KG Gun Kote 2400 Heat Cure works great!

[daybreak1199]

I've been having great results with the 2400 series KG Gun Kote. I found that pre-heating the parts just prior to painting allowed for a much better finish. I used a starter Master airbrush kit and it seems to be doing pretty well. I have found when applying the final coat, I stand off a bit more and fog on a layer, this seems to give more of a textured look and feel. I made sure to use a degreaser and prior to applying the coating I did a final wipe down with rubbing alcohol.

On I used Flat Dark Earth on the SPR and Flat dark earth and Flat black on the S&W J frame. I just received the Strider DB for a birthday gift, it looks pretty good just the way it is, no extra paint for it!

SPR is waiting for a Vortex Razor HD that should be hear anyday now, so they keep telling me...

 

[Boltfluter]

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Very nice work.

Regards, Paul.

 

[country888]

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Very nice job! Love the j frame!

 

[spiralseal]

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Great work!! I have been using KG for a while now, when I use black, I heat the parts for curing to 425 for 2 hours, wow! the parts wont even scratch!!! another quick tip, Brakeclean on the parts to degrease them, works awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[daybreak1199]

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My next project is to make a large outdoor curing oven, I think my wife is starting to lose her sense of humor with me stuffing her oven full of painted parts.

 

[vizsla3]

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I love your work and great info.

 

[gathumper]

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Question, does the gun kote smell as bad as Cerakote in the oven?

 

[daybreak1199]

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The smell is not as bad, but I go to a lot of trouble to ventilate while the baking is going on. I had used some of my son's playdough to poke screws and small items into so I could shoot a coat of paint onto the head of the screws. I found out that playdough smells even worse than the KG. It also starts to turn black and smoke after a bit....just keep in mind the temps are pretty hot, so whatever you put in make sure you check on it regularly, and try to do this when the wife isn't around!

 

[smschulz]

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I like GunKote quite a bit.
The main issue I have is in getting a true flat black finish.
I switched to Cerakote for that reason but Gunkote is easier to use though and the finish is pretty close to the same quality.
Nice job.

 

[pwc001]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: smschulz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I like GunKote quite a bit.
The main issue I have is in getting a true flat black finish.
I switched to Cerakote for that reason but Gunkote is easier to use though and the finish is pretty close to the same quality.
Nice job. </div></div>

I have had the some issues with all of their blacks, I really have to take my time on them, to get them to turn out right.

 

[daybreak1199]

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Scope came in yesterday. Vortex Viper PST 2.5-10x44 looking forward to testing it out at the range!

 

[redirt78]

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Nice work man, she looks good

 

[vizsla3]

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How your eye relief with the scope that far forward? Lets us see the range results.

 

[TenZero]

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Nice! I have a SW 342PD with a lot of carry miles on it, and this never occurred to me. I am so painting mine like that.

 

[daybreak1199]

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I've found the eye relief is really long on this scope, about 3 1/2 inches for me on 2.5x. When I move magnification to 10x I do realize my eye relief shrinks and I find myself inching froward a bit. I am trying to find out the sweet spot I will set the eye relief at. I'm thinking it should be set for 10x mag since the FOV is much narrower at that level and since this is a SFP scope, all of the milling will taKe place ao 10x.

Still haven't got to the range, really like how it looks so far just glassing the short range stuff available to me in the back yard.