Covert Mission
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For a promising gun finish, check out these guys. I think it might be a great alternative to any of the teflon finishes...FAR more durable, they say. I like the idea of this, for a dark, highly durable finish, on 1911's esp, that is an alternative to hardchrome (which is not dark) and harder too. Any experience with this process here?
Brycoat, at
www.brycoat.com/
Since I've seen so many people online say "If I could only get a Tenifer-like finish on my gun", i asked them about Tenifer (the finish underneath the black oxide on Glocks). Tenifer is a case-hardening process, per Brycoat. A surface nitriding. Nothing really special, but it is durable.
Brycoat applies a titanium nitride COATING. It is inherently gold in color. They have other coatings that are different in color,. Their Black color coating would be Aluminum Titanium Nitride (ALTN) which is actually a bit harder than TIN (ti Nitride). ALTN is 90 on the Rockwell C scale, approximately (the scale actually only goes to 70... they have estimated their coating at 90). VERY hard.
They recommend this for firearms: case hardening the gun, actually a salt bath nitriding, and then do the ALuminum Titanium Nitride for the final coating for a black finish. ALTN holds much of the polished smoothness in areas that are polished, but won't look quite as bright and shiny.
Brycoat has worked with Checkmate Plating (nearby in FL) on the plating of the Desert Eagle. They aren't really set up for piece work, as they do volume. It would be cheaper and more cost effective to have several slides/guns done at once. The guy i spoke to is going to send me some samples of their plating. I'll update. Their website is worth studying, i think.
Brycoat, at
www.brycoat.com/
Since I've seen so many people online say "If I could only get a Tenifer-like finish on my gun", i asked them about Tenifer (the finish underneath the black oxide on Glocks). Tenifer is a case-hardening process, per Brycoat. A surface nitriding. Nothing really special, but it is durable.
Brycoat applies a titanium nitride COATING. It is inherently gold in color. They have other coatings that are different in color,. Their Black color coating would be Aluminum Titanium Nitride (ALTN) which is actually a bit harder than TIN (ti Nitride). ALTN is 90 on the Rockwell C scale, approximately (the scale actually only goes to 70... they have estimated their coating at 90). VERY hard.
They recommend this for firearms: case hardening the gun, actually a salt bath nitriding, and then do the ALuminum Titanium Nitride for the final coating for a black finish. ALTN holds much of the polished smoothness in areas that are polished, but won't look quite as bright and shiny.
Brycoat has worked with Checkmate Plating (nearby in FL) on the plating of the Desert Eagle. They aren't really set up for piece work, as they do volume. It would be cheaper and more cost effective to have several slides/guns done at once. The guy i spoke to is going to send me some samples of their plating. I'll update. Their website is worth studying, i think.