Cermark 6000 vs 6060? vs ?

[Mike Audleman]

Cerakote-- your laser will simply remove Cerakote- might take a couple of passes and some tight resolution settings, but it will do it.

This is a Cerakoted Micarta grip from a Kimber 1911 I test engraved 2 days ago- this was one pass at 30 speed 100% (40w) on my LS900 at 500 lines per inch. you can see that about half the Cerakote was removed in that one pass....
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-- at say 18 speed (my Cermark speed) and say 800 lines, the Cerakote would likely be gone in one pass-- and especially so with more power than I have...

What this is to say is, if you put white pearl or any other Cermark directly on Cerakote, you'll probably get a less than stellar results.
But if you run a couple of passes first to remove the Cerakote, then the Ceramark may have a chance to work...

Won't removing the cerakote expose the metal and allow rust to form on the unprotected metal?

[John Lifer]

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I see someone else likes to use cheap brass! LMM14 BTW. Works pretty well.


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But I like the fiber too! Dark Burn and light mark. Dark is way darker than the picture.Darker than the Ceramark above.

Mike, I guess it would depend on the design and your customer as to removing the cerakote.
I just did this to my carry and it is cut into the tenifer finish on the gun. I'm not worried about it rusting.
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[Mike Audleman]

That piece of brass was one of my calibration reference rounds for reloading. Thats why its marked with the bullet manufacturer and the COAL. I keep a tray of reference rounds for each caliber. Makes resetting the dies on the progressive very quick as I can quickly go to within a couple thousandths of the COAL I want for the seat die by screwing it down until it meets the reference round (which has no powder or primer if anyone thought I was dumb enough to laser a live round) and then a couple handle pulls while making final adjustments and I am good to run. Saves a lot of time switching from my IDPA load to target load, etc.

I also use it in my COAL gauge. I place it in my gauge and zero it. Then as I run a lot, I can pull samples and quickly see how far up or down from my reference round I am and verify I am still spot on. I know its rather anal for handgun rounds. The habit formed (constant checking) from loading rounds for my 30-06 and my 300WM Barrett for quarter-mile and out distances, half a thousandth could make a difference in POI.