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    Default Re: Sending out compleated 80% AR Lower to be Anodized

    Oh crap. Never mind. Lol
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    Default Re: Sending out compleated 80% AR Lower to be Anodized

    Quote Originally Posted by Gunsnwater View Post
    Any work done on an 80 makes it not an 80. From the first home cut it is now under ffl rules. Ianal. This is what has been explained to me by lawyers in law classes, subject to my lay understanding.

    Lots of YouTube videos on anodizing. Not hard compared to turning an 80 into a built lower. Just all sciencey and unknown like building an upper until you do it.

    Hard anodizing is just a thicker layer. Anodizing is self limiting as it doesn't conduct.
    Type3 hardcoat is twice or more thick than type2 and requires different procedures. https://www.caswellplating.com/anodi...ng-system.html

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    Default Re: Sending out compleated 80% AR Lower to be Anodized

    Quote Originally Posted by Gunsnwater View Post
    Any work done on an 80 makes it not an 80. From the first home cut it is now under ffl rules. Ianal. This is what has been explained to me by lawyers in law classes, subject to my lay understanding.

    Lots of YouTube videos on anodizing. Not hard compared to turning an 80 into a built lower. Just all sciencey and unknown like building an upper until you do it.

    Hard anodizing is just a thicker layer. Anodizing is self limiting as it doesn't conduct.
    Hard-coat anodizing has extremely fine aluminum oxide powder (pulverized grinding wheel material) in the solution. IIRC , The particles take a charge and 'arc' themselves to the base metal. Makes for a Rockwell 70c hard skin. A high-speed toolbit is 65c. I've done parts and they would spark when a toolbit or drill would
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    Default Re: Sending out compleated 80% AR Lower to be Anodized

    What about powdercoating a finished lower? Would that clog up the threads?
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    Default Re: Sending out compleated 80% AR Lower to be Anodized

    Powder coating is too thick could cause a lot of issues.
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    Default Re: Sending out compleated 80% AR Lower to be Anodized

    This is what Imma going to do:


    "It seems that the Constitution is more or less guidelines than actual rules"
    My feedback: http://forum.pafoa.org/showthread.php?t=305685

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    Default Re: Sending out compleated 80% AR Lower to be Anodized

    Quote Originally Posted by ExFlyinguy View Post
    This is what Imma going to do:
    I have to assume that the spray on coat is not going to be as durable as professional anodizing.
    And that most duracoating in the wild has been done over a anodized surface.
    So my question is what kind of strengthening can be expected from this coating when done to a non-anodized receiver interior?
    Specifically as it relates to the stress points below the pin.
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    Default Re: Sending out compleated 80% AR Lower to be Anodized

    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Ahearn View Post
    Powder coating is too thick could cause a lot of issues.
    That's what I thought.

    One step I did not consider in my first 80% build was treating the milled-out portion.

    Bluing might be another option, right?

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    Default Re: Sending out compleated 80% AR Lower to be Anodized

    Quote Originally Posted by alpacaheat View Post
    That's what I thought.

    One step I did not consider in my first 80% build was treating the milled-out portion.

    Bluing might be another option, right?

    DIY - https://www.duracoatfirearmfinishes....nt=33527890121
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    Just found these things searching for coating options. I don't have first had experience.
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    Default Re: Sending out compleated 80% AR Lower to be Anodized

    Quote Originally Posted by Berncly View Post
    I have to assume that the spray on coat is not going to be as durable as professional anodizing.
    And that most duracoating in the wild has been done over a anodized surface.
    So my question is what kind of strengthening can be expected from this coating when done to a non-anodized receiver interior?
    Specifically as it relates to the stress points below the pin.
    The gent in the video that I posted earlier did in fact have a RAW lower(no anodizing). I'm in the camp that believes anodizing does not strengthen the lower.

    Here is his follow up video 2 years later.
    "It seems that the Constitution is more or less guidelines than actual rules"
    My feedback: http://forum.pafoa.org/showthread.php?t=305685

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