Sick! What are you spraying? For some reason RUclips doesn't recommend my other Cerakote videos like it does this one. So don't forget I have videos on multicolor camo work and a unique take on battle worn finishes!
As the opening line says, this is for complete beginners. Kuddos for him! As a confirmed "gun nut", in accuracy and brand quality, I found myself totally qualified as a "complete beginner" when it comes to cerakoting a firearm! This guy did an excellent job, explaining each and every step, and made it so easily understood to "cerakote freshmen", so as I. I highly recommend this video to any and everybody who wants to "diy" their gun to the toughness and protection offered only from cerakote! Thanks a MIL000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Well heck, if that's how you feel about this video you sure are going to love my upcoming battleworn and camo Cerakote instructionals! I will be pointing anyone who down-votes my videos to this comment from hereon out Ha!
Great video! I am a semi pro am novice automotive and aircraft painter doing a lot of stuff with base clears. I've never done Cerakote before, but I'm going to tackle one of my old billet 80 lowers this week. Love the emphasis on getting the nooks and crannies of a lower first and then working on wet coating the visible sides. I have no doubts this is going to turn out amazing. Thank you sir!
Thanks. I've always been a crafty guy and with that comes work-piece prep and spraying some sort of finish. I've always hated those two steps until I found cerakote. I agree it's awesome stuff and for some reason I don't hate using it like all other finishes I've played with! Ha!
Great job brother. You really broke it down and explained cerakoting in basic english... You do some great work. I've only sent you a slide with some stripped optic screws, but have several friends send you guns for the amazing slide cuts and slide work you do. I really appreciate the excellent work you do. Great job breaking down this cerakote video.. Just happened to come across it on RUclips. Recognized your voice and subbed. Thank you NCE 🙏🏼
There must be someone out there with the same voice then, because you are thinking of someone else. Ha! I am a few weeks away from trying my first attempt at slide cuts on my Tormach mill. So those how to videos will be coming. But as of right now I've never done one.
Thanks man. I just did my first rattle can rifle and now I want to do Cerakote. I saw that Cerakote has certification classes. I'm trying to find out if it's worth it or not before I sign up. The course is around $1800
While my gut is to shy away from applying Cerakote any way besides spraying, since it loses its durability if applied too thick, I have to admit I know nothing about the MC series that 5100 is part of. So who knows?
I'm building a briggs and stratton lawn mower engine, approaching 10,000 dollars now. I am going to coat the pistons and heads with low thermissivity , and use the low friction on the piston skirts, and the high thermissivity coating on the engine to suck the heat out of the block and head. So good video here as I begin that part of the build
Hey, I found your comment interesting. What are you building the engine for? I’ve always been curious about how much power an engineer could actually harvest from a Briggs
@@richardlea818 im going for 46 hp @ 4600 rpm for takeoff, there are builds that got more but they are racing mowers with only 10 minute run times. Once we take off you dont need much hp to sty in the air :)
Also remember to have a water filter on your compressor if you’re using an air compressor to blow off your parts. Last thing you want to do is invite moisture right before paint 👍🏽
Absolutely. There is a partner video to this one. It's the one directly before it in both my cerakote playlist as well as the AR15 project playlist that this was created during. It goes over the details of my budget setup to spray and covers both moisture and oil filtering in the lines.
@@NotaGuntuber this was a great video! And it was well put together. I just wanted to add that in just in case someone just watches this one video. I’ll definitely be watching the other ones. I’m getting ready to cerakote some stuff this weekend 👍🏽
I did not change the nozzle size on the spray gun from harbor freight. So it is whatever that gun comes with. I remember that it is not exactly what cerakote recommends. But I assure you if gets the job done.
Do as you please. But I have to ask why? From my reading you have to have all the same equipment to do air cure that you have to have to do H series. The only difference being the oven isn't used for the cure and therefore you're not putting painted parts into an oven. If you're using your kitchen I guess I could see only putting degreased metal parts into your oven being better than putting painted parts. I'd still say if you're doing more than 1-2 projects, just build an oven or buy a cheap used one on craigslist and go full bore with oven cure.
