Cerakote®: What is it and does it work for you?

Like Powder Coating, Cerakote® is a coating we often get questions about. Highly used in the gun industry for part protection, Cerakote® provides a robust and strong shield against the elements for gun owners as well many other parts.

From Cerakote’s® official website (Source):

Cerakote is a ceramic based finish that can be applied to metals, plastics, polymers and wood. The unique formulation used for Cerakote® ceramic coating enhances a number of physical performance properties including abrasion/wear resistance, corrosion resistance, chemical resistance, impact strength, and hardness. Each of these properties is rigorously tested to guarantee that Cerakote® products remain at the forefront of the ceramic coatings market. Cerakote® ceramic coatings utilize state-of-the-art technology to out-perform any competitive coating in both laboratory settings and real world applications.

Also, from Cerakote’s® website, their range of Cerakote® Coatings can be used in a number of different ways(Source:

 

KECO Coatings not only has plenty of experience dealing with Cerakote® but as a company we’ve been able to be formally trained in the application of Cerakote® and as a reward Cerakote® recommends KECO as an applicator for their product.

Here is a video testing the strength of Cerakote® Clear Coat:

Cerakote® is heavily seen in the gun industry, used to protect the different parts of guns. It also is used for exhausts and we’ve used them for different parts that have come in our facility.

Here is a video from Cerakote’s® YouTube account showing the strength of their product:

If you would like more information about how Cerakote® works, if your job would work best with Cerakote®, or to just request a quote on any job for any coating feel free to check out our chat here on our website or simply email us through any of the communication methods we have on our website.

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