You clearly did not try googling "Cerakote for sale or Buy Cerakote" "How to Cerakote at Home" and on and on. Not a difficult thing to do since you found your way to this forum and posted. I think you will get faster results using google. This site is fantastic for things not easily googled! You can even see people on youtube walking you through the process. You can also go directly to Cerakotes web site. It took a while for Cerakote to catch on in the beginning it was sold directly to individuals long before it caught on with professionals. Almost all coating even if they require heat to cure have a preferred heat an time hold and modifications that allow one to use lower heat for longer hold times to accommodate materials that are heat sensitive. For instance most powder coating call for levels of heat that will cause a trumpet to fall apart because the solder flows at the recommended curing temp. So you still need to put the same energy total into the finish to cure it so you use a lower temp for long total time so that the total input energy is the same but over a longer time so the trumpet does not fall apart in the oven! So almost all coating have a sweet spot and lot's of possible modifications to that process that will still produce a fantastic result. This is not specific to Cerakote either it is surface coating in general especialy ones though that have some form of catalyst for proper curing.Ultimately if you have questions the company supplying the coating should be asked directly. Hope this helps!First off, I am hopeful that I don't get banned for being "off topic", so if I do then everyone can have a nice life....cerakote is used on a lot of gun finishes, so maybe I am not too terribly out of line and here's my question: can anyone buy it or do you really have to do something special to be able to use the stuff??? I have heard that you have to go to their "school" to learn how to use it {mix in hardener, spray it on and throw the part in an oven??} and so you can purchase the stuff from a dealer. Don't get me wrong, I am not against going to school for anything, as long as it's really necessary and not just a jack for more money.
I like cerakote, it does what it is supposed to, but I just don't know about paying money to "join a club" so I can buy it, if that is true. Can someone please give me the straight scoop on cerakote??? Thanks in advance and any information is greatly appreciated.