Cerakote

[Olympus]

Never used Cerakote, but I used Duracoat and I obtained the same results as Mike45 posted. I was very unimpressed. If I were going to spend my money on something other than bluing, I would look into the ion-bond type treatments like Hard Hat.

[zenfly]

From all I've read in reports over the years there are two best choices..
Severns custom Hard Hat, or DLC IonBond is what they coat oil well drill bits for drilling through rock.. IonBond is also used on cutter bits for hard metals..
I've never read a report about anyone who wasn't thrilled with Hard Hat or any of Severns work and will be my choice when CBOB gets a little more beat up..

[titanse05]

If you want a black coating, Hard Hat is the only way to go. My Fusion has the ion-bond treatment and I'm not all that impressed with it. The Duty Coat on my CCO is 100 times better than the ion-bond and I would imagine that the Hard Hat is at least as good as the duty coat.

[zenfly]

Originally Posted by titanse05

If you want a black coating, Hard Hat is the only way to go. My Fusion has the ion-bond treatment and I'm not all that impressed with it. The Duty Coat on my CCO is 100 times better than the ion-bond and I would imagine that the Hard Hat is at least as good as the duty coat.

So... there ya'go..Glad to hear that. It was the way I was going..

[SemperFi1977m]

And if youre a poor boy like me or just dont want to dump alot into a beater gun lol....
Freedom gunworks has a nitride bath treatment for 150. He calls it Atranite. I havent used it yet, but i will be giving it a try.

[m60g]

I'm pretty set on IonBond, but Cerakote is right there in the running. I really like the choice of colors in Cerakote, I just don't think it is as tough as IonBond.


I've got a pm out to Dave Severns about his Hard Hat, not quite sure what this on is about yet