Removing Cerakote

Maybe my Google foo isn’t working, but I can’t find reference her to removing Cerakote type comings. Is there a quick and simple way to get it off of a shotgun barrel(only?) :?:

TIA,
Froggie

If applied correctly, sanding or bead blasting, from what I have read. Before cure, chemicals like lacquer thinner will cut it. I have only finished one gun with it so far and he does not want the finish removed, so I am not much help.

I bead blasted the stuff off a Smith 36 that I pickedup cheap. Missed a bit under the grips and did not notice it till the first rusting cycle. Best I can te, once it's cured it takes a mechanical process to cut it ! Good stuff, for paint.....

I have not had good luck with soda ash blasting. Haven't tried walnut yet

Well, I looked at the pictures again (Remington 870 bbl) and it looks like the steel was pretty badly pitted before being covered by XXX-cote. Stripping off the coating would probably just give me an unsatisfactory surface to refinish, so I'm giving this one a pass. Thanks for the replies.

Froggie

I use aluminum oxide to blast it off. Drawfile off the pits, recoat it, and it will be good as new.

Yes Cera Kote requires an aggressive blasting media to remove. I use steel grit and the finish left on the metal is a good surface profile for recoating with Cera Kote.

Once cured this stuff is ON THERE and that's a good thing unless you have screwed up the application.

Best paint process for guns or anything you want to stay coated. Must be "force cured" in an oven at 250 F + for several hours.

Randy

I've removed it with 120 grit aluminium oxide. The same stuff they recommend to prep the surface.

Rumor has it our local Cerakote guy uses brake fluid to soften it up.


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