My first attempt at cerakote

[n10sivern]

Well I took the plunge and cerakoted two ar15's over the last couple days. I think it turned out ok so far. I have to blast down and recoat my barrels because I messed them up. I'll post updated pics once they are fully put together. It's a lot of work but I really like the cerakote.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n70/n10sivern/mobile%20uploads/A9747F62-0C65-48FD-950D-A3DCD46147C4.jpg

[Bzcraig]

Looks great to me

[n10sivern]

I think they turned out pretty good. I'm happy and plan to continue to cerakote some other rifles in the near future

[nicholst55]

How do you prep the aluminum surfaces before you spray? Do they have to be down to bare metal?

[n10sivern]

You can just rough up the anodizing with 120grit aluminum oxide blasting media but the anodizing on my receivers was pretty thin so I just took it down to metal

[pretzelxx]

Looks really nice! Good work. I like the black parts standing out.

[CastingFool]

Looks good so far.

[Walter Laich]

turned out well. the black compliments the color.
can't wait to see the completed project