Glock frame cerakote/paint question

[1KPerDay]

any who have coated or painted their frame... how do you keep the coating from cracking at the front pin hole where the dust cover flexes? Do factory/distributor special coated glocks crack the coating there or is it flexible enough?

 

[Zerodefect]

Just krylon the thing. And touch up as needed.

All my good stuff is krylon'd desert tan. A little adhesion promoter first.

 

[1KPerDay]

Meh

 

[paulsj]

any who have coated or painted their frame... how do you keep the coating from cracking at the front pin hole where the dust cover flexes? Do factory/distributor special coated glocks crack the coating there or is it flexible enough?

LGS had used G43 with grey slide/aquamarine frame. It had bunch of wear marks. The salesperson said they make stuff like that so when it starts to look bad people buy another gun sooner. I would stay away.

 

[d'zaster]

I have two tone ceracoat on my G20 which has had no cracks or chips with ~650 rounds fired down range. No chips/cracks on the dust cover on the back of the slide. The only issue I had was with some ceracoat in the mag well which made the magazines fit a bit tighter. This was addressed with some careful 400 grit sanding.

 

[d'zaster]

Sorry, I meant Cerakote.....

 

[Trey Veston]

I kryloned a polymer frame once... Once.

It was an M&P40c. It looked good and held up okay. But the inevitable wear spots bugged me eventually and when I went to return it to stock, it took hours and never looked right.

Now, i will paint my Glock slides all day long with good results. But the polymer I leave alone.

 

[MAKster]

Many people claim that Rit Dye is the best way to change the color of plastic.

 

[jono]

Not a Cerakote mignon, but their low temp cure with the two-part h-series works really well on polymer. You have to bead blast it lightly, hit it with an air gun then with acetone, but it’s bulletproof.

 

[1KPerDay]

Sounds tricky. Thanks

 

[jono]

It’s not, really. If you’ve got some sort of an air compressor, the stuff you need to prepare and paint is likely less than $100.
You can cure it in a regular oven.

Happy to provide advice if you want it, but I started with Cerakote using a tabletop Harbor Freight blast cabinet, a dewalt portable compressor, a hobby lobby airbrush, and a big Kamado smoker as an oven.

I had surprisingly good results on my first few tries, despite my ignorance, and it’s gotten a lot better since with the accumulation of more specific equipment.