Garnet instead of AO huh?

@@jonhaze7537 We can get it easier. Either will work as long as it's 100g.

really enjoyed your video, how did you come up with your catalyst # every way I was taught to figure ratios your figures never work for me or my teachers. please explain how you came up with your figure, And again very nice video thank you Gunsmith Dave

Get yourself jewelers tongs

Bro use the Home Depot rental program.. I have done it more times than I care to admit. I mean buy it, save your receipt, use it for a job and take it back saying it didn't work satisfactory. They'll refund you no problem. It's free in the end and you get your job done

Very much so, for any kind of coating you want to keep the moving parts free

Also make sure to not coat the lock face!

Yes, same compressor

Media blaster for sure. Want to get everything off and doing it another way will leave a higher chance of an area not having the coating adhere

Cerakote high heat tape should work. "Depending location and size of engraving" If it's to small single line engraving lines then will have to go over it again to engrave it and clean it up

I know you asked this a long time ago but no, cerakote is actually a very thin coating and in most cases you won’t notice a thickness difference

.01 of an inch layer

Generally any points of contact should be taped off so you don't mess with the tolerances of hardware

21 Gallon Harbor Freight compressor

Yes sir

Lmao no

At 300 degrees for an hour it would, but how much IDK I would imaging it would drop the Rockwell hardness by 1-3 points. Usually you do 2 cycles of tempering, so I’m wondering if the sand blasting could be done before or after the 1st cycle then go straight to Cerakoting them.

my thoughts as well!

Lmao 🤣 Thanks man. No I’m 100% not certified, but I don’t do this for a living, I do it for myself

I am actually still watching your video, its a good video, and I’m advanced certified, and because I love it so much, I am protective over it. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. Nothing wrong with tools you’re using, they’re fine. But after disassembly, soak in acetone for 30 mins, at this point, no longer touch w bare hands as oil can contaminate the substrate, then gas out for 30 mins, this is where you will see oil etc seep from the small cracks if the previous steps didn’t work, if you still have oil, soak and gas out again. then in the blast cabinet. You are correct about the shiny parts, make sure they are dull, and if you can, get 100grit garnet sand, grainger sells 50lbs for about 45-50 bucks, that’s what’s in the cabinet at cerakote. I stopped using AO because its messy as hell. And when you spray, you wanna dial down the gun for the small hard to reach places first, then you should spray in an octagonal pattern w your gun at a 45* angle to get better coverage. Cerakote has official videos if you wanna refresher. Then you can start putting your logo on your knives or tools or whatever. I apologize if I came off harsh, I’m just passionate about this stuff. Keep after it, and if you fall in love w this amazing product like I did, I recommend taking the course, you obviously love working on cars, you can cerakote almost anything on a car. Hit me up, if you need any advice👍🏻

That’s funny cause everyone here seems to say it’s a good video 🤔

I really enjoyed it! he’s just being a douche.