Michael64
A couple years ago I was looking through Shotgun News and found an ad for this stuff called Moly Resin. It's a spray and bake type coating. If you read the description in the documentation that comes with it, it is identical to the stuff Wilson Combat uses for their ArmorTuff coating. I did my 1911A1 in the semi-gloss black. Looks really nice. I have also used Brownell's Baking Lacquer. Not impressed. It's more like a paint. If any edge is not rounded off it can flake off. The durability/wearability of this stuff is incredible. The temp for the Moly Resin is 300F for 1 hr or 1.5-2hrs @ 250F. Moly Resin comes in Grayish-Black, flat black, semi-gloss black, gray, tan, green, and stainless steel. Ten ounce bottle is $17 post paid. One bottle can do about 4-5 handguns. It comes ready to spray from an airbrush. No thinning needed. The fumes from the Brownells baking lacquer were much worse that the Moly Resin. A toatster oven would work.
Moly resin is actually produced by John Norrell Arms, Inc./Norrell Manufacturing. Their e-mail is: SMG1022@aol.com
Fax 501-225-7864
Email me if you want their address.