Hanging Tip & Tricks for Cerakote

[@jodyyounger4569]

Thanks for covering this!

[@BransonCerakote]

Glad to help!

[@crackshotmcgee9588]

Everytime I need a little tip with something involving cerakote you have a video. Really appreciate it.

[@BransonCerakote]

It's like I'm reading your mind!

[@lnsimas1]

Priceless video!! Thanks John!! I really appreciate your work and your KZbin channel motivates me every video! Keep pushing! You nailed!

[@BransonCerakote]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@trowuabeatin]

Thanks for the video. Your help has been invaluable

[@BransonCerakote]

Always glad to help!

[@trace12345678900]

Great tips! Thanks for sharing.

[@BransonCerakote]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching.

[@jamieudell9593]

Thank you. Great video

[@BransonCerakote]

Thanks!

[@ays2013boss]

Thanks buddy

[@BransonCerakote]

Glad to help!

[@SEDaley]

I’ve been learning a ton from your videos!!! But I wonder if you have another video on hanging parts that’s a little more specific? What is the best way to hang an AR mag, or an AR 15 rifle barrel.. that sort of thing.

[@BransonCerakote]

I don't think so. Mags we use the really long hooks that came with the Cerakote hook kit back in the day. They go all the way through and hook on the bottom lip. Barrels we just wrap wire around the threaded area, and make a loop. Hang the loop on a hook, and go.

[@tyfreund4090]

I appreciate all your videos as they are helpful to learn with! Any tips on how to hang a scope ?

[@BransonCerakote]

Thank you for watching. We normally unscrew an adjustment knob cover, and put a piece of wire on the threads. Screw the cap back on, and Bob's your uncle.

[@bigal31679]

Great as always-If you have to take a gun apart for someone do you put it back together? What do you do if you aren't familier with how to disassemble a type of gun?

[@BransonCerakote]

We charge a $50 bench fee for disassembly and re-assembly. Honestly, we do that to encourage people to do that themselves. KZbin is your friend.

[@kirkwest6654]

Can acetone be used in 5 gal buckets? Also do you just use tape to avoid blasting and spraying feed ramps on the barrels??

[@BransonCerakote]

I don't think so. I'd figure it would eat the bucket. Nope, we use high heat plugs.

[@kirkwest6654]

@@BransonCerakote is there anything that I could use to do a acetone bath I could find at Lowe's?

[@BransonCerakote]

@@kirkwest6654 I know a lot of people that use big stainless steel cooking pans. It really depends on what size item you need to soak. We just use simple green. You don't have to worry about it eating containers.

[@TheChargerArms]

I have 5 pairs of hemostats that I can use to hold the wires and other micro pins. They are easy to hang too. I bought several style magnets after visiting your shop. I am needing to make a ridge system to keep Oakley ear pieces from flapping in the wind while the oven fan is running.

[@BransonCerakote]

Thanks for reminding me about the hemostats! I can't believe I left those out. I have a bunch of cheap ones from harbor freight. I use them for a few things, but completely forgot them for the video. I wire the oakley stems and hang them on a hook. Try hanging them on a couple of hooks daisy chained together to get them lower in the oven. Sometimes you just need to get them lower than the fan.

[@horsefly1020]

Best thing I've found for ar-15 lower is a old buffer tube. drill a hole in the end to put wire thru to hang.

[@BransonCerakote]

Good idea.

[@uselogicplease2380]

I like a piece if 1/4 all thread. Easy to hold when threaded into grip. Easy to bend and hang..

[@davidlantagne4015]

How are you hanging barrels? For a pistol barrel, I just put a screw into the bore plug and hang on wire. It didn't work so well on a rifle barrel as I heard it drop in the over and then back to the blast cabinet.

[@BransonCerakote]

Pistol barrels, we run a piece of wire through a high heat plug. The plug goes in the chamber, and the wire runs out the muzzle. Twist the end into a knot, and hang on a hook. Rifle barrels we generally plug the chamber, but just wrap wire around the muzzle threads, and hang on a hook.

[@phillips8113]

These videos have been so helpful esp for little hacks. Can you do a video on tight tolerances and cerakote as to how it can affect those tolerances and maybe what to do in some of those instances? I just did a sig p250 and I'm having some issues with getting it back together. I believe it's a build up on the slide where barrel goes through. Oh and another thing. Sight removal from pistols and reinstall of the sights without maring the coating when putting back in place.

[@BransonCerakote]

The only real reason why you'd have tolerance issues would be putting too much coating down. The only wild card in that statement is the 1911. Everyone has tolerance issues with those, and I have yet to find a good fix for it. I usually end up filing it down with a small file. Sight removal isn't really an issue because you are going to be coating over any scratches anyway. Putting them back on, I just use a lot of lube and a sight pusher. I have three different ones and just use the one that fits the best. They are a pain, and just take patience. I use cut up credit cards to cushion the metal on metal areas. Also, if the customer wants the sights to match the finish, I just tape off the face. Another option is, if they have crap sights, talk to them about replacing them with fiber optics. You can leave the bases in, and coat them the same color as the slide. Once they are out of the oven, you just replace the pipes. Fiber optics are cheap now a days.

