Cerakote cost?

$150 ~ 175

You've taken it down into the white already? Have you considered cold rust bluing? I just did it on a muzzleloader. Really easy to do if you are the least bit handy. I used Laurel Mountain Forge browning solution.

https://www.laurelmountainforge.com/barrel_brown_inst.htm

You clean the barrel off and degrease it and wipe the solution on there just barely enough to set the surface. You leave it someplace humid for several hours. I ran the shower and filled the bottom of the tub with hot water. After several hours take it and boil in distilled water than card with old cut up blue jeans. You repeat these steps until you get the color you want. The work is easy. The wait is the hard part. The wait and getting something long enough to boil your barrel. I used a piece of rain gutter and siliconed a couple of end caps on them. Go to Lowes/Home Depot they always have damaged sections of rain gutter. Full price they are only $7-8. I asked for a discount on a damaged one and got one for $2. The end caps were $2 each.

It will start out splotchy and ugly.



My boiling setup.



After rounds of wiping on browning solution. Waiting 4-6 hours. Boiling. And carding. Took a day and a half. About 30 minutes of work for each "pass".

I used Reulet gun works in Covington to cerakote my Abolt after it got pretty rusted because I left it in a wet case. Looks damn near new now....costs was around $200

Reulet gun works

DH77,
Brownell's has some good videos on Youtube.
-Properly preparing the surface is very important. After being painted, the surface will naturally cure to a hard finish if left alone in sun.
-I usually end up doing my projects during the winter when there's little/no sun. I found a bunch of references on the 'net of folks curing the painted surface in their oven (?350 deg) overnight. After that I hang it in a small room (for a couple weeks) heated by an electric heater so the room's pretty warm. This may be a little overkill, but it's worked well for me.
-My handguns actions/barrels fit well in a typical oven. I hang the object in the oven by wire attached to a non-painted area. Once it's dried well enough to handle w/o smudging the paint, I then paint the areas where it was hanging by wire.
-Don't handle the unpainted/painted surface w/ bare hands. I wear rubber gloves to avoid getting oil on the surface.
-Buy the extra nozzles and clean out nozzles on Brownell's site. The paint is THICK and easily clogs the nozzles bad, leading to clumps of paint on your gun and/or a wasted can.
-Apply multiple, LIGHT coats of paint. This stuff is THICK.
-One can covers action/barrel of multiple XP's.
Good luck and share some pics w/ us.

-If I'm painting during cold weather, I warm up the can a little w/ a hair blower.

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Roberts Custom Gun Works in Batesville Ar.

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Best around but pricey. I had my SBE II combo'ed dip/cerakote, Forcing cone lengthened, trigger worked, and a set of chokes (T1, T2, and T3).

I also had cone work and purchased the T2 after he pattern tested one of my guns. I have never had better work and customer service than those guys. And yes about 25% higher pricing than average.

Did you completely disassemble it?

Thanks for advice guys, looking into a few shops now. If it lasts like it is supposed to, should be well worth the money.

yes I disassembled it and put it in my blast cabinet.

I have used cerakote many times before and while it is an extremely high quality of product, it is very tedious to work with. this duracoat aerosol is pretty impressive and is very easy to use. I was just throwing it out there in the case you weren't opposed to doing it yourself.

what color is that tiddles?

Very interested in the Rob Roberts deal also.

My old Beretta is in due of a facelift and a tune up. That computer patterning deal sounds awesome.