Cerekote removal ???

[rustyinbend]

Is there a way to cleanly and cheaply remove a new Cerekote job? I bought a barrel with cerekote and changed my mind and would prefer to remove it before mounting. Should I live with it, or is it a reasonably easy project to "de-cerekote" the barrel?

 

[srt-4_uk]

Have a blast cabinet?

 

[rustyinbend]

Have a blast cabinet?

Wait ... lemme look around ... um ... "No!".

 

[diverdon]

Wait ... lemme look around ... um ... "No!".

Make friends with someone who does.

 

[Ledzep]

Abrasive blast is the best way. You could sand it I guess but that usually looks like poopoo unless you have a way to spin the barrel to keep it uniform.

 

[rustyinbend]

Hummm ... looks like it's back to Plan-A ... "Live with it". I was hoping there was some type of special chemical where it just wiped away ... but I guess that was too much to ask for. Oh well ... it won't change how it shoots, so no harm done.

 

[Threadcutter308]

Call the Cerakote people and ask them........

 

[rustyinbend]

Call the Cerakote people and ask them........

Why would I do that, when I can ask you guys and get an authoritative answer in 30-seconds?

 

[spife7980]

It doesn’t have to be fancy, a trash can with a towel to stick your arms under and saran wrap to see will work as a cabinet. Then a cheap sand blaster and whatever media you want, bead blast/aluminum oxide etc

 

[kswaterfowl]

I have a blast cabinet, but im guessing you never make it to Kansas.

 

[rustyinbend]

I have a blast cabinet, but im guessing you never make it to Kansas.

I've only ever driven through it, or flown over it ... so ... um ... No!

 

[fdkay]

Hummm ... looks like it's back to Plan-A ... "Live with it". I was hoping there was some type of special chemical where it just wiped away ... but I guess that was too much to ask for. Oh well ... it won't change how it shoots, so no harm done.

If memory serves, one of the attributes of cerkaote is its' resitance to chemicals.

 

[Huskydriver]

Chemical resistance is half the point of cerakote

 

[Taylorbok]

I'd just live with it but it shouldn't be to costly to find someone who will blast it for your.

 

[buffalowinter]

Any abrasive method will work. Taking Cerakote off a barrel with sandpaper is a snap. You can also Cerakote over Cerakote no problem...at least I have, with no problems

 

[roostercogburn98]

Isn’t cerakote just like airplane paint, a two part with a hardner? Why not just get you some aircraft grade paint remover. Just make sure you get some gloves, goggles, and respirator

 

[Dough300]

Cerakote is designed to be chemically resistant; it's one of the marketing points.
The only real way to remove it is media (sand) blasting.

 

[roostercogburn98]

Cerakote is designed to be chemically resistant; it's one of the marketing points.
The only real way to remove it is media (sand) blasting.

Old school Dupont made Imron paint was designed for use in the chemical world and on airplanes as it has high anti corrosive properties. The new shit labeled as Imron or Axalta is not the same. I’d put money that if OP can get something capable of removing old imron paint, it would take it off.

 

[srt-4_uk]

Guessing what chemical concoction might strip it is fun and all but a $40 media blaster is significantly less likely to give him cancer.