough, but I have to ask, did you take the slide off when you sprayed the thing? The angle of the last pic looks like you taped it (and poorly at that).

 

[ashylarry]

Looks decent enough, but I have to ask, did you take the slide off when you sprayed the thing? The angle of the last pic looks like you taped it (and poorly at that).

Angle was just weird. You can see it better in the first picture that it was taken apart. I noticed that too, but the camera died just after I took the picture and Im too lazy to charge the battery then re do it all