
And like I mentioned Black T is very affordable, but I would like to know more about its process. It seems that Rugers often dont blue the cast receiver very well, so I would ask the smith doing blueing that he can make a uniform finish on both barrel and receiver. I live near springer precision so I could save on shipping for Ion bond but that is up there as one of the most expensive treatments. Cerakote is a ceramic finish that can be applied only to the substrate material (fancy word for the material that is to be covered). The Birdsong websight does not have much info on there coating, could a few with Black T experience and others like Ion bond and melonite, NP3 please chime in and help me out here with wear reports and opinions/pics? I am ready to pull the trigger and get my finished build coated in some sort of durable black stuff. Cerakote is a ceramic-based thermoset composite coating that is applied to the surface of firearms, knives, and specialty products like tumblers, and computer parts. Are coatings like Ion bond and NP3 twice as good as Black T? Black T by birdsong (about 150) seems to cast half as much as the rest of the coatings (around 300-350). Cerakote will hurt function until it wears in (gummy, sluggish, while youre wearing through it on mating/sliding surfaces). I have looked at pictures of black 1911's trying to compare the above mentioned metal treatments untill they all seem to run together now. Cerakote Elite outperforms PVD with 330 times the corrosion protection and exceeds military standards by over 40 times. Compare prices for Colt Defender 45ACP 3" Barrel Two Tone SS Cerakote/Ion Bond Finish 07000E 098289111036. This attractive force is often referred to as an electrostatic force. Want to see your products here Click this link. But I have researched, searched, and researched some more. Oppositely charged particles attract each other. I know, this has been done and discussed.
