5 Reasons Why your Cerakote Job Sucks 

The reason you go to a pro is you haven't watched enough RU-vid videos on doing it right the first time. Literally, cerakoted a handguard in my garage. And! Took off the anodizing before doing it. Because I'm RU-vid certified.

The reason why I'm doing it myself is 1) I have to Break it down anyways. 2) I have access to all the necessary equipment. 3) I'm not paying the same price as the gun to get your "pro" mill thickness 4) I'm not waiting 8-10 weeks to get my gun back.

I think what some folks misunderstand about the "professional" term isn't so much someone who does it for a living as it is someone who is competent. Cerakote isn't paint. If it's not sprayed correctly, it might as well not be there at all. Worse than that, now the original finish has been removed from your firearm, and has been replaced with an inferior substitute. I've seen projects come out of Cerakote shops that look like crap, and DIY stuff that is right on the money. Knowing what you are doing is the key. Good video.

"It's still gonna be better than your factory nitride." LMBO!!! Somebody doesn't know what nitriding is!

The reason you take it to a "pro" is because you're lazy and don't mind throwing out 250 bucks to make your black gun red.

If a person is reasonably intelligent, detail-oriented, has the proper equipment, and can follow directions they can do a decent Cerakote job. It's not that hard it's just something that you must take your time doing and get it right the first time. There are a bunch of instructional videos on youtube that can help you get it done. I only have a little home auto body experience and I have finished several rifles, scopes, bipods, and magazines that turned out great. Just watch a bunch of videos, follow instructions prep, prep, prep, and go for it. Start out with a couple practice pieces to get the hang of it.

Reason not to take it to a professional my buddy checked locally and they want between$300 to$400 to do one hand gun one color!

Gota keep em scared to DIY right? Hell I'm a Tattooer I know all about the "JOB SECURITY" approach. None the less 👍Thanks for the tips man.

You can be a pro in a couple of sessions. If you work with tools professionally. Cerakote is childs play

So when doing patterns using stencils are you going for almost a dry spray thickness after your base coat is laid on? Generally how wet should the stenciled coats be applied?

A willingness to bast it off and start over is your biggest advantage. If it's not right, start over.

This video retitled : 5 reasons why we gatekeep.

hey man just had a slide cerakoted hunter orange h series. when I got home to reassemble I noticed orange residue coming off on the paper towel I was using to clean it up. any idea why this would happen?

I’ve been struggling at my new job. I need all the help I can get. 😂

Ya cerakote course is a racket..... kinda like the Glocks Armour course .... they have you paint two items and give ya the thumbs up .... 😉Certified

I had all my cerakote done professionally, 2 of them came that way.. had maybe 4 sent off.. and every single one of them chips super easy and gets scuffed with even just the tiniest bit of pressure cleaning it. I recently bought a glock that came cerakoted and within 2 weeks all of the edges (glock) have chips and every single corner has chipped off...and thats before I even shot it. With the Rifle I got, I took it to shoot and shot literally one mag. The upper has a huge chip in it, and my rail has 2 massive long chips on it from, ...well idk what from honestly.. all I did was hold it, shoot it , and sat it down on a mat. I think the issue is that claims cerakote makes are total bs. I feel like my factory stock annodize holds up way better., as anything I've ever had after market annodized as well just comes off with even the lightest use. and if you scuff or chip factory black anno you can at least buff' or polish it out, or even just fix it w perma/super blue.. but u cant fix cerakote without redoing the entire piece. If they could find a way to fix chips it would probably be worth it but I am curious ... has anyone ever had or done themselves a cerakote job where it actually lasted "a few years" like they claim? Where it didn't chip really easy and actually held up? Like on black anno trijicon u can throw those across rocks and theey dont chip... I touch my cerakote stuff and it chips off. I feel like they claim its the strongest most durable and resistant thing in the world and ya like I said my glock slide had about 15 chips on it before I even shot it, just from handling it and racking the gun and basic dry fire stuff.. Even all the cerakote jobs I've seen have nicks and scratches and it ends up looking like crap within a month. It's a amazing we can fly and walk on the moon.. we can shoot missles across the world and hit a exact target 10x10 feet. We can do so many amazing things but when it comes to paint we cant even get the color to match exactly or make it scratch proof... seems like that shouldn't be hard to do... Even my DLC or ion bonded stuff is toast after like a few mags.... its honestly all worthless. I think u just have to accept if you use a gun its going to look like shit.. It sucks because it kinda defeats the whole purpose of making guns look cool/sexy... They only stay that way til you use them . I am curious if anyone has had cerakote actually hold up even half of what they claim?

I feel like the place I went to failed at every step. Chipping, feel ridges, failed at the desgin I wanted and probably didnt even put my gun back together right. The trigger feels weird, the loaded chamber indicator flops up and down like a window opening and closing when it didnt do that before. I feel like I prayed this place to ruin my gun. This is suppose to be the best place in southern California too, makes me wonder about the shit jobs all the other places do.

Send it to a professional? A professional is just someone who gets paid to do something, doesn't mean they know what the hell they are doing either. If someone is willing to obtain all of the "required" equipment to apply Cerakote in the first place, they definitely should not be afraid to try it, its not magic, its just a coating.

I used to buy 50-60lk cars, and I use to buy 500-600 jordans... cause they looked so sexy -- like these cerakote guns...They were great for a bit but they end up getting so beat up its like whats the point? I spent a whole bunch on this thing to look good for a week or two? Now I drive a 15k car and $ 60 sneakers and let them get beat them get treated like hell and I dont care about fucking them up and honestly its way less stressful and I dont have to feel shitty about wasting all that money .as It sucks to spend 50k on a car and then within a matter of time someone is going to open their door into yours, or youll go too far and scrape your bumper on a parking spot, or rock chips... and same w shoes they are going to get scuffed and stepped on and its a shit feeling spending so much money on something that looks good to just have it thrashed in a few weeks. I made the decision to not buy anything for looks and been much happier since then. Whereas I used to feel great putting on a new pair of shoes, or driving my new coupe... I would get depressed when they would get marked up,.. spend forever trying to clean it and its pointless it just happens again.... Now when it comes to stuff like that and guns that are going to take a beating and look like shit anyway eventually I don't spend the money for looks and I am much happier cause I dont have to deal with ... well there goes $$$$$ down the drain after 2 weeks... After my experience with cerakote, and knowing their claims... its laughable. they just claim oh you didnt do it right... I guess no one can cause I've never seen a cerakote job actually hold up, have you?

Why would cerakote bubble in the oven ?

how do we know if its too thick or too thin. human eye can't tell how thick or thin the paint is sprayed already within micro mills

Lol yeah like I’m going to pay this dude to touch a gun

If u have a decent mini HVLP like a Sata mini jet, anest iwata, C.A. Technologies mini, or WTP mini and set the gun up right for your material and do nice thin even coats u will have no problem and will look no different than this guys work

Typical keyboard warriors: I'm a highly trained certified unprofessional. Let me show you how it's done. Hold my beer.

Not difficult to do at all, you could share info to teach people how to improve and not advise them to take it to a professional!

The number 1 reason not to take your gun's to a so called pro-cerakote painter is some people have taking their high dollar gun to them & they when out of business or flat out stole those gun's from those gun owner's!!! 100% truth. With all 5 reason's this guy in the video tells you not to do it!!! My 1 reason is worst then his 5 reason's!!!