Dura-coat

[Badgersmilk]

I'm curious about having it done to a few firearms including shotguns, rifles and pistols...  Has anyone here had in done to a firearm of theirs?  I'm wondering if its any different than the guns that come dipped in realtree and similar patterns of camo, and how durrable those who've had it done have actually found it to be.  Of course the local shop that does it says its completely indestructable.

Sure would like to have something like the coating Glock uses on their slides!  THAT'S great stuff!

Thanks for any input,

[Timothy]

Para uses a coating they call ParaKote...don't know if it's the same as the Dura Coat stuff...

I find it scratches pretty easily, wears pretty fast and would have prefered a plain old "Blued" pistol.

Same thing with my revolver, I don't like stainless for carrying anything!  Give me dark or blued....but ya can't get an SP-101 in blued but for one FFL in LA...actually, I think it's Duracoated dark grey...

[Badgersmilk]

Yeah, I've seen some other manufactures coatings that I'm not super impressed with to.  The camo dip stuff is no tougher than paint, and I've got a Ruger with some weird grey teflon baked on finish thats not all bad.  It still scratches without much effort.  I've seen some pretty terrible stuff done to Glocks and it brushes right off!  If Dura-coat is anything like that I'm all over it!

[WaffenAlaskan]

I have dura coated 4 pistols and 3 lever action rifles. After I finish lunch I will spray 4 shotguns, bolt action rifle, 2 glock 21s, 2 sigs and a 411 S&W. If I can figure out how to post pic s I'll do it. The key is the prep work and no mositure in the air of the compressor.  WaffenAlaskan

[2HOW]

Here is a tutorial on the dura coat process, I have it on my 1911 and love it

http://www.surplusrifle.com/reviews2005/duracoat/index.asp

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[tombogan03884]

I have dura coated 4 pistols and 3 lever action rifles. After I finish lunch I will spray 4 shotguns, bolt action rifle, 2 glock 21s, 2 sigs and a 411 S&W. If I can figure out how to post pic s I'll do it. The key is the prep work and no mositure in the air of the compressor.  WaffenAlaskan

 Prep is the key to ANY metal finishing. When I was working in the paint shop a couple years ago I would spend 3/4 of my time on scrubbing down the parts with mineral spirits to clean off and replace any oil or coolant still on the metal, then  scrub it down with Alcohol to remove and replace any residue from the Mineral spirit, give it a while for the alcohol to evaporate then spray the parts, (we had a "dryer" on the compressor because water in the air system is bad for CNC machinery as well)
 

[fightingquaker13]

Prep is the key to ANY metal finishing. When I was working in the paint shop a couple years ago I would spend 3/4 of my time on scrubbing down the parts with mineral spirits to clean off and replace any oil or coolant still on the metal, then  scrub it down with Alcohol to remove and replace any residue from the Mineral spirit, give it a while for the alcohol to evaporate then spray the parts, (we had a "dryer" on the compressor because water in the air system is bad for CNC machinery as well)
 

Good post. Yet another reason why when dealing with anything expensive, letting Bubba fool around with it is usually a bad idea. Send it to real shop. I too would like to know if Glocks Tennifer (sic?) is available anywhere. Love them or hate them, the finish is damn indestructible and I've never seen a rusty Glock, not even on cop's guns. Plus it comes with that free side order of ugly that kind of grows on you like a parkerized finish.
FQ13.

[Badgersmilk]

2HOW, GREAT link!  I think he wrecked that CZ, kinda looks like a toy now.  But thats just personal preferance.

Still kinda shy of the process.  I like the idea of something that "bonds with the metal" better.  Similar to bluing (even though its technicaly a pretty looking coat of corrosion!).  I'm gonna keep digging for somebody duplicating Glocks magic.  Not only crazy tough, but I'm with quaker, the Tennifer kinda has an ugly look about it that just grows on you after a while.

The local used gun shop "Williams Gun Sights" has dozens of old A5's and the like that are in GREAT shape aside from their finish.  I've always wanted to do something like finding one with the right options, I like the short barreled guns with Brownings weird, giant muzzle brake (again, there are DOZENS to pick from), and refinish the whole thing.  My thoughts would be Tennifer, or Carbonia on the entire gun except the reciever, then get the reciever Cold Case blued.  Keep the bolt polished silver (bare metal), and refinish the wood much the same as Browning had it.

Could be a heck of a gun for well under a thousand even after all the finishing work.   Several of the old mil surplus bolt actions would look great with the same treatment! 

Carbonia on the revolver:


Cold Case Bluing: