dakota.potts
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Say you were a small shop looking to offer a service to customers to finish their firearms for salt and humidity corrosion, particularly outdoorsmen, fishers, boaters etc in a humid state like Florida. What would you consider to be the best finishes that are approachable with a relatively small level of technology?
My thoughts are to blast the frame, receiver and other major parts and parkerize followed by a good layer of cerakote or high temp epoxy based paint. Small parts and some operating parts (ie not the bolt face or locking lugs) could presumably be treated with something like a hard chrome plate.
What do you think? This is a thought experiment for the business part of my gunsmithing courses on what types of services you could offer to a target market.
My thoughts are to blast the frame, receiver and other major parts and parkerize followed by a good layer of cerakote or high temp epoxy based paint. Small parts and some operating parts (ie not the bolt face or locking lugs) could presumably be treated with something like a hard chrome plate.
What do you think? This is a thought experiment for the business part of my gunsmithing courses on what types of services you could offer to a target market.