How Durable is Cerakote ?

It's a different application, but I've had the metals on my duck gun (SBEII) cerakoted for several years now (5 or 6). It hasn't chipped or flaked at all, but there are a couple of wear spots on the angles of the receiver. Nothing on the barrel or flat surfaces has worn, and the areas on the receiver are not bad enough to warrant touching up or to attract rust. You can hardly tell if you're not really looking for it. It's basically just wear spots on the angles where the gun gets thrown in the boat, pirogue, truck bed, etc.

It's difficult to put the durability on a scale of 1-10, but I can say without a doubt that it's significantly more durable than duracoat or hydrodipping. I hunt almost exclusively in salt marsh, and my gun takes a lot of abuse. The cerakote has lasted longer than any other surface coating I've ever experienced.

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Benelli recievers are aluminum, why did they coat it

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Because it holds up to wear a lot better than the factory black or camo finishes

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but why would you want to cerakote a glock? Is it to change the colors? I don't understand what protection it would add, I've carried/shot a G19 and G43 for years and they look fine.

Cool name btw.

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Sorry if this is a dumb question, but why would you want to cerakote a glock? Is it to change the colors?

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Not a dumb question at all. The company a buddy of mine works for is planning to give a pistol to one of their really good customers (RGC). They have pretty much decided on a Glock since that's what the RGC already carries.

My buddy asked me about Cerakoting (his boss is thinking about getting a color other than the factory finish, to make the gift a little more personal). I know nothing about gun coatings, but told him I'd ask around. This board seemed like a possible source of info.