I'm hoping someone answers this one as I am considering doing one of my slides, but also was wondering how the process holds up in time.

 

If you're just looking for examples, Cerekote's website has a gallery with TONS of photos that may help you get an idea of things. I've heard cerekote holds up pretty well if the gun is parkerized first...but I don't have any direct experience with the coating.

 

Do you specifically want Cerakote only? Ive done a few DuraCoat jobs that are holding up quite well...and no oven required.

 

I've had a couple of 1911's cerakoted.


Sold the slide off this one, and went with a SS Loaded slide instead - but here's what it looked like before I did that. It started life in 1995 as a parked Mil-Spec.

Here's another, that I bought off a PD Armorer in FL - it'd been rattle-canned a few times, and looked awful, so I spruced it up with some shiny parts and cerakote.

I haven't shot either a LOT (the latter has been done for over ten years now - the former is fairly recent, and I DO wanna shoot it some MORE), but the finish holds up well.

NOT sure about daily carry in kydex, though. I'm kinda curious how that holds up myself.

 

Three or four years now, so far so good. Carried in colder weather in a leather IWB holster.
You can see the grip tape starting to let go on the front strap from the cleaning solvents used when cleaning, I need to replace it or remove it altogether.

 

Here's the only one I had done, the original finish off after a couple months of carry so I had it done. My main problem was there are so many colors and in every light they look different. As far as how it holds up, I don't know, I haven't used gun since, switch to a Sig Ultra nitron for four years and it still looked new.

 

Mine has held up just fine in leather holsters. I am sure kydex would really put a hurting on it. I have 2 that have the slides done a matte black and the edges that contact the holster have a slight sheen to them now.