Ways to do home cerakote

I’ve seen people use home ovens to do powder coating. I don’t think I would want to cook anything in it afterwards though. These were old ovens that were given to them and they had in their garage.

Some of the DuraCoat formulas do not require oven curing and are still very durable. You can even get it in a rattle can that has the paint and hardener in the same can. It’s enough to do a couple of long guns. It’s a lot more convenient than Cerakote and easy to use. There was a guy in Windsor that did a great job and was very reasonable, a couple of friends and I have been trying to get a hold of him for a while. Don’t know if he’s shut down for Covid or out of business. His shop was called Sonoma Sportkote. Have a good one.

Stoti

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Gas BBQ as an oven?.

I’ve used Alumahide 2 from Brownells. No oven to cure, it just takes about 2 weeks to air cure. A long wait, but very good results. Comes in a spray can.
I’ve heard you can speed up cure time with an oven, but I got good results with air cure. 

Here’s a DIY build guide for a Cerakote oven. 
You can find fairly inexpensive metal lockers and cabinets on Facebook market place or some other local that might work for you oven.


https://thefrugalshooter.com/how-to-build-a-cerakote-oven/

You can heat a home made oven with light bulbs. I have cured many laminated longbows that way. I believe they were around 130-135 deg f.

Cerakote recommends 300*F for metal, 150-180*F (and twice the time) for plastic / polymer. At some point it just doesn't cure. I don't think I'd try anything that doesn't hit at least 150* (still might be do-able with light bulbs, just more and/or better insulation).

GsT

I've been coating for years now. mostly AR and pistol stuff and some long gun and shotgun stuff. I use my home electric oven as well. smells a little when its cooking but dissipates fast. way more smell from the application of it... I heat it at 250 degrees for about 2.5 hours then turn oven off and let it cool in there. Get a cheap sandblaster from tractor supply or tool town and blast all the surfaces your looking to paint (lightly on plastics) make sure you're over is CLEAN first as a dirty over can change the color of the lighter colors. Ie. tans, whites, FDE.... soak all your metal parts in acetone for at least an hour before painting to remove any oils.Wipe down and polymer parts really good with acetone and use soap and water on plastic to clean. Wear rubber glover so you don't get oils from your hands on the parts. you have to get creative putting large parts like barrels in the oven. I hang everything off wire hangers bent into hooks to hang everything. sometimes you need to crack the oven door open a bit to get stuff to fit. I use tinfoil around the oven door to hold in heat. 250 degrees is a good safe temp if you have to do this so you don't have to worry about burning down the house..lol... hope this helps... any other questions, hit me up. good luck! 

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