Receiver Refinish
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KentuckyWindage
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RAM,
Like John has said I rather have the cerakote. I have had NP3 coated gun parts, and if the part was not perfectly smooth, it would show tooling marks every where. The coating is nice but I would rather have cerakote. Hope that helped.
Like John has said I rather have the cerakote. I have had NP3 coated gun parts, and if the part was not perfectly smooth, it would show tooling marks every where. The coating is nice but I would rather have cerakote. Hope that helped.
John A. said:
NP3 is a teflon infused electroless nickel plating...
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NP3 finish is an electroless nickel-based finish for steel, stainless steel and aluminum alloys that co-deposits sub-micron particles of PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene), otherwise known as Teflon, with electroless nickel.
NP3 metal finish offers many benefits. NP3 permits firing for longer periods of time between cleaning, dirt and powder residue have no wet or oily surface to cling to. When cleaning is required, the effort needed is minimal - usually requiring only a soft cloth.
NP3 is very corrosion resistant. It provides a high lubricity and low friction co-efficient, greatly increasing the life expectancy of a firearm due to reduced friction wear. NP3 is a satin gray, non-reflective color ideal for all firearms.
NP3 can be plated to all internal parts giving smoothness to the action not found with any other coating. In cases where the NP3 has been perforated, the corrosion shows no tendency to spread or migrate under the coating.
Im not exactly sure what it is, but this is what Google told me.
Sent from behind the hood of a long nose pete.
NP3 metal finish offers many benefits. NP3 permits firing for longer periods of time between cleaning, dirt and powder residue have no wet or oily surface to cling to. When cleaning is required, the effort needed is minimal - usually requiring only a soft cloth.
NP3 is very corrosion resistant. It provides a high lubricity and low friction co-efficient, greatly increasing the life expectancy of a firearm due to reduced friction wear. NP3 is a satin gray, non-reflective color ideal for all firearms.
NP3 can be plated to all internal parts giving smoothness to the action not found with any other coating. In cases where the NP3 has been perforated, the corrosion shows no tendency to spread or migrate under the coating.
Im not exactly sure what it is, but this is what Google told me.
Sent from behind the hood of a long nose pete.
Cerekote is pretty easy to do yourself as long as you have some type of spray gun.
I did my 835 last year and it's held up well. I just used a pig roaster (la caja china style) to bake it so it would not stink up the house. They also have a version that does not need to be baked to cure.
I did my 835 last year and it's held up well. I just used a pig roaster (la caja china style) to bake it so it would not stink up the house. They also have a version that does not need to be baked to cure.
I was thinking the NP3 was a type of plating, and my point was that I am unsure how it would work on aluminum. Especially aluminum that has already been anodized.
But an airbrush and air compressor and means of baking it for a while is all that is needed.
While I've never specifically done cerakote, I've done a lot of norrells moly, which I really like.
But an airbrush and air compressor and means of baking it for a while is all that is needed.
While I've never specifically done cerakote, I've done a lot of norrells moly, which I really like.