Cerakote finish

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New on the forum and new to good knives in general.
Has anyone done a cerakote finish or know if it can be done to the titanium slabs of the Sabenzas or Umnumzaans. Sorry if I misspelled them. ;-)
 
I know it sure looks sharp on my 1911. Thought about doing a knife, I will follow this thread. Thanks, Russ
 
I am not sure which forumbut someone did it before. I think it looked pretty good.
 
I'm looking for a used Umnum or a 25 to try it on. I'm just not sure if it can be done on the titanium and if it would effect the action as I would do the entire scales inside and out.
 
I've done a lot of reading on how to *remove* the coating. The stuff is ridiculously resistant to anything but mechanical means of removal.

I think it would look cool on a Sebbie, but I think a proper ano is even better.

Keep us in the loop. :)
 
Backdoc said:
I'm looking for a used Umnum or a 25 to try it on. I'm just not sure if it can be done on the titanium and if it would effect the action as I would do the entire scales inside and out.
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Hey bud, I'm not sure if it HAS ever been done to a CRK, but I do believe it can be done... My Brous Blades Division flipper has a cerakote finish on the blade... and I THINK on the titanium liners... Not positive though... If you must know, you should email Jason at brous blades. He's usually really quick to reply and even if it isn't Cerakote on the liners, he'll know if it can be applied to titanium or not.
 
FDE Cerakote on the Titanium? Would you leave the blade plain? I'm sure you know, but Cerakoting a CRK will probably lessen the resale value/market by a lot. But I personally think it would be sweet :) Chris' knives tend to be a little too plain for me.
 
Just the frame. I love my 2 CRK's as they are. Just looking to get a third and make it a little different and durable for EDC. Not worried about resale on this one.
 
Surface prep is key to any of the spray on coatings. CRK's factory finish is too smooth to get good adhesion. If you go that route you'll want to abrasive blast with a sharp 60 to 120 grit media (aluminum oxide or garnet, glass beads are usually too smooth.) If you just want to experiment you can thoroughly degrease and coat the scales, just don't expect the coating to hold up very well.
 
Jim Allen (Three Sisters Forge) offers an option of Cerakoting on his Beasts. Looks pretty good. I've always viewed his Beasts as (really) heavy duty equivalents of the Sebenza.
 
I would be careful around the pivot as cerakote adds thickness and would most likely alter the sebenzas action
 
Thanks Daisy cutter. That's my main concern. Trying to find out if anyone has done it then reassembled with no issues.
 
I haven't on a sebenza but have on many guns. My brother in law owns a shop that does cerakote and hydrographics. I've seen issues where tolerances are as tight as a sebenza. You can tape off the area with high temp tape if your using bake on or reg tape if using air dry. You shouldn't have and issues if you did that.
 
Hmmm. May be possible to high temp tape the inside I'd the slabs and just cerakote the edges and outside?
Looks like I'll need to talk to some one that does a lot of cerakote.
 
If applied properly with an airbrush the thickness of cerakote should be around .0003 inches, that shouldn't affect the action of the sebenza, it's easy to go too thick with the coating though, especially if you use something like an HVLP or touchup gun like many of the bigger shops do. When in doubt, mask.
 
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