Afternoon guys,
I tried a search and while there are some threads that touch on the subject, wasn't able to come up with a conclusive answer.
Is the Armor Tuff being used on CURRENT builds actually Cerakote or a form of Cerakote being used by WC? Or is it in fact a completely proprietary coating?
I understand the similarities between the two. I'm just wondering if Wilson is using Cerakote or a modified version of it or if their Armor Tuff is a totally separate thing. My prior experiences with Cerakote left me a little disappointed. I don't think it was a finish issue, more of an applicator issue. It still leaves room for doubt, at least for me personally.
Having said that, I arrive at my next question. I was initially advised Wilson would do the wide Vickers style slide serrations on my Protector Professional build. Unfortunately, I was more recently advised that they will NOT do them on any other guns as they are exclusive to the Vickers gun only. No worries, where there's a will there's a way. Since the wide serrations were kind of a big deal to me, I contacted Alchemy Custom and will be sending the gun to them to have every other serration removed. This should give me the same finished product that you see on the Vickers gun.
Since the gun will need to be refinished (it's a stainless slide ordered in black Armor Tuff), would I be better off ordering the slide unfinished and send it to WC for Armor Tuff coating after it gets back from Alchemy? Or would I be fine just keeping the order as is (entire gun black Armor Tuff'd) and sending it for refinishing at WC after the serrations are modified?
I guess my question is will refinishing Armor Tuff a second time after original finishing look as nicely done as it did the first time? Are there any downsides to this?
I'd rather keep things simple and not change the order from it's current status, especially since there were a few changes already made. I'd like to avoid any confusion.
Thoughts? Any info would be much appreciated.
Tspeis
I tried a search and while there are some threads that touch on the subject, wasn't able to come up with a conclusive answer.
Is the Armor Tuff being used on CURRENT builds actually Cerakote or a form of Cerakote being used by WC? Or is it in fact a completely proprietary coating?
I understand the similarities between the two. I'm just wondering if Wilson is using Cerakote or a modified version of it or if their Armor Tuff is a totally separate thing. My prior experiences with Cerakote left me a little disappointed. I don't think it was a finish issue, more of an applicator issue. It still leaves room for doubt, at least for me personally.
Having said that, I arrive at my next question. I was initially advised Wilson would do the wide Vickers style slide serrations on my Protector Professional build. Unfortunately, I was more recently advised that they will NOT do them on any other guns as they are exclusive to the Vickers gun only. No worries, where there's a will there's a way. Since the wide serrations were kind of a big deal to me, I contacted Alchemy Custom and will be sending the gun to them to have every other serration removed. This should give me the same finished product that you see on the Vickers gun.
Since the gun will need to be refinished (it's a stainless slide ordered in black Armor Tuff), would I be better off ordering the slide unfinished and send it to WC for Armor Tuff coating after it gets back from Alchemy? Or would I be fine just keeping the order as is (entire gun black Armor Tuff'd) and sending it for refinishing at WC after the serrations are modified?
I guess my question is will refinishing Armor Tuff a second time after original finishing look as nicely done as it did the first time? Are there any downsides to this?
I'd rather keep things simple and not change the order from it's current status, especially since there were a few changes already made. I'd like to avoid any confusion.
Thoughts? Any info would be much appreciated.
Tspeis