Cerakote on a Sig SP2022 SS Guide Rod

ironjohn929

I have a Sig SP2022 in .40, and as many of you know, it comes with a poly guide rod. While the poly guide rod hasn't seemed to be an issue among owners, I'd really like to have a stainless steel one for my gun.

The problem I'm having is the only one's I can find are polished stainless, which wouldn't really match the all-black look of my gun. Thus, I am considering having it cerakoted by a friend of mine who will do it for free. Do any of you see any problems with doing this?

charliemeyer007

Coating(s) take up space. I'd bet the paint will strip off quickly. Magic marker the tip black, the stainless showing during recoil isn't an issue.

rufe-snow

Cerekote is just euphemism used for a proprietary painting process, as far as I know?

Not likely the friction wear points on the rod are going to retain the paint where the spring and front of slide contact the rod. If it's used for CCW I wouldn't take the chance of fouling the innards. By increasing the diameter of the guide rod by painting it, or having paint residue potentially flake off internally.

Years ago there were specialized commercial platers who "Black Chromed" stainless steel. That would be the way to go, IMHO.

gunnut505

You could try roughing up the surface of the rod, and then let it sit in a jar of mild acid (like vinegar), until it achieves the look you seek.
Not guaranteeing anything, but this method is the least risky to the function.

rufe-snow

"Tier One Operators" = Mall Ninjas" [:D]


Things might have changed since I was in the service? Back them stuff had to be uniform. I sure as heck would have got a Article 15. If I got a wild hair up you know where, and decided to paint my Grand.



EDIT #1,

I might indeed be wrong in my assessment of this "Special Operations, Tier One Operators", business. I based my opinions on way back when, I toted a gun for Uncle Sam. Optional paint jobs, were frowned upon back then. Because of this I always assumed these were just buzzwords like "Tactical". Slapped on all manner of things. To get the deluded gunshow commandos to buy them.

beantownshootah

quote:Originally posted by ironjohn929
I have a Sig SP2022 in .40, and as many of you know, it comes with a poly guide rod. While the poly guide rod hasn't seemed to be an issue among owners, I'd really like to have a stainless steel one for my gun.

The problem I'm having is the only one's I can find are polished stainless, which wouldn't really match the all-black look of my gun. Thus, I am considering having it cerakoted by a friend of mine who will do it for free. Do any of you see any problems with doing this?

To actually answer the question, no.

Cerakote is a proprietary ceramic/epoxy based coating, and its fairly durable.

For this particular application, I don't think adding a TINY amount of thickness to the guide rod is going to affect function of the gun. At worst, what will happen is the INSIDE part of the coating that rubs on the frame will wear out quickly.

But since you're just doing this for COSMETIC reasons it won't matter. The FRONT part of the guide rod (ie the only part you see with the gun closed) won't be subject to wear and the coating should be retained there.