Parkerizing Aluminum reciever?

[dusty78]

hello, i have a Winchester 1300 that i would like Parkerized but it has an aluminum alloy reciever, can this be done? there gotta to be a way to phospate coat it seeing as how AR recievers are aluminum. if anyone can help me it it would be great, thanks

 

[4v50 Gary]

I'm not sure you can parkerize aluminum. They're generally anodized.

 

[Fill]

Phosphoric acid eats Al, can't parkerize it. It can be anodized or Duracoated....

 

[simmonsguns]

park

The dark flat gray gun-kote matches parkerising, we charge $175.00 for a complete gun coating, check around for lower prices though.
I coated my M1 in the gray to see how it looked, it passed the Garand guys inspection.

 

[dusty78]

ok thanks guys, let me figure out what i want to do. thanks

 

[MAX100]

Take a look at my new thread on the Ceramic base paint. If you are good at do it yourself projects it will be the way to go.


GC

 

[Bruce H.]

Parkerizing is what it done to AR-15's. AR receivers are an aluminum alloy. The good ones are forged, the cheaper ones are cast. Parkerizing is done using a manganese phosphate solution.

 

[rcmodel]

Parkerizing is what it done to AR-15's.

AR receivers & lowers are not Parkerized.
You can't Parkerize aluminum.

AR barrels & bolts and other steel parts are Parkerized.

AR aluminum parts such as the upper & lower, and any other aluminum firearm part are Color Anodized.
The AR is Anodized over a bead-blast surface to make it slightly rough and hide surface imperfections.


rcmodel

 

[Bruce H.]

Thank you RC Model. I stand corrected. I should have done some research before I shot my mouth off. Sorry for incorrect information.