Posted: 6/21/2016 1:33:28 PM EDT
| I just got back from my LGS picking up my full grey 19, and they were telling me they just got word that there is going to be an OEM multicam Glock. Has anyone else heard about this? |
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Very few guns ive seen done in Multicam turn out well, and I like the pattern. It must be getting very popular for Glock to be coming out with a "factory" version, curious to see how it turns out.
Funny how there are practical guns that people will buy the crap out of, that Glock has no interest in making. Yet they can offer a multicam gun? 
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If they want it to actually look like true Multicam, they would be wise to Hydo Dip it Quoted:
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I doubt it will be OEM. More likely distributor level cerakote HydroGraphic. If they want it to actually look like true Multicam, they would be wise to Hydo Dip it I have to disagree. For small runs of firearms, hydro dipping may be okay, but MC is difficult to hydro dip and have it turn out well. I believe that large lots of MC hydro dipped guns will turn out poorly unless the applicator is paid well for the application. I doubt the distributor will settle for anything but a cut rate price, resulting in a disappointing product. When I had forward serrations milled into my OD G19 slide, I had a hook-up on hydro dipping so I chose to get the slide dipped with a MC pattern. Looking back on it now, I think I would have preferred to have it cerakoted by someone who knew what they were doing with the MC pattern. At the time, the film wouldn't take to a cerakote base because the finish wasn't rough enough, so the applicators were using duracoat for a base. I'm not sure if this is still a problem or not because I haven't kept up with hydro dipping technology. I'm not a big fan of duracoat finishes though. The base coat influences how light or dark the pattern is after the ink is transferred from the film. Parts of the pattern don't look right with light base coats, and vice versa. It would be better to spray the finish into a pattern so the colors are mixed to their correct shade than to rely on a single base coat to determine the final product. As well, hydro dipping is difficult to apply to surfaces with texturing (like grips) or to maintain pattern integrity when trying to coat multiple sides of a product. If it isn't done correctly, you end up with awful seams, stretching of the pattern, or areas like inside the texturing where none of the pattern is transferred and the base coat shows through. Also, the pattern needs a clear coat finish to maintain the integrity as the gun wears. Duracoat clear coat chips pretty easy. If they cerakote MC, they'll shoot each piece probably 5 times. It would be easy to hang prepped parts and shoot each color in an assembly line fashion. If they hydrodip MC, they'll still have to hang and then shoot each piece 2 times in addition to setting up the parts in a frame to roll in an application tank. If they screw up a part (and it happens often for even experienced applicators), they have to strip it and shoot a new base before they can frame it back up and roll it again. It may be easier to just shoot cerakote patterns on large lots of parts if you're an experienced applicator and you have an established process worked out. I'm considering having my slide stripped and cerakoted at some point. It isn't a priority right now, but I know I won't be hydro dipping it again when it gets refinished. 
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