Grainger sells Red Garnet. Most states there's one local. So it is multitudes cheaper to go that route than finding aluminum oxide online and shipping that heavy item. Numerous professional Cerakoters recommend it and I think Cerakote has even come out and said that that works fine. I've had no adhesion issues or anything, myself.
At time time this was filmed I was running an old 4gal 1.1HP 135PSI dual tank compressor. Look up a concept called duty cycles and you'll quickly understand how hard I was being on this thing. That eventually led to its demise. cracked a reed in the compressor in half! I made a new one, fixed it, but little things kept going out after that so I gave up and got something bigger. These small compressors will work if you plan to just do a project here and there. If you get into it and start spraying everything you own like I did, you will quickly out grow it.
Nice video I like it, but in my opinion even the start of your first prep I know it’s not a budget for beginners more like for intermediate to pro just because of the sand blaster maybe sand paper for a start?
No. Because that's not even an option. The purpose of that step is not to sand the surface smooth like you would on a woodworking project or something. Cerakote requires a very specific and uniform blast profile. The paint does not have a chemical etchant in it so it relies on the texture of the surface for adhesion. Therefore, not blasting isn't an option. So I found the cheapest way to do the blasting by getting the smallest, cheapest cabinet I could find and making it not suck by modifying it myself with cheap parts. Here's the part you're not going to like. This is right about as cheap as you are going to be able to start, as a beginner. If that still seems to high, then this isn't the hobby for you because that truly is the low bar to entry. I suggest you watch the video right before this one in the series as it goes into detail on the tools required, and more importantly, why those are the tools required.
None. They are something that I make myself. A Quick Look at the titles and thumbnails of this playlist should answer any other questions you have ruclips.net/p/PLbussVfAypJNyR1QnRIKnFExVJFIPOj5z
I suggest watching the video in its entirety. I'm pretty sure I explain the color at some point in there. It has been a while since I made this so don't quote me on that though! I respond this way because it isn't a standard cerakote color. It is a custom blend I did with H series matte clear and pearlex mica powders over raw aluminum.
You bet your ass it is! That is how we roll around here. My video released right after this one called "Budget DIY Cerakote Setup and Equipment" talks through building it, PID settings, and all that fun nerdy stuff.
What F-ing planet did ya'll say you hail from? How many people do you think just happen to have a sandblaster out in the garage? 🤣 Not quite 3 minutes, I'm done! 🤮
Cool opinion. If you watched the accompanying video that discusses the equipment you’d know that the cheapest I could find to get into cerakote at home was about $800 if you started with literally nothing. Yup, that’s the cheapest. As for the sandblaster, that’s only $150 of that at Harbor Freight. If this is where you started balking, then maybe this isn’t the hobby for you, you’re NGMI. And yes, go read the cerakote documentation, the sandblasting is a requirement for all their coatings. Enjoy!
I have some projects I will be trying this on soon. Your video has by far been the most comprehensive I've seen. Thank you for this tutorial. 👍👍
Sick! What are you spraying? For some reason RUclips doesn't recommend my other Cerakote videos like it does this one. So don't forget I have videos on multicolor camo work and a unique take on battle worn finishes!
As the opening line says, this is for complete beginners. Kuddos for him! As a confirmed "gun nut", in accuracy and brand quality, I found myself totally qualified as a "complete beginner" when it comes to cerakoting a firearm! This guy did an excellent job, explaining each and every step, and made it so easily understood to "cerakote freshmen", so as I. I highly recommend this video to any and everybody who wants to "diy" their gun to the toughness and protection offered only from cerakote! Thanks a MIL000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Well heck, if that's how you feel about this video you sure are going to love my upcoming battleworn and camo Cerakote instructionals!
I will be pointing anyone who down-votes my videos to this comment from hereon out Ha!
Great video, you have a gift of a good teacher. Thank you
Thanks! I've always enjoyed teaching others new skills. So it is nice to hear when it is actually working out Ha!
