Duracoat=good?

shigawire4sure

shigawire4sure

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Ive been beating up on one of my ASH's lately and have been thinking of ways to restore its coating. I dont want to strip it since Its a user and I like the extra stain resistance the coating provides. Long story short I went looking for a solution via search and came across some talk of Duracoat. Is this the real deal? Ive never heard of it before. Can I apply it over the existing coat? Is it as durable as a powder coat(since it is used on firearms and moving parts)? Any experiences/suggestions/comments for use?Thanx
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is that anything like Gunkote? I know Gunkote is used on knives.

then again, you could probably just beat it until it is gone and send it in for recoating.
 
There are some recent threads on this product. Gun kote is extremely tough but it has to be baked on if I'm not mistaken. I believe duracoat can be sprayed on and left to cure. I'm not sure how durable it is or if you would be able to put it on the remains of a previous powder coat successfully, however I don;t see why not.
 
I generally dislike coatings in general because they do not wear very well. But if I were to get a knife coated I would choose the harder better wearing stuff like DLC, Aluminum Ti-Nitride, Robar NP3, Hard-Chrome, etc....

Duracoat looks interesting I am guessing that it is probably very similar to the baked on gunkote without the baking. Brownells also sell a few different types of spray on coatings that do not require baking.
 
Ban, do you have any info on how to do the other coatings you mentioned or where to get the the other coatings, like DLC?
 
I have done some gun parts in duracoat. It is easy to do and very very tough. You can mix colors to get the one you want. Just make sure you like the color before you spray it on! I haven't found any easy way to get it off. It is even hard to sand off, it is very abrasion resistant.
 
Thanx alot guys. Seem to be differing opinions of the stuff though. I just read up a little on DLC seems pretty tough as well. Where could somebody get something like this applied? It says that it is applied at near ambient room temperature. Can it be done myself?
 
DLC is one of the best coating around. They are done by BodyCote

There was a bodycote spokesperson here on BF many years ago that promoted the coating. At that time he was willing to take smaller jobs to get the word out. Unfortunately they are no longer doing that. Well, at least not for me when I asked about it several months back. They now only coat blades in large batches for manufacturers. I have heard of a few custom makers who have inside connections and are able to get their stuff coated along with the larger batches of blades.

Your next best option is probably the TiAlN from Brycoat or from TinCoat
Both of these places are willing to take smaller jobs. That TiAlN coating should be just as good or very similar to DLC.

NP3 is a coating done by Robarguns. I have one of their custom QR2 rifles with the bolt and bolt cutout coated with this stuff. It is very slick and has a nice matte finish. I really dig the looks of it. It is not as hard as DLC, TiALN, or HardChrome.
 
burf151 said:
I have done some gun parts in duracoat. It is easy to do and very very tough. You can mix colors to get the one you want. Just make sure you like the color before you spray it on! I haven't found any easy way to get it off. It is even hard to sand off, it is very abrasion resistant.
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How tough is this duracoat compared to say the coatings on Busse blades?
 
check out www.larsontactical.com. Click " Duracoat colors". I was going to choose one for my Glock slide, but never got around to it. I read some good things about it on the Glock Forum. you can have it professionally done if you don't want to try it yourself, not very costly. TC
 
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