[@phillips8113]

Branson Cerakote thanks man.. I don't know if desert sage is one of those hard to lay down colors or what, but I've had fits with it.. missed spots that noticed once I got out oven, dry spray the other time, run on the front of the slide.. today will be my 4th time spraying it.. fingers crossed..

[@BransonCerakote]

I've never really had any problems with sage. It's actually one of my favorite colors. I use that in almost every camp project I do. One trick you can use with the lighter colors, spray, air cure, then tack it for about 8 minutes or so. Take it out of the oven and let it cool. Take it out into the sun, and look it over. It lets you look for light areas in natural light. If you see any, just spray that area. Since it's not baked hard, there's no issue with adhesion. Dry spray and runs are probably just either gun setup or spray distance. Practice makes perfect. Been there too.

[@phillips8113]

Branson Cerakote thanks again.. just did it.. came out perfect..

[@BransonCerakote]

Sweet!

[@travisrichardson4573]

Magnets! You are a genius! Lol

[@BransonCerakote]

I totally stole that from NIC, lol.

[@Human_Evolution-]

Can i put painters tape in the oven without bad things happening?

[@BransonCerakote]

We've found that the blue painters tape doesn't work well, but frog tape can handle 180 degrees for a couple of hours no problem.

[@Human_Evolution-]

@@BransonCerakote thanks, I do have bullfrog paint, however my notes say to pre-pake at 300 degrees and and ppst-bake at 250 degrees for series H. Do you just go 150 degrees then remove tape after awhile then crank it up?

[@BransonCerakote]

@@Human_Evolution- No. We reverse a couple of steps that Cerakote does (never had a problem). We degrease, offgas, then sandblast. One of the advantages is that we don't need to tape until we are ready to blast. It's already been through the high temp gas out (for metal).

[@justinfordham3894]

Do you have any problems with the magnet losing magnetic properties when heating?

[@BransonCerakote]

Not so far. Going on six years.

[@justinfordham3894]

@@BransonCerakote awesome thank you.

[@drumkendrum]

Can we also use a air brush to spray Cerekote ?

[@BransonCerakote]

Yes, but you need to be really careful that you get the 1 mil thickness needed.

[@drumkendrum]

do you recommend a air brush sprayer and or tip size? Or will a harbor freight one do the trick as well? @@BransonCerakote

[@BransonCerakote]

@@drumkendrum I have a Grex Titanium airbrush, but I only use it a couple of times a month. I recommend a quality HVLP for base coats. A cheap gun will give you almost no margin for error.

[@corddwigans]

Can you share the name of the magnets please

[@BransonCerakote]

They are rare earth magnets. We get them on ebay.

[@corddwigans]

@@BransonCerakote awesome thank you

[@pipersports5293]

John, what oven are you using?

[@BransonCerakote]

It's a purpose built Cerakote oven. The guy we went through was a con artist, so I'd never refer anyone to him. Long story. However, we've heard good things about Gordon at LightArmor.US.

[@corddwigans]

What’s the actual name of the magnet?

[@BransonCerakote]

Neodymium.

[@johndu8921]

What type of spray gun do you use?

[@BransonCerakote]

Iwata LPH80 for the Cerakote. Cheap harbor freight guns for clear coat and Micro slick.

[@sageheller4268]

Can you recommend any gun under $100? Lph80 is abit out of budget...($300)

[@07zx6stunter]

So these torsion hooks… where can you buy them or what is the name of them because I can’t find them anywhere and when I ask big box stores employees they look at me like I’m an alien.!!

[@BransonCerakote]

Cerakote sells them as part of their hook kit.

[@blackcloudr1130]

Something I do for lower spraying if in not doing a grip just a lower I use a 1/4-28 x 5" bolt I welded a hook on thread it into the grip screw hole and can get 360' coating inside and out just might be missing some coating in the threaded grip screw hole

[@BransonCerakote]

Good idea. I don't have a welder, but you can also just twist some wire around it.

[@blackcloudr1130]

Branson Cerakote yes that's true I did that until I got tired of stabbing my finger with the sharp end of the wire lol Finally said he'll with this just made one with a welded hook on the bolt head guess I could of just heated it up and bent the end in a hook shape and cut the hex head off but it works

[@BransonCerakote]

I would, but I enjoy the sharp pain of stabbing myself with wire. It also gives me the opportunity to scream curse words.

[@blackcloudr1130]

Branson Cerakote hahaha right on

[@blackcloudr1130]

When's a new video coming? Just wondering lol looking for ideas