Anyone done a high gloss cerakote?

[Bryan]

I have seen a couple of small items done in black with a high gloss clear coat that looked pretty good. My question is has anyone seen that kind of thing in person?

 

[REDX]

you don't have to have a clear to make a high gloss, just change the mix ratio

 

[ReservoirDawg10]

More hardener/catalyst = more gloss. All comes down to personal taste on whether or not you like it.

 

[Bryan]

 

[Fatal_Bert]

Adding more catalyst will give it a higher gloss but probably not that real deep gloss like it looks like you're wanting. Cerakote does make a clear but I've yet to experiment with it.

 

[Bryan]

Yes I am looking for the depth that clear coat give like in a fine table top or custom car paint job.

 

[Fatal_Bert]

This thread had me curious how glossy you could get Cerakote without Clear. So today at the shop I took some H-Series Gloss Black and mixed it with the catalyst 12:1 (the highest recommend ratio). Turned out pretty cool, but definitely not that deep look you're only gonna get with a clear coat.

 

[Realstudent368]

Doesn't look black in the picture...

 

[Bear44]

This thread had me curious how glossy you could get Cerakote without Clear. So today at the shop I took some H-Series Gloss Black and mixed it with the catalyst 12:1 (the highest recommend ratio). Turned out pretty cool, but definitely not that deep look you're only gonna get with a clear coat.
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That looks really good.

 

[ReservoirDawg10]

This thread had me curious how glossy you could get Cerakote without Clear. So today at the shop I took some H-Series Gloss Black and mixed it with the catalyst 12:1 (the highest recommend ratio). Turned out pretty cool, but definitely not that deep look you're only gonna get with a clear coat.
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Ok. That's pretty awesome. I'll have some custom tools on my next go around.