Atlas BT46-LW17 bipod: FDE Cerakote Job

[farmer_giles]

Finally got around to cerakoting the bipod. Taking it apart was... interesting. 

1. Disassembled
2. Degreased for 24h
3. Sand-blasted with 100grit
4. Degreased again
5. Cerakoted in FDE
6. Re-assembled with correct tension in the belville stack and leg joints, plus the thread lock

Not done the QR yet and it's more matt than the picture suggests.

There were quite a lot of little bits in this job but I'm happy with the end result. 

[Dellboy]

air dry or baked ?

 

[farmer_giles]

air dried - no oven yet - finish seems extremely durable

[aam]

That's wonderful work. Looks great. 

[English Rifleman]

On 12/3/2023 at 3:20 PM, farmer_giles said:

air dried - no oven yet - finish seems extremely durable

If you do it when the wifes out.

There is normally a Cerakote oven in the Kitchen. 👍

[farmer_giles]

lol yes I did think about putting it in the kitchen oven but with the C series putting it in the oven is not recommended. I was also anxious that it might not be ideal having gone through all that degreasing to put it in the (not exactly pristine) kitchen oven