Y’all ever had a gun done in either of these or a combo of both?? If so, which do you like better and what do you recommend? I’m looking at having my rifle done by a guy in Arkansas called Rob Roberts.

Skip the dip.not durable and an old fad

Cerakote is a better finish. Aldeers own Gundoc will make your high speed lead injector pretty.

I liked some of the patterns I saw on this guys page. Really where is the Gundoc located?? You used him?

Cerakote X3. Holds up much better than a dip

Who do y’all use

I used Black Dove Customs in Kentucky and would use him again. That was probably close to 10 years ago though. I'm sure there are plenty of local options now

Has it lasted??

I’ve had terrible luck with dips and wraps. Cerakote for me 100%. The only downside of cerakote compared to dips is less patterns to choose from. Gundoc is who I use. I’ve had him do pistols, an AR, and a couple bolt actions. They’ve all held up well.

Yep.

Yep, it's held up very well. It's my turkey gun too and I don't baby it

I've heard good things about Rob Roberts.

There's a right way and a wrong way to dip guns. Most do it the wrong way. I am good buddies with a guy who owned a dipping business for a bit. He is duck hunter, so knew what gun abuse was and prepped his guns for dip meticulously. I have two shotguns he dipped well over a decade ago and they look like the day I picked them up. Said he barely made any money.

I've got no experience with dipping but have several cerakoted rifles, highly recommend. Gundoc has done a couple for me and will do my work in the future.

Awesome Thanks for all the input

If wanting a camo pattern, I much prefer dipping and have been very pleased with it on my turkey guns. If wanting a solid coating, cerakote is what I would do and Gundoc is who would do it.

NEVER heard any complaints about gundoc at all..

Cerakote and dipping should never be used in the same sentence.

Cerakote is far more durable.

For around here, there is none more better than Gundoc.

Look no further.

I had my turkey gun dipped last year. In less than one full season, it's in rough shape. The guy that did mine assured me it would hold up better than a factory camo finish but that has not even remotely been the case. The clear coat started peeling in multiple places after literally the first hunt and the camo is completely worn off now in multiple places, and the first turkey season with it post-dip isn't even over. I don't know if this particular guy just did a crappy job or if that's the norm for any aftermarket dip, but I've been really unimpressed.

At some point, I'll probably have it stripped and cerakoted, especially now that more and more people can cerakote a specific pattern.

You can get it dipped and cerakoted clear over the dip. There is a company Rykan industries doing bottomland cerakote.

You use the guy on Flatwoods Road?

I use Jay’s Hydrographics in Bessemer, AL. He does a clear cerakote over my dipped guns.

Anybody close to Thomasville that can carakote? Where is gundoc at?

Yep...first and last time. It was a case of he was a little bit cheaper than most others (but not "suspiciously" so) and had a quicker turn-around time. Lesson learned.

Yep, I’ve been less than impressed with his work.

I currently am trying to decide what to do. I think I will dip my stock and forarm and cerakote the barrel/action. I called Jay's and probably will go with them. I also called Iron Works in Tennessee and really liked them as well. Both I've heard fantastic stuff about.

This is after basically 1 season of hunting....most of the wear is on the forearm, and it actually started showing after 2 mornings in the woods. In a couple of spots it has worn all the way down to the original black plastic and you can see the "clear coat" pealing in multiple places. I'm not too concerned with it for now, but eventually I'll get it redone and either cerakote it bottomland or have someone dip it then do a clear cerakote over the top.

Just buy duracoat and a prevall sprayer and follow instructions to a T and save the money
It doesn't come off .only negative is a long cure time cause it doesn't get baked
Kg gunkote and carakote can be done at home also long as you don't mind hanging it in your oven.

