Gunsmithing KG Gun Kote

[cast1]

I was curious if anybody had used this product. I’m a low volume finisher and I’ve tossed way more cerakote than I’d care to admit due to it going bad. I was going to try a few colors and see what I thought but figured asking around would be wise too.

thx!

 

[fdkay]

I've used it. It is a good product, long shelf life and no mixing required.
It is thin, the last couple I've done I coated the inside of the action and the bolt as well.

 

[cast1]

Sounds good so far! Just what I’ve been looking for.

 

[FCrifles]

KG is an awesome coating and shelf life years, not months like cerakote.

 

[Danny1788]

I’ve had mixed results with it, but I think I had my spray gun set wrong the first time. The second time I used it, it turned out very good and laid very thin with no orange peel. It did take some adjustments on my spray gun to get it to spray since it’s a lot thinner, I’ll be using it more now over cerakote

 

[GTOJOSH]

I've used it in "black chrome." My only complaint- Hasn't stood up as durable as I'd like, but overall I've been happy with it. On my sons ar the ejection dust door springing open has all but worn off the coating down to primer. On mine the magwell has flaked off the same way. I'm planning on stripping and reapplying in spring a little thicker this time.
It sprayed evenly, baked to a good finish, and cleans up nice.

 

[1moaoff]

I used it a bunch years ago... before cerakote was as available.

Cerakote is better product for abrasion based on what I have seen but the KG isn't bad. I haven't coated anything in yrs so I may be way off.
If I was doing low volume or for myself it would be my first choice.

 

[HIGHSPEEDSTEEL]

I have used KG guncoat in OD green and in black, it is an awesome product, it does have a lower viscosity than ceracote or other brands of enamel based products, it also contains a teflon product that adds lubricity. Much like the fabled T-Coat that Walter Birdsong(R.I.P) utilized on the FBI HRT guns. I use aluminum oxide to bead blast my metal parts (barrel, reciever, front sight assembly, revolver cylinder etc.) The parts are cleaned and degreased. I put them in an oven and bring them up to tempature at 150 degrees (sorry about the oven honey). The parts are pulled out of the oven and sprayed utilizing an airbrush. I have had excellent results with the way the parts turn out, no orange peel or runs. My customers report to me that the product is both scratch and wear resistant. I have also used it on heat resistant plastic parts like grips with excellent results.

 

[Wannashootit]

GunKote is a solid product, but like Duracoat (if you believe NIC's testing) comes up short on abrasion resistance when compared to Cerakote.
Abrasion resistance is what most of us are looking for, and this shows many times more for Ckote.

https://images.nicindustries.com/cerakote/documents/61/abrasion-test-dt20200107183524943.pdf?1578422126&_ga=2.88998489.370274371.1604584804-113659683.1604584804

GunKote seems to have a much longer shelf life, and I still use it for small parts where it's not worth the trouble to mix up a batch of Cerakote, but still use Ckote the vast majority of the time.

My EDC is a Kahr CM9 that I coated over five years ago- soft holster, just a tiny bit of wear on the trigger guard alone.
I can't imagine anything doing better. Different issue, but Cerakote has much more in the way of color selection (too many, for me...)

 

[mr45acp2u]

For the home based DIY guy it is much more user friendly. I’ve used it on freshly parked and degreased surfaces as well as blaster stainless always had good luck and good finishes. The only place i have found issues is on high contact defined corners.

 

[hwy1strat]

I had a rifle professionally done with KG and I probably won't ever use it again. Its only been a couple of weeks and it's already coming off of the bolt.

 

[ddavis]

I had a rifle professionally done with KG and I probably won't ever use it again. Its only been a couple of weeks and it's already coming off of the bolt.

What part of the bolt? The contact areas inside the action? I don't see any paint product holding up there. I did a Tikka bolt and it was just as smooth as before. Of course it wore through at the contact areas. It's an extremely thin coating. Cerakote really isn't a good choice here. It's thick and makes the bolt sticky.

 

[hwy1strat]

It was the bolt body a Tikka. The entire bolt is coated except the lugs. It has worn through in the contact areas on the bolt body and the bolt catches and sticks compared to when it was slick. Like I said, it's only been a couple of weeks, and I think I've got just over 50 rounds through it. I'm thinking my smith might have put it on too thick.

It's not a direct comparison but i have two Rem 700 bolts cerakoted that have over 1k rounds on them and they show very little wear, if any at all. Once this coating wears off of my Tikka, I'm going to look into getting it DLC coated or something similar