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Centurion Aluminum Mauser bottom metal- How durable if cerakoted?
22 October 2015, 06:49
ColoradoMattCenturion Aluminum Mauser bottom metal- How durable if cerakoted?
Just picked up a pieced together Mauser sporter with a Centurion Aluminum bottom metal. Looks much like an '09. If I take the paint off and Cerokote it, how durable might it be? Would it be comparable to M70 Featherweight aluminum so treated? Thanks
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23 October 2015, 07:00
D HumbargerCerakote sucks on aluminum.
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23 October 2015, 07:56
Tex21Doesn't Brownells sell a product specifically for alumninum? Alumahyde or something similar?
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23 October 2015, 08:42
craigsterSome say Aluma-Hyde is the greatest thing since sliced bread, others say it sucks. I've used it, but I think a rattle can of high quality paint works pretty much just as well.
23 October 2015, 23:28
speerchucker30x378Paint is paint. Doesn't seem to matter what fancy name you stick on it.
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24 October 2015, 00:12
dpcdYep; I have used most all of it; the bake on types do last a bit better, and the Brownells stuff is easy to apply and looks good; (do not drop it in the rocks) but in the end, paint is paint.
I think I heard that somewhere before......
24 October 2015, 00:46
ColoradoMattThanks again fella's!
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Heed the words of Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984:
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right."
24 October 2015, 01:16
PSmithMatt, a guy I know has the Birdsong coating on his ARs (including aluminum parts). It looks really good and he says it is very durable.
http://black-t.com/technical-information/
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24 October 2015, 04:09
ColoradoMattThanks, Paul.
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Heed the words of Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984:
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right."
24 October 2015, 17:31
wildcat junkieAnodizing is harder than the Aluminum itself.
24 October 2015, 23:04
Jerry LilesAgree with Wildcat. Have it anodized black. Anodizing converts the aluminum to aluminum oxide, also known as sapphire. Only diamond is harder. It will outwear several pant jobs.
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25 October 2015, 01:35
ColoradoMattWhere can I have anodizing done?
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Heed the words of Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984:
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right."
25 October 2015, 05:00
wildcat junkiequote:
Originally posted by ColoradoMatt:
Where can I have anodizing done?
Matt
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25 October 2015, 05:07
wildcat junkieGoogle "Small batch anodizing".