KG Gun Kote any good?
I have like most people and been through the works as far as cold bluings go. Had only marginal success with some such as Vans, Oxpho, and the worst Birchwood Casey Perma Blue(or as I call it "Rust Magnet") I even tried blue Wonder(and yes I read and followed the instructions) and it wont even change color on my savage 20 ga shotgun. I was looking at gun kote from KG but hadent tried it cause nothing looks better than a real blue. They have a new Gun Blue color that looks convincing in the website. I have all the equipment to paint cars and the same equipment would work for this. Has anyone used this and does it last and look good? If I cant use this it looks like I am going back to my modified Frankenstein hot water system made from a Turkey fryer and a gas grill, with Belgian Blue in hand.
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kg gunkote is tuff as nails, and once applied it has to be sandblasted off, it was designed for the navy seals and had to pass a 500 hour salt spray test, which means a full auto weapon had to fire reliably after being sprayed 500 hours with sat water. it passed the test so that should tell ya how tuff the finish is.
We have used the gunkote ss and the gunmetal blue. both looks good the ss looks like brushed stanless and the gunmetal blue is very close to a high polished gloss hot blue. heres some pics of a .45acp vz24 mauser wearing the kg gunmetal blue [ the mag is not coated], hope this helps. if you have any more questions about it feel free to ask.
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if those pics do it any justice at all, that stuff looks great. im gonna have to try it now. serves me right for reading posts... 0 -
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As I understand the direction, the metal must be prepared by abrasive blasting using 100-120 grit aluminum oxide medium. The finish on your example appears very smooth and shiny, almost as though the metal were polished. Does the material flow out and give a smooth, shiny finish, (I'm refering to the gloss gunmetal blue in this case),or does it have an abrasive blasted texture? I'm pretty much sold on the product, but can't decide the on the color. I really like the blue of your example, however, if it has the blasted texture I think the matte black might look better. Your thoughts please.0 -
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As I understand the direction, the metal must be prepared by abrasive blasting using 100-120 grit aluminum oxide medium. The finish on your example appears very smooth and shiny, almost as though the metal were polished. Does the material flow out and give a smooth, shiny finish, (I'm referring to the gloss gunmetal blue in this case),or does it have an abrasive blasted texture? I'm pretty much sold on the product, but can't decide the on the color. I really like the blue of your example, however, if it has the blasted texture I think the matte black might look better. Your thoughts please.
roysha,
you can either sandblast the metal with a fine sand media [ low psi air setting] or use a medium grit sand paper. We have done it both ways and the only difference is sanding by hand takes longer. the reason is to give the gunkote something to bite into just like sanding before you paint. gunkote is thicker than paint and as you said it flows together while wet and looks like a smooth glossy blue finish when baked. just don't get the metal super smooth before applying leave it rough like i said medium grit paper, and then degrease and apply gunkote, after you degrease don't touch the metal without rubber gloves. after it drys to the touch throw it in a oven or large propane grill for about an hour we use a thermometer and bake at 300 on metal parts and around 250 for aluminum. i don't think you would be disappointed at all if you tried it, i love the stuff.
edited to add
http://www.kgcoatings.com/gunkote.html
http://207.44.229.182/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=GunKote-pint&Category_Code=gk
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so where can i find this gunkote? have checked on cabellas site as well as kg industries website. the only thing they show is their militek products (which work well btw) 0 -
Well just go to google and type in gun kote, it worked for me. I have one more question about the coating. You said it goes on thicker than paint, so will I have a hard time on an engraved reciever. I have an old and slighly pitted browning A5 shotgun and the piting is all minor, but I would like to still keep the engraving, so will the Gun Kote still work? I would reblue its got a mismatched barrel and someone before me put a synthetic stock on it and *shakes head* threw away the originals. I bought a set of sile repros and would like to make the gun pretty again. And Id like to use this on my old Walther PP to get it pretty again. I have so many projects and if this stuff is as good as you say it is I will be using it alot for shooter gun restorations. 0 -
Wehrmacht45,
I have never used it on engraved metal but i can tell you it does good over the markings model/name/serial. it doesnt fill them in and it still looks as deep after coating. i guess the trick is to just put 1 or 2 coats over the stampings, i'd assume engravings would do as well. as you are applying it you can see if its about right just dont get it to thick in those areas. as for light pitting you can hide it with guncoat just put it on let tack put on another coat let tack etc. till the pitting is gone. if you fill uneasy about it, try applying it on a scrap barrel or old piece of metal before spraying your gun, but i dont think you'll have any trouble.hope this helps.
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