Great video! I am a semi pro am novice automotive and aircraft painter doing a lot of stuff with base clears. I've never done Cerakote before, but I'm going to tackle one of my old billet 80 lowers this week. Love the emphasis on getting the nooks and crannies of a lower first and then working on wet coating the visible sides. I have no doubts this is going to turn out amazing. Thank you sir!
Great video! Thanks for this
Beautiful work sir. Cerakote is the best coating on the market in my opinion. That lower looks awesome 😎
Thanks. I've always been a crafty guy and with that comes work-piece prep and spraying some sort of finish. I've always hated those two steps until I found cerakote. I agree it's awesome stuff and for some reason I don't hate using it like all other finishes I've played with! Ha!
Great job brother. You really broke it down and explained cerakoting in basic english... You do some great work. I've only sent you a slide with some stripped optic screws, but have several friends send you guns for the amazing slide cuts and slide work you do. I really appreciate the excellent work you do. Great job breaking down this cerakote video.. Just happened to come across it on RUclips. Recognized your voice and subbed. Thank you NCE 🙏🏼
There must be someone out there with the same voice then, because you are thinking of someone else. Ha! I am a few weeks away from trying my first attempt at slide cuts on my Tormach mill. So those how to videos will be coming. But as of right now I've never done one.
Great vid man 🤌
very good, thanks much!
Thanks man. I just did my first rattle can rifle and now I want to do Cerakote. I saw that Cerakote has certification classes. I'm trying to find out if it's worth it or not before I sign up. The course is around $1800
I would recommend searching the Cerakote sub-Reddit. Lots of opinions. I have not gone to one so I can'y really say.
Thats really nice!! Great job!!.... Thanks for sharing
I want the cerakote 5100 to coat polished aluminum. I seen it get applied with a towel/sponge-looking applicator besides using s spray gun
While my gut is to shy away from applying Cerakote any way besides spraying, since it loses its durability if applied too thick, I have to admit I know nothing about the MC series that 5100 is part of. So who knows?
Just saw that after I left the comment. Thanks
Cool. If you have any more questions my email is on my channel's page description.
I'm building a briggs and stratton lawn mower engine, approaching 10,000 dollars now. I am going to coat the pistons and heads with low thermissivity , and use the low friction on the piston skirts, and the high thermissivity coating on the engine to suck the heat out of the block and head. So good video here as I begin that part of the build
Best of luck. That sounds like one hell of a lawn mower for that price!
@@NotaGuntuber lol yep, performance costs money
Hey, I found your comment interesting. What are you building the engine for? I’ve always been curious about how much power an engineer could actually harvest from a Briggs
@@richardlea818 im going for 46 hp @ 4600 rpm for takeoff, there are builds that got more but they are racing mowers with only 10 minute run times. Once we take off you dont need much hp to sty in the air :)
@@richardlea818 theres more info on my utube channel same name
Also remember to have a water filter on your compressor if you’re using an air compressor to blow off your parts. Last thing you want to do is invite moisture right before paint 👍🏽
Absolutely. There is a partner video to this one. It's the one directly before it in both my cerakote playlist as well as the AR15 project playlist that this was created during. It goes over the details of my budget setup to spray and covers both moisture and oil filtering in the lines.
@@NotaGuntuber this was a great video! And it was well put together. I just wanted to add that in just in case someone just watches this one video. I’ll definitely be watching the other ones.
I’m getting ready to cerakote some stuff this weekend 👍🏽
@@silverandblackentertainment share pictures! I'm always excited to see how people do. My email's on my channel page.
@@NotaGuntuber I tried to send you a video and pics, but your email didn’t work or something. It like wants me to sign up
@@NotaGuntuber I just posted some pics on my community posts! Check em out. Just a quick little backyard job.
I’ve been doing my polymer parts at 200 for 30 minutes with great results. Other then that about the same process.
Hello, thank you for the superb video, Question, the size of the nozzle of the 1.5 or 1.3 paint gun? Thank you have a good day
I did not change the nozzle size on the spray gun from harbor freight. So it is whatever that gun comes with. I remember that it is not exactly what cerakote recommends. But I assure you if gets the job done.
