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Posted: 10/27/2009 3:05:04 PM EDT
| Does that make sense? The outside of my recievers seem to be drying out, and turning light, or white. Again, does this make sense to anyone? I've tried to put a thin layer of oil on the outside of the receivers, but that seems to make it worse. Help... |
I had my rifle coated with TR Gunkote. I had them do a specific color of black (very small amount of gloss added) because I loved how my rifle looked when it had fresh oil on it and for a day or two after but did not want a high gloss like the HK enamel finish. I wanted it to look like that all the time and to even out the various black/grey/purple anodisation colors on my rifle's rail, upper, lower, charging handle, and trigger guard. Now I never have to worry about rubbing oil on my receiver, mismatched upper/lower or that purple Magpul trigger guard I had. Its not a cheap solution but it will work on any metal AR parts and when touched up every year or two you rifle stays looking like new.
When I had my black Corvette I washed it EVERY day. It may not make a difference in perfrmance and people around here might give you a hard time fopr caring so much about how your gun looks but Id look into buying a home kit for Norrells or other moly based spray so you can coat your own for less and do annual touch ups. Throughout the year I use Aluminum Black on nicks and scratches. Having a nice looking ifle is part of the pride of ownership. Your rifle may just be a tool but I like my tools to look nice. 
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I don't oil anything on my rifle except the bcg. I shoot in a sand pit and when the wind blows man your weapons get gritty. I like mine to look dry that means nothing can stick to it. Yup same here...I also put oil on the charging handle, hammer/trigger springs and take down pins. That's it. |
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This is one reason I buy nothing but MEGA uppers and lowers. They have a very nice, permanent teflon-type coating applied. Not slippery, but very black.
That said, I've got a spare BM upper & lower that does the ashy/oil thing and I'm going to buy some Lauer Weaponry Duracoat and paint the set. I've heard great things about their coatings and they got like 80 different colors to choose from. |
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I had a couple of LMT receivers that looked something like that. I found CLP was only a temporary solution. No matter how much CLP I used, a couple of days to a week later they would go back to the dried out greyish\white look. RemOil out of the spray can was the solution in my case. I sprayed the part down heavily with the Rem Oil, let it sit for an hour or so and then wiped off the excess. They never turned gray again. |
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This is one reason I buy nothing but MEGA uppers and lowers. They have a very nice, permanent teflon-type coating applied. Not slippery, but very black. It's slippery if you decide to refinish it, say if you wanted a FDE rifle. I have a crap load of teflon lowers I would love to trade for straight anodized. FTF in state, of course. |
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