Cerakote & Brass

[xdeano]

Has anyone ever thought about cerakoting either the inside or outside or both sides of their brass? I'd be more interested in how it would work for the inside of the brass. Anyone ever play around? Or even just the primer pocket. I'm not sure how it would hold up to resizing though.

just a thought I had while sleeping last night.

xdeano

 

[pwc001]

Re: Cerakote & Brass

Bad idea.

 

[xdeano]

Re: Cerakote & Brass

explain.

 

[johncamino]

Re: Cerakote & Brass

It would probably flake off like nickel plated brass. I wouldn't try it.

 

[Tripwire]

Re: Cerakote & Brass

Cerekote is ceramic..it would, at a mimimum, chew the hell out of your chamber and dies.

Brass is an expendable component, you take as good care as you can with it, but it will eventually end up in the scrap box.

Keep it clean via tumbling, anneal when needed, and don't over stress it....

 

[xdeano]

Re: Cerakote & Brass

I understand the whole cermaic bit and that it's ment to expand, bla bla. I've been around the block. I was just curious if anyone has messed with coating brass, not only with cerakote but others as well.

xdeano

 

[Tripwire]

Re: Cerakote & Brass

Expend...son....as in expendable...means to throw away.

Maybe I should have used the word "consumable"......

Why do you want to "coat" your brass with something in the first place.

Reinventing the clean brass wheel, maybe?

 

[vman]

Re: Cerakote & Brass

Sounds like a bad idea to me.

For what It would offer, its not worth it.

It would be like nickel plated brass... whats the point in it?

Save your money on cerakote and HVLP spray guys and buy a tumbler... your brass will be clean as its ever been.

 

[Sean the Nailer]

Re: Cerakote & Brass

During that trip around the block, did it come to you with a viable reason for the "why" of your question?

You did come on here, with something that is more than a little "off the wall". You seem to not like the responses being given.

And yet you haven't even stated your intent/goal of the process to begin with.

So let me be a little more blunt, than others have alluded to:

"Why in God's Green Earth would you want to do that, son?"
Go back to sleep.

 

[762frmafr]

Re: Cerakote & Brass

i send all my brass to ARP to be camo cerakoted.... that way the enemy cannot see it being ejected from my rifle and spot me. it is also harder for me to pick up and re-use. it's a win win overall as i see it.

 

[vman]

Re: Cerakote & Brass

I must admit I had a chuckle

 

[mdmp5]

Re: Cerakote & Brass

Terrible idea. It would not make it thru the die. And if it did, it would crack anyway. There is no logic behind this idea.

 

[thedarkknight]

I've actually used the Microslick Cerakote on the exterior on my brass. No effects performance wise I've seen, extracts like regular clean brass. The advantages I take from it is dulling brass to darker color (vs shiny brass) and corrosion protection (per cerakote main purpose). I may do a control test with coated and none coated brass in a bag of ammonia just to confirm.

 

[supercorndogs]

 

[Near miss]

You mean, there are people who do not cerakote their brass?