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Cerakote Carabiner

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Tracker15

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I had my bow Cerakoted recently and also had my biners done. I'm really happy how they came out. No longer shiny, and tough coating that won't wear off easily. If anyone wants to get there's done pm and I'll put you in contact with the guy.

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Bow (Still need to find time to assemble it)
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That's awesome! I had a bow done a few years ago with kolorfusion. It took forever, literally over six months, but it looks awesome now. It is a lot more orange than the picture seems.

The bad part is, it took so long that I had to buy a new bow for an upcoming trip and ended up liking it so much that I have never hunted with this one.
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That bow looks sick!! I had my cams/pockets cerakote on my Obsession and really like how it turned out.
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Silly question... but what is cerakote?


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It's kind of like paint, only a lot more durable. When you see a camo shotgun or green handgun, it is most likely cerakote. It's generally applied to metal

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Erniepower said:
It's kind of like paint, only a lot more durable. When you see a camo shotgun or green handgun, it is most likely cerakote. It's generally applied to metal

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Ernie,
Given that you're covering a lot of surface on a bow, is there a noticeable weight increase with this stuff?
 
My bow was sanded down and then finished. Weight should be same or close


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Well I did mine in kolorfusion which is more of a powder coat style paint. I don't notice the difference, but I didn't weigh it either.

I had to cerakote the cams though since the paint build up from the powder coat was to thick.

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Gotcha!!! Thanks! That looks really cool so I'm probably gonna have to do it.
 
Cerakote is SUPER thin about like anodizing. It's very strong and durable as well. When you see a custom colored gun it's generally cerakote. It's awesome stuff and you can do pretty much anything with it.


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Thanks Ernie and Flinging for the def. Looks amazing.

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Gr33n Arrow said:
Silly question... but what is cerakote?


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Gr33n it's a ceramic paint. When sprayed normally it's usually 1mm thick. It can be applied to most anything from wood to plastics and steel of course.

I own a cerakoat setup and use it to coat my rifles and knives as well as anything else I desire.

The process is fairly easy but does require time to make the coating stay and wear as it's reported to. It starts with cleaning the part of any oils with acetone followed by heating of the steel if needed to get all the oil out of the pores of the steel. Then it's blasted with 120grit garnett and soaked again in acetone. Blow dry with an air hose then sprayed. Bake at 200-250 for an hour and it's good to go.
 
Hit me up sometime Ernie. If I can't help I may be able to point you to someone.
 
That is pretty cool. Got my mind thinking.

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There are 2 methods to cure it. Baking is preferred but you can also just allow it to naturally cure but if you live in a state with high humidity then the latter is really not applicable. Other than that it's fairly straight forward.
 
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