How to Cerakote at Home - Part 1 - Surface Preparation for Cerakoting
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- In this video I cover how to cerakote at home. I've split this into a two part series. Part 1 covers surface preparation for Cerakoting. A critical part of the process, surface prep can either make or break your Cerakoting project
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Condensed Cerakoting Guide:
Phase One - Disassemble the item you'll be degreasing
Phase Two - Degrease Acetone is the method described here but other degreasing agents and techniques can be used. Handle the parts with gloves after this to keep from contaminating them
Phase Three - Surface Prep Blast with 100 or 120 grit media, aluminum oxide is my preference
Phase Four - Rack and mask. If any masking is required, now is the time to do that. Racking consists of hanging the parts with wire so they can be Cerakoted and painted.
Phase Five - Gas Out. Bake the metallic parts in an oven at 300 degrees F for an hour to remove any water and bring any residual oils to the surface. If any are found, repeat steps two and three and gas out again.
Phase Six - Prep the H-Series coating. Ratios of hardener to paint are:
- 24:1 Matte Finish
- 18:1 Satin Finish (I generally use 19:1 for a slightly flatter Satin) Note that Cerakote recommends only using 18:1 for their elite series of coatings.
- 12:1 Semi Gloss
I typically use 19:1 which gives my a slightly flatter finish than satin, Strain the coating through a 100 Mesh strainer
Phase Seven - Spraying, I do most of my Cerakoting with an airbrush. Currently using a Master brush G33 but will be upgrading to an Iawata soon. The key is spray an even coat and avoid dry spray which would cause a rough finish. Use a .8mm tip for your airbrush or spray gun
Phase Eight - Curing, Cerakote recommends one of two schedules to cure
Normal Cure - 2 hours at 250 degrees F
Fast Cure - 1 hour at 300 degrees F
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Phase One - Disassemble
01:09 Phase Two - Degrease
03:58 Phase Three - Surface Prep
06:14 Phase Four - Rack and Mask
08:12 Phase Five - Gas Out
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Link to download Cerakote Training Manual:
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Make sure to check out part 2 and leave some comments on what you think of this small series.
Great video!!! Very informative and helpful, looking forward to the next part!
Awesome, thank you!
Excellent attention to detail in your instructions. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
I've been doing some research, I'd love to get into cerakote. You do a great job explaining and giving good step by step directions. This is the type of videos I like to see. Definitely earned a sub from me. Thanks for the video
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome video! Thanks for the awesome tutorial!
Your welcome, glad you liked the video!
Thank you for showing you can do this right at home.
You are so welcome!
Such a helpful video!!! What kinda of compressor are you running and what psi? Thanks in advance!
It's a pretty decent size dewalt compressor, 15 gallon with 225 PSi capacity
do you have a video on your oven conversion? I have the exact same one that I no longer use, and have actually been thinking about converting it as well.
What I did was I made temperature controller and then opened up the oven and wired it to the heating element.
Can you use denatured alcohol in place of Acetone?
Anything should work as long as it is capable of taking the grease off. I've used simple green as well
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Thanks
The rack and mask part , How long di leave thm on the rack before i put them in the oven?
15 minutes flash time, so a minimum of 15 minutes.
Does it have to soak in acetone overnight? Can it soak for a few hours?
Cerakote calls for one hour of soak in acetone so a few hours should be fine,