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Last edited by sinlessorrow; 08-01-12 at 12:56.
I wouldn't say its just cosmetic on aluminum. You also can't readily anodize ferrous metal, ie steel, the same as you would non-ferrous metal, ie aluminium. There are ways to place oxide layers on steel, but the finish is generally called black oxide, not anodizing. Also not very corossion resistant. Iron oxide is rust.
The only advantage cerakote has over anodizing is color consistency and flexibility. Anodizing is very hard, but very brittle.
In reality, anything that damaged my rifle(s) was enough to also dent/mar/etc the base aluminium.
I haven't been too impressed with any anodized camo finishes. I also doubt they are type III.
There's no reason you can't have both. Just to clarify, I called Cerakote about having a Sig done as I had concerns about blasting the anodizing off the aluminum frame. They advised me that rather than blasting the anodizing away, they rough the surface of it, providing a good base for the coating. This should induce no harm to the anodizing and retain all the benefits of it.
FWIW, the larger gun manufacturers who do Cerakote in house do not blast the anodizing away prior to applying the coating either, as stated above.
Tspeis
Last edited by MarkG; 08-01-12 at 14:19.
Perhaps if we were talking about something like krylon, then yes. I'm pretty sure cerakote is more than just paint and I'm passing on what was stated to me by them just this afternoon as I felt it was relevant to the OP's question.
Feel free to call them yourself if you disagree.
Tspeis
Last edited by Tspeis; 08-01-12 at 15:01.
STS Arms in Mapleton, OR did an AR for me in FDE. Here's their skinny on how cerakoting addresses those questions.
http://stsarms.com/Coating.html
- Either you're part of the problem or you're part of the solution or you're just part of the landscape - Sam (Robert DeNiro) in, "Ronin" -
"better" is subjective, each has pros and cons. Im a big fan of Cerakote, when you look at the other after market applied finishes Cerakote stands out IMO. Many manufactuers are choosing Cerakote as their primary finish.
Here is my LMT cerakoted Burnt Bronze
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Last edited by VIP3R 237; 08-01-12 at 16:33.
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