plating a blade

[manassas dragon]

fellas, i'm looking to plate a couple of knife blades in a flat black,similar to becker blades. so-smooth down to what grit and will the coating cover up
any little tool marks?

 

[Bill DeShivs]

Plating is not what you are looking for. Most blades are painted. Plating won't cover any flaws-it makes them show up worse. There is no flat-black plating that is readily available.

 

[12345678910]

Cerakote is probably what you are looking for.

 

[WilliamWoods]

The best hands down most corrosion resistant super coating available today is Cerakote. It is a bit fussy on prep work (you must be SUPER anal about de-greasing) but totally worth the effort.

http://www.cerakoteguncoatings.com/

 

[WilliamWoods]

The best hands down most corrosion resistant super coating available today is Cerakote. It is a bit fussy on prep work (you must be SUPER anal about de-greasing) but totally worth the effort.

http://www.cerakoteguncoatings.com/

 

[TILLER]

I go down to at least 240 then sandblast with 70 grit when doing alumahyde, gunkote or cerakote.

 

[Jesse Latham]

I sent a blade for flat black Cerakote. It pretty much filled the engraved names on the blade. Other than that it turned out great. Jess