Revamp 40's Style Gillette Cerakote

Aloha, so I found some free time and thought I’d share this revamp on a Gillette 40’s Style (X4) Super Speed.

This 40’s style was in need of some love and ended up not being a good candidate for plating, . Although it was fine as a user grade razor, (I’m sure we all have a few sitting around collecting dust) a decision was made to Cerakote.

Looks great!

Great job! It looks flawless. Very cool.

I like it! A lot...

looks bloody cool

Very nice looking. Could you explain how it works? Is it some kind of rattle can paint? Did you strip the nickel plating or just cleaned the surface and painted it?

thanks

Adam

That's cool. Well done.

I want one... How does it shaves?

Looks GREAT!

Very cool

romsitsa said:

Very nice looking. Could you explain how it works? Is it some kind of rattle can paint? Did you strip the nickel plating or just cleaned the surface and painted it?

thanks

Adam

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I have used Gunkote, a very similar product, on some of my razors. Bake on gun coatings require a pristine clean surface with some roughness. Normal method is to sandblast the old coating/plating off.

And yes you can get some of the gun coatings in a rattle can, but an air brush works much better. Multiple THIN coats is the key to a good looking finish.

North-Shore said:

Aloha, so I found some free time and thought I’d share this revamp on a Gillette 40’s Style (X4) Super Speed.

This 40’s style was in need of some love and ended up not being a good candidate for plating, . Although it was fine as a user grade razor, (I’m sure we all have a few sitting around collecting dust) a decision was made to Cerakote.

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Nice job!

Claudel Xerxes said:

Great job! It looks flawless. Very cool.

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Yes Sir, she is!

romsitsa said:

Very nice looking. Could you explain how it works? Is it some kind of rattle can paint? Did you strip the nickel plating or just cleaned the surface and painted it?



thanks

Adam

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In a nutshell. This is what I use, Cerakote H Series, a two part A/B (epoxy, ceramic) oven cured ceramic coating (not a paint but million small ceramic particles) that is applied with a small tip HVLP touch-up gun or airbrush applied in microns=1 mil. Application requires the parts be blasted with 100-120 mesh grit AO. You can check out (NIC) Cerakote website for more technical info. It's a great way to restore or customize an item (such as a razor.)

dcoulombe said:

I want one... How does it shaves?

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The 40’s headed back to Montana but repro’s available.

I own 3 razors that are coated with the H Series and use them in my rotation, one of them is pushing two years and looks as good as the day it was done, and shave's wonderfully… People often say that the razor shaves, feels better after being coated.

Finished assembling the younger brother this morning (color Sniper Gray)




(Color Sniper Gray)


(Color Graphite Black and Zombie Green)
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Thank you all for the kind words.

Nice !

Thank you all for the details. The zombie green one is an eye catcher for sure.

Adam