Gunsmithing Cerakote help/suggestions fast, please. 2 Small items. Thank you!

[dave300]

Evening all, I just received our bottom metal and front ring sample that was to be on its way to be laser engraved upon arrival to me, and we have been bitten by the online color swatch choice made. Our desire was to be as close to Royal Blue as possible. The color we ended up with is no where near the online swatch and product pictures on the Cerakote site.
Neither here nor there at this point.
The background for the emergency is that this is for our sons college graduation build we were doing for him and his school colors are blue and silver, so the build was to incorporate those colors with some additional embroidery goodies to go along with the weapon.
Attached is what we ended up with and I have just barely any time to try and get a color match done and over to the laser engraver and then back to finalize the build before graduation ceremonies.

The color shown on the Ring half and the bottom metal is H169 Cerakote Sky Blue, obviously not an option

The embroidery sample shown is Royal Blue and that is what we are looking to match with the cerakote.

Two questions;

We still desire as close as a match as we can find to Royal Blue, so I'm looking for help on a suggestion for a better color match? Royal Blue is still our intent.
And as important, is anyone willing to do the recoat AND do it relatively quickly with as close a match to Royal Blue as can be?
H E L P, either or both issues, please.

http://i.imgur.com/ZiSyHcy.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/dFcY0qv.jpg

 

[dave300]

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[diverdon]

Dave, I can't really help you with the Cerekote. The blue in the pictures you posted looks close enough to me.

 

[Wannashootit]

I agree- that's really close. Without the patch and the samples side by side it makes it tougher to evaluate, but looks to me like a "tad" lighter is what you're looking for.
No standard color is going to get you there- so it involves mixing to try to get closer to the desired shade; perhaps with a bit of the lighter NRA Blue- but that's just a guess. The mixing I do on occasion is of the "get close" variety and not to the precision you're looking for.

Looking at the colors on the website on a computer monitor is never a good representation, in the future suggest you order the actual swatches be mailed to you by NIC, no charge for it just select on the left column, top, under the "Resources" tab.

 

[dave300]

I agree guys and thanks. Lesson learned. I guess I would like to see if someone has nothing done in NRA Blue and could reach out to me and text me a photo or two of it. The texts sure seem to be really close to actual representations, far better than what I have experienced so far.
Thank you again guys and hoping someone will jump in here?

 

[Yoteslayer50]

I might be able to help what is your time frame
Text is better for me at 208 -356-0712