I need gun doc to pm me his contact again, so I can send him some stuff before next season. There is a guy in Lacey Springs near Huntsville, (Arsenal Engraving and Coating) that cerakoted a new A5 for me. I’ve been extremely impressed, though it’s only been one season. However, my duck guns get thrown around in mud boats and pirogues full of Louisiana muck, and banged around all over freshwater and saltwater marsh. Still looks pristine. I needed a fairly quick turnaround, and gun doc is a drive for me. I really like the colors/pattern on this one, and may end up with several more done very close in colors and/or pattern. Metal is midnight bronze. Stocks are a mix of colors and his free hand pattern. Tungsten would work, too.

Luckily I have a beadblaster at work.good excuse to tinker with guns .it's fun degreasing guns and painting them then baking.lol
https://i.imgur.com/kgZHDNV.jpg kg gunkote I soaked a piece of metal in sweets 7.62 solvent and could not make it come off.would take blasting it again or a good bit of abrasion to remove

Look up Inverness outdoors in Pelham/Hoover. He’s got one of mine does a good job, he’s easy to deal with and cheaper than jays

Austin, at Inverness Outdoors, did some nice work for me, as well.

Will be calling tomorrow. Do they do the distressed cerakote?

I’m not sure. I just stumbled on him but he so far has great customer service I emailed him with questions and he usually responded within a couple hours.

I gone try something different - about to wrap my SBE2 black w mossyoak infinity gun wrap

FYI, there’s not a wrap made that I would trust to not let moisture work underneath and start some problems. Krylon is better.

Yep krylon can be touched up also.wraps are for company vehicles not guns guns.lol

Talked to Austin sat Inverness…they charge $300 for full gun. I’ll be taking it to them today or tomorrow…appreciate the heads up about them.

Wow!! Thats awesome

Metal and stocks?

Yeah for both. Pretty solid price comparatively. I would go with you if I were just cerakote but the combo deal plus them being close to the house is hard to beat. Sorry to hijack thread as I’ve been battling the decision for cerakote Vs dip as well.

Are they cerakoting the furniture or doing some other finish?

Getting old school camo there just the metal they are doing the cerakote on.

ANOTHER OPTION

Just to give another option, if you don't mind shipping it. Birdsong T-Coat. Look under the FORMS header for price list.

So I decided to do both… talked to Rob Roberts guy today after shipping my gun there to have a cerakote done to the stock and barrel. Ended up the stock has a glued custom limb saver like butt stock for shoulder protector and they couldn’t cerakote the stock. I ended up having stock dipped then clear coated and the metal cerakoted in a rustic finish

Gun doc has done several for me. Have several others I need to get to him

That's intersting. I've done a number of stocks with glued on recoil pads with no problem. I just tape the pad off - as I'm sure they have to do to dip it as well.

Not trying to be argumentative just don't understand the problem

Birdsong is an excellent coating….just not as hard as Cerakote, but one of the best for internals.

Just dropped mine off with austin at Inverness outdoors…liked them a lot over there. I’ll post a pic when it is all said and done!

Got mine back last weekend… looks awesome couldn’t have been more pleased.. Hope it lasts but I do wish I’d known about Inverness just to be more local. I ended up with cerakote on all the metal and dipped the stock.. don’t know how to post pics

I wish I knew what separated hack job dippers from legit ones. I had my little 20 gauge 870 turkey gun dipped by Baker Hydrographics about 10 years ago. I don’t think you could get that finish off with a grinder. God only knows how much abuse that gun had had and it still looks fantastic. Every job I have had done by other folks has been sheer garbage.

Had a couple cerakoted by Cottonfield Customs in Cherokee county. Does good work and was priced reasonably.

I’d recommend Rob Roberts they just aren’t local and Mark’s didn’t have a good dealing with them…I’d post a pic but don’t know how…

Lol nothing separates them but once you learn to clean wad and powder fouling from your shotgun to get best pattern for ethical kills and you eat the finish off your gun cleaning it properly with solvents you'll know why dipping sux .
And yes cleaning shotguns makes a big difference in patterns.i found out when I started turkey hunting and realized cleaning shotguns was important almost as a rifled gun if you want your gear to be good as possible

Dipping anything besides butt stock and forearm is for rookies...and have no desire to dip anything I own anywhere.its a old fad.