DuraCoat on Walther PPS - Help needed

[Cougar79]

Hey Guys,

i´m planning to apply a duracoat finish to the grip of my walther pps. At first i wanted a Cerakote finish, but there is only one company in Germany who offers it and they don´t seem to be very professional (no email answer for over a month - no answer on phone calls). So i did a bit of research and came across duracoat.

My color of choice is OD green, and here start the questions - i read that you need to add "flattener" because if you don´t the color turns out glossy. Is there anyone who has experience with duracoat and the "flattener"? How do the colors turn out in general (lighter/darker than on the homepage (http://www.duracoat-firearm-finishes.com/)...)

The PPS is disassembled at the moment and waits for its new coating so any help would be appreciated.

thanks,

Cougar79

[Henry's Fork]

Howdy Cougar, i have experience with using ceramic coating on my knives. And i know a knife maker who uses Duracoat, seems to work a little better than the ceramic. Thinking about switching myself. If i had a choice i would use a powder coat, much much better than ceramic or Dura, but i havent found a home use kit of it yet.

Not too sure about using coating on polymer, as the instructions for the ceramic cote says: warning do not use on anything other than metal.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

[panzerwerk]

Hi Cougar79, I have Duracoated several Firearms , the base coat will come out glossy sometimes , the colors come out good , you need to buy a bottle of the Flat finish , and apply it last , this will take all the shiny away .

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[Cougar79]

Thanks for the help guys, i will definitly give it a try. I contacted the dealer already and i will post pictures as soon i get to work on the little walther :)

greetings, Cougar

[Cstafford]

I thinking about getting my Buckmark slide Duracoated in a Dark Earth color. Is Duracoat as good as the people who do it claim to be?

[panzerwerk]

When Applied properly it is a very tough coating , I did a .45 and in 2 weeks we put a couple hundred rounds through it , the only chipping found was where the hammer hit the firing pin .

[panzerwerk]

Sadly its not mine , I did it for a friend who registered it after the wonderful ban forced on us for our own safety, all my "good" guns are now residing in another state ....
All the Rifles I painted were not mine .

[Cougar79]

While still waiting for the summer to arrive in germany, i finally had time to do the duracoating on my Walther PPS. Disassembly was no big deal.
Before:
126950

Just finished spraying:
126949

Finished and reassembled after 24 hours of hardening: So here´s my new old carry gun p-)
126948

[Cougar79]

Also purchased a new CompTac Ctac holster, you can see it in the last picture on the right. I also bought a hogue Handall jr. but haven´t installed it yet.

Greetings Cougar79

[panzerwerk]

Looks Fantastic !!!

[Cougar79]

Thanks!!! I´m very confident with the result but still curious about the durability.

[LineDoggie]

As a Test I Duracoated a Repop M1918 Trench Knife.

Used a Badger single action airbrush and a Testors blue compressor

Blade- Parkerized, no problems

Handle- Flat Oxide Black

The handle came out SemiGloss and the Idiots on My Team decided 3 hours after to punch the walls with it and the coating chipped at point of contact. Once the specified cure time was done no problems since.

[Henry's Fork]

Very nice job Cougar. Looks great!

Nice to hear LD, as im moving to Duracoat for my knives.