Hello, thank you for your response. Have a nice day
I’m thinking bout doing the air cure they offer.
Do as you please. But I have to ask why? From my reading you have to have all the same equipment to do air cure that you have to have to do H series. The only difference being the oven isn't used for the cure and therefore you're not putting painted parts into an oven. If you're using your kitchen I guess I could see only putting degreased metal parts into your oven being better than putting painted parts. I'd still say if you're doing more than 1-2 projects, just build an oven or buy a cheap used one on craigslist and go full bore with oven cure.
@NotaGuntuber I was told by them this morning is the air cure is best for gasoline and heated parts on a motorcycle
Great stuff. I need to try it ,whats the color names you did?
The barrel nut was tungsten. The receiver was a custom mix of matte armor clear with Pearlex Interference Blue mica powder.
what kind of grit did you use?
Grainger sells Red Garnet. Most states there's one local. So it is multitudes cheaper to go that route than finding aluminum oxide online and shipping that heavy item. Numerous professional Cerakoters recommend it and I think Cerakote has even come out and said that that works fine. I've had no adhesion issues or anything, myself.
Now you need a hex mag for that!
Ha! I do have one. Went with a gray one. You'll see it in the final assembly videos.
@@NotaGuntuber I really appreciate your videos!
What are the specs of your air compressor for the sandblaster?
At time time this was filmed I was running an old 4gal 1.1HP 135PSI dual tank compressor. Look up a concept called duty cycles and you'll quickly understand how hard I was being on this thing. That eventually led to its demise. cracked a reed in the compressor in half! I made a new one, fixed it, but little things kept going out after that so I gave up and got something bigger. These small compressors will work if you plan to just do a project here and there. If you get into it and start spraying everything you own like I did, you will quickly out grow it.
Nice video I like it, but in my opinion even the start of your first prep I know it’s not a budget for beginners more like for intermediate to pro just because of the sand blaster maybe sand paper for a start?
No. Because that's not even an option. The purpose of that step is not to sand the surface smooth like you would on a woodworking project or something. Cerakote requires a very specific and uniform blast profile. The paint does not have a chemical etchant in it so it relies on the texture of the surface for adhesion. Therefore, not blasting isn't an option. So I found the cheapest way to do the blasting by getting the smallest, cheapest cabinet I could find and making it not suck by modifying it myself with cheap parts. Here's the part you're not going to like. This is right about as cheap as you are going to be able to start, as a beginner. If that still seems to high, then this isn't the hobby for you because that truly is the low bar to entry. I suggest you watch the video right before this one in the series as it goes into detail on the tools required, and more importantly, why those are the tools required.
Where did you get that lower?
I made it. Go watch the rest of the playlist. I walk you through how, what tools, I used, everything.
What brand lower is that?
None. They are something that I make myself. A Quick Look at the titles and thumbnails of this playlist should answer any other questions you have ruclips.net/p/PLbussVfAypJNyR1QnRIKnFExVJFIPOj5z
What color is this?
I suggest watching the video in its entirety. I'm pretty sure I explain the color at some point in there. It has been a while since I made this so don't quote me on that though!
I respond this way because it isn't a standard cerakote color. It is a custom blend I did with H series matte clear and pearlex mica powders over raw aluminum.
Is that a home made overn?
You bet your ass it is! That is how we roll around here. My video released right after this one called "Budget DIY Cerakote Setup and Equipment" talks through building it, PID settings, and all that fun nerdy stuff.
We take paint off of the metal, then put it back on on the metal.😊
What F-ing planet did ya'll say you hail from?
How many people do you think just happen to have a sandblaster out in the garage? 🤣
Not quite 3 minutes, I'm done! 🤮
Cool opinion. If you watched the accompanying video that discusses the equipment you’d know that the cheapest I could find to get into cerakote at home was about $800 if you started with literally nothing. Yup, that’s the cheapest. As for the sandblaster, that’s only $150 of that at Harbor Freight. If this is where you started balking, then maybe this isn’t the hobby for you, you’re NGMI. And yes, go read the cerakote documentation, the sandblasting is a requirement for all their coatings. Enjoy!