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Can anyone with first hand experience recommend a reliable vendor....no internet hearsay please....any do's and don'ts would appreciated too...

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A few to choose from here on this site. Eddie Fousnough is the first that comes to my mind. However, I have all mine done by a local guy. He is awesome with the chit....:

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Eddie Fosnaugh has done 2 for me. Great guy to work with and does excellent work.

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Thanks guys.....BSA.....what color is the metal on your rifle....

Any contact info for Eddie....

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PM inbound of a top notch guy in Idaho.


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Eddie Fosnaugh is great.

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Originally Posted by FieldGrade
Thanks guys.....BSA.....what color is the metal on your rifle....

Any contact info for Eddie....


The color is midnight blue. Look up Fosnough customs and you'll find his website..


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I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style.
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Use the NIC certified Cerakote applicator tool to find a good local applicator. https://www.cerakoteguncoatings.com/resource/locator/?


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You might consider powder coating. Wears like iron. The ceracoat guns I've had scratch and show bare metal through the coating. I have not been impressed. JMHO.


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The cerakoting I've had done doesn't show any wear of any kind. You must have been fu cked by your smith or who ever applied it.


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You are in Idaho, use Karl. Don't worry about him not being "certified" that doesn't mean [bleep], he's as good as they come. Some of the worst jobs I have ever seen come from people who took the certification class.

If you don't want to keep it there in your state, I would be happy to help out.


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Originally Posted by eddief
You are in Idaho, use Karl. Don't worry about him not being "certified" that doesn't mean [bleep], he's as good as they come. Some of the worst jobs I have ever seen come from people who took the certification class.

If you don't want to keep it there in your state, I would be happy to help out.



This post says a lot about the integrity of Eddie F. ^^^^^ I don't believe my guy that does cerakoting for me is "certified" either, but his work is second to none in this area. It hasn't fallen off or scratched yet. He also stands behind his jobs. He told me if anything ever happens to it, bring it back to him. He's actually had to touch up my custom pre 64 338 win mag after I re-welded and re-contoured the tang of the rifle. Long story, but some idiot ground off the back end of the tang and I restored it back to factory contour wink. No one would know, unless I told them:

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I went Black Ice coating out of Utah, but Birdsong also does a very nice coating. Not cerrakote, but very nice coatings from both.

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Hey Eddie.

You seem to take issue with whenever I recommend using the NIC, "find an applicator" tool. Why is that?

To universally recommend avoiding formally educated applicators who have invested in their business by becoming Certified is an insult to NIC and the thousands of Certified applicators that take the business seriously. Getting Certified gains any applicator knowledge that can only be learned from the maker of the product from objective laboratory testing and from the feedback from tens of thousands of applications without having to subject customers to these pitfalls while the applicator gains experience and feedback. That in depth knowledge is absent from someone that is not certified. Without objective laboratory testing even “experienced applicators” mistakes could go unnoticed and brushed off as a shortcoming of Cerakote.

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Shawn, I'm not Eddie, but here's my take on it, based on 27 years in an industry that has "certification"
Anybody can sleep thru an online class and fumble their way thru a passing grade on a test to get certified. It's a big ego boost to hang a tag on their front door or toolbox that they're certified, and an expert, but it doesn't mean they know chit, or have the skill to pull off an excellent job. I know that isn't always the case for everybody, I've just seen it enough to not put a whole lot of stock in it.


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Originally Posted by HiredGun
Hey Eddie.

You seem to take issue with whenever I recommend using the NIC, "find an applicator" tool. Why is that?

To universally recommend avoiding formally educated applicators who have invested in their business by becoming Certified is an insult to NIC and the thousands of Certified applicators that take the business seriously. Getting Certified gains any applicator knowledge that can only be learned from the maker of the product from objective laboratory testing and from the feedback from tens of thousands of applications without having to subject customers to these pitfalls while the applicator gains experience and feedback. That in depth knowledge is absent from someone that is not certified. Without objective laboratory testing even “experienced applicators” mistakes could go unnoticed and brushed off as a shortcoming of Cerakote.

Shawn



That's probably what happened to fireball2's rifle that the cerakote scratched off. He didn't happen to send his rifle to you, did he?


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I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style.
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Originally Posted by HiredGun
Hey Eddie.

You seem to take issue with whenever I recommend using the NIC, "find an applicator" tool. Why is that?

To universally recommend avoiding formally educated applicators who have invested in their business by becoming Certified is an insult to NIC and the thousands of Certified applicators that take the business seriously. Getting Certified gains any applicator knowledge that can only be learned from the maker of the product from objective laboratory testing and from the feedback from tens of thousands of applications without having to subject customers to these pitfalls while the applicator gains experience and feedback. That in depth knowledge is absent from someone that is not certified. Without objective laboratory testing even “experienced applicators” mistakes could go unnoticed and brushed off as a shortcoming of Cerakote.

Shawn


Shawn,

I'm sorry, I don't believe I have ever "universally recommended avoiding formally educated applicators." In fact I know I haven't. So do yourself a favor and don't put words in my mouth. My relationship with NIC is stellar and their company is as good as they come. To imply that a applicator that is not Certified doesn't take the business serious is laughable at best. I go through multiple gallons of cerakote every month and on more than one occasion in the past, they have contacted me on how I was doing some things that they couldn't. They also helped me out at times when I started out.

I have also repaired a few really botched up jobs from a couple different coaters (who I will not mention) that were Certified. I was concerned and notified my contacts at NIC about it. Guess what they said? We train how to properly prep and apply the coating to the substrate(s), after they leave here it's up to them. Sounds spot on to me.

However, I think taking the class is great if you have no experience. It's great for advertisement also, but if you do crappy work it won't matter, because you wont last very long.

I will go on record here and say I personally know good certified applicators too. Hopefully you feel better know.

I do pay to advertise on here too.

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Good post Eddie and spot on!

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