Cerakote

[singleVI]

Can I coat my guns at home or do I have to ship it somewhere?

[Nobade]

Depends on what equipment you have at home. I use a simple cheap HVLP spray gun to apply it after everything is blasted with silicon carbide. You do need to wear a forced air respirator since it is fairly toxic. You need a paint booth to exaust the overspray, and it smells terrible. I cure small parts in a toaster oven dedicated to the task, and barreled actions get cured using one burner of my bluing setup, with the tank turned upside down to make a cover. It's crude but works well. I am saving up for a proper oven for that, but they are several thousand dollars so I don't have one yet.

So, the answer is, it is not hard to do if you have the proper equipment. Nearly impossible to do if you don't.

[singleVI]

Sounds like a NO! haha thanks

[Lost Oki]

Research shows that you need 250 degrees for 2 hours to cure cerakote?
That can be accomplished in an old refrigerator and a two burner hot plate.  Need to insure the insides
of the frig are metal.  Door panel can be replaced with scrap sheet metal from the salvage yard.
I have built 3 of these over the years - not as cerakote cure ovens but as smokers.
Note:  The thermostat on the hot plate needs to be tweaked a little to get the 250.  Would
suggest that you put two cast iron skillets on the burners to keep them from burning out.
This setup should last 5 yrs plus.  I am good a scrounging so I have never spent more than $35.00 building
one.  I would not hesitate to use for both...will take some cleaning after using it as a smoker.

[saddlebum]

There is an "air cure" formula that Cerakote recomends for firearms on their website. " Cerakote C- Series Firearm Coatings for optics and high temperature applications. (Air Cure)"  I assume you have been there, but if you haven't, here is the link. Alot of other information and kits for sale. I haven't looked the site over in a long time, but they used to sell complete kits with enough coating to do a few guns and a spray gun and whatever you need. Brownell's has air cure kits too, but I don't see a spray gun in it. Harbor Freight has them though.....................
 
http://www.cerakoteguncoatings.com/finishes/
 
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/sid=52453/pid=41824/Product/CERAKOTE-AIR-DRY-CERAMIC-COATINGS?utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm_source=bing&mc_id=18500&gdftrk=gdfV21820_a_7c187_a_7c1704_a_7c100003854_d_100003852_d_11468

[STUMPJMPR]

I did it myself.  I built my box out of an old toaster oven and luan plywood.  Wood won't burn until it reaches around 800 degrees fareinheit.  I used a cheap HLVP gun from harbor freight.  The real problem is blasting.  None of the cheap units work well.  Most home air compressors have a hard time supplying enough CFM's to keep up.  That said the one shotgun I cerakoted seems to be holding up well.  Another simpler option may be Duracoat.  It's not as hard but holds up fine under most use.  Let it sit for a week or 2 before assembly.