Gun Surface Refinishing: Do It Yourself

[Pete123]

Have any of you used the home version of Duracoat or the home finishing products from Brownell's?

 

If so how did it turn out?

 

I have a Marlin 336 in need.

[peejman]

It's mostly in the prep. You really need to grit blast it to prep it and wipe it down with acetone right before application. Then cure it per the instructions and resist the temptation to handle it before it's fully cured.

[ironsniper1]

It's mostly in the prep. You really need to grit blast it to prep it and wipe it down with acetone right before application. Then cure it per the instructions and resist the temptation to handle it before it's fully cured.

that's why I would rather have a shop do my sks, though I haven't found one that has done a sks or willing to do mine


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[Sunfish]

Pete, I have used the bake on aerosol stuff from Brownells and its pretty tough but not as tough as Cerakote.  I had a home made oven/grill with a LP burner I used to do long guns in. It's best to wait until warm weather and get outside because that MEK is really stinky

[trentatron]

It's mostly in the prep. You really need to grit blast it to prep it and wipe it down with acetone right before application. Then cure it per the instructions and resist the temptation to handle it before it's fully cured.

^^^^ This.

 

There are a ton of guys using  Brownell's Alumahyde II in the AK world with good success. Google image search it, and you'll see all the different finishes you are able to get, some even replicate factory park-ing and bluing. There are also a lot of guys that swear by the different Rustoleum Epoxy paints in a rattle can. The trick is to bake it. This will not only remove some of the glossy sheen, but it will harden the paint/epoxy. I've got one more AK to finish, and then I'll be refinishing three of them at once, and potentially a VZ58, and a Yugo under-folder. I'm going to try a cheap gravity feed blaster gun with cheap play sand in it. This way I can take it outside and not worry about a blast cabinet, or reclaiming my media. 

 

Last year I ran some duracoat through an airbrush, but the spray was so fine the paint dried in the air, and I ended up with a really rough finish. After seeing what results others get from some of the rattle can products out there, I doubt I'm going to deal with the mixing, and clean up of duracoat again.