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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeCLeonard View Post
    Any more info on who might be running multicam anodizing in the future?
    Colt.

    They have shown it at SHOT, they had a digi desert to I belive.

    I know they are doing the tan anodizing right now on a limited run.




    I cant find any pics of the multi cam but i know ive seen a video of it
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeCLeonard View Post
    On aluminum it's mainly cosmetic...but if added over steel then it's a great barrier to corrosion.
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeCLeonard View Post
    Any more info on who might be running multicam anodizing in the future?

    Colt has displayed several guns in multicam and other camo patterns at SHOT
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    Quote Originally Posted by GunTotinRedneck View Post
    For those of you who have had your weapons cerakoted, is the coating that much better for rust and corrosion prevention than standard Mil-Spec Type III anodizing? Or is it mainly cosmetic?

    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.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Tspeis View Post
    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
    Complete nonsense. You can't get a better "primer" for paint than anodized aluminum. As the anodizing creates a surface matrix, great for paint, it holds oil and other residue not conducive to a good paint job. Proper degreasing is all that is need prior to paint.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sinlessorrow View Post
    Colt.

    They have shown it at SHOT, they had a digi desert to I belive.

    I know they are doing the tan anodizing right now on a limited run.




    I cant find any pics of the multi cam but i know ive seen a video of it
    I thought those were the water transfer imaging kind of like the stuff offered by wwgunsinc.com?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MK18Pilot View Post
    Complete nonsense. You can't get a better "primer" for paint than anodized aluminum. As the anodizing creates a surface matrix, great for paint, it holds oil and other residue not conducive to a good paint job. Proper degreasing is all that is need prior to paint.

    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.


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    Quote Originally Posted by GunTotinRedneck View Post
    For those of you who have had your weapons cerakoted, is the coating that much better for rust and corrosion prevention than standard Mil-Spec Type III anodizing? Or is it mainly cosmetic?
    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by GunTotinRedneck View Post
    For those of you who have had your weapons cerakoted, is the coating that much better for rust and corrosion prevention than standard Mil-Spec Type III anodizing? Or is it mainly cosmetic?
    Aluminum doesnt rust like steel does. Dont worry about it.

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    "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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