Looking to cerakote my Glock 17 Gen4

strick · Mar 15, 2014

So as it says I am thinking of cerakoting my glock. Not sure if I want to do the whole thing or either the slide or frame. I carry it in a forest city tactical owb holster in flat dark earth(pic below). If I got the frame done, I would have just the bare frame, all the controls and pins would not get coated. If I do the slide, I would do the same and leave the barrel black along with change the sight at the same time.

I do not carry my glock everyday. I have a XD-s 9mm for that.

Let me say I am looking either magpul fde, austrian fde, burnt bronze, or something along those lines.

stmcelroy · Mar 15, 2014

I'd do the slide in burnt bronze if it were me.

strick · Mar 16, 2014

What about the frame? Does anyone know how cerakote holds up on polymer frame while using a kydex holster? I am not worried about the slide with holster/carry wear, just the frame.

G1GRANDEUR · Mar 16, 2014

I personally think you should leave the frame as is.

once it's painted, it's hard to go back to original.

here is some example:

2years of wear / edc carry

NWCustomFirearms · Mar 16, 2014

I cerakote in my shop and from what I've seen I would just do the slide. I've cerakoted other polymer rifle stocks and it holds up well but they're not rubbing against the hard plastic of a kydex holster.

strick · Mar 17, 2014

Thanks guys. Guess if I really want a fde frame, just need to buy a chocolate Glock then(it is on my wish list now). Now I npjust need to think about the color for the slide lol.

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TBlood · Mar 18, 2014

I should be getting my G22 slide from Lone Wolf dist. back very soon. I got it cerakoted Coyote Tan. It's going on a black frame, but I'll take a pic of it next to a FDE frame and post it here for ya.

strick · Mar 18, 2014

Thanks, that would be great!

TBlood · Mar 20, 2014

Haven't forgotten about you brother, not here yet

TwinStick · Mar 20, 2014

Can't you dye the polymer frame? I'm not sure if that would hold up better in the Kydex or not. There's a long thread on ar15.com about using Rit dye on poly magazines and parts.

Wait, I don't think you can dye it a lighter color. It only works if you're dying it darker. Hard to dye it darker than black I suppose.

Jarhead0093 · Mar 23, 2014

Sur Tac in up here in Troutdale did mine on my M&P and my Noveske. Very well priced and fast. Gave them my guns on a Saturday and got them back the following Tuesday.
My M&P is my daily carry and I also use it for USPSA Production. So I do a lot of drawing. So far so good drawing out of a Raven.
I take my gun out of my carry holster daily to put it in a holster behind my headboard at night. So I'm constantly moving it back and forth. It's held up well.

strick · Mar 23, 2014

How it the area around the trigger guard holding up?

Jarhead0093 · Mar 23, 2014

So far I have zero wear. I'm sure eventually I will though. But not for a long time

GunRightsCoalition · Mar 23, 2014

The first picture above? Is that just painted or is it Cerakoted? I spoke to the owner of Sur-tac and he stated that cerakote holds up very well with polymer parts. The frame and slide on my P220 Scorpion (Cerekoted at the factory) don't show any wear at all after more than a year of being my EDC however they are alloy rather than poly. When I say they show no wear I mean it still looks brand new.

strick · Mar 26, 2014

Jarhead0093 said:
So far I have zero wear. I'm sure eventually I will though. But not for a long time

Thanks, I kept going back and forth deciding if I really want the frame coated at all.

TBlood · Mar 31, 2014

Just got it in today, sorry it took so long! Glock FDE frame with Lone Wolf slide cerakoted with Lone Wolf Dist. coyote tan. They really match up well. Barrel is Coyote Tan also from LWD.