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I finally got my new (used) XD 9SC, she originally had a uggly hard chrome finish on the slide, I'm fortunate to have a bead blasting machine at work so I clean all the meatl parts off in no time. I decided to do quite a few parts, they were bead blasted with aluminum oxide beads.
I tried applying cerakote OD finish on them, with an professional air brush kit, the smaller parts came out allright, but when it came time to the slide for some reasson, the cerakote gives me like a sandpaper finish on it, which is fine with me, Im not sure if its supposed to be like that or not, but it is not sticking to it at all, I let it cool off, and as soon as I pass my finger over it the damm cerakote comes off, I have tried baking it both at 250 degrees for 2 hours and 300 degrees for 1 hour and the same result at the end.
Anybody has ever tried doing the cerakote before at home?
Is it soppused to be a smooth finish, or tuff sandpaper?
Need help, getting agravated, the only good thing I acomplished so far is putting the PRP trigger kit since it was completely apart, that was easier than i Thought.
I finally got my new (used) XD 9SC, she originally had a uggly hard chrome finish on the slide, I'm fortunate to have a bead blasting machine at work so I clean all the meatl parts off in no time. I decided to do quite a few parts, they were bead blasted with aluminum oxide beads.
I tried applying cerakote OD finish on them, with an professional air brush kit, the smaller parts came out allright, but when it came time to the slide for some reasson, the cerakote gives me like a sandpaper finish on it, which is fine with me, Im not sure if its supposed to be like that or not, but it is not sticking to it at all, I let it cool off, and as soon as I pass my finger over it the damm cerakote comes off, I have tried baking it both at 250 degrees for 2 hours and 300 degrees for 1 hour and the same result at the end.
Anybody has ever tried doing the cerakote before at home?
Is it soppused to be a smooth finish, or tuff sandpaper?
Need help, getting agravated, the only good thing I acomplished so far is putting the PRP trigger kit since it was completely apart, that was easier than i Thought.