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DO YOU WANT YOUR GUNS… PROTECTED WITH THE TOUGHEST COATINGS ON THE PLANET?

Welcome to DutyKote, the home of the toughest and most heat resistant thin-film firearm and weapon systems color coatings on the planet.  Our coatings are the next generation of extremely tough proprietary blends of Polysilazane and other Polymeric resin-solvents. We offer products and additive options that are not available anywhere else.

Phenomenal reasons to use the DutyKote products

Application/Applicator Benefits
  • Ambient air cure coatings (no oven needed, less space required, less energy use, easy entry into the coating world)
  • Single Component (no mixing, uniform color consistency, less waste)
  • Dry to touch in 30-40 minutes (more free time not spent dealing with ovens, 5 days to full, rock hard cure)
  • Thin film (.75 mils) great coverage rate 9.375/square feet of surface area coverage per ounce.
  • Easy to use, and more options to offer unique specialized performance additives found nowhere else that can be built into Monster Tough, the base color coating.
  • Metal container option allows for storage up to 2 yrs or more
Performance End-User Benefits
  • Toughest, most abrasion resistant coating on the market
  • High heat resistant (1800 degrees F)
  • Unaffected by UV light
  • Safe – NO PFAS chemicals
  • Unique to the market high-value functional additives
  • True American made technology
  • Unique to the market high-value additives
  • If you want the best, we have the best!

Why choose DutyKote coatings

Ease of Use, Increased profitability, & Unique industry options
  • Increased profitability comes in the form of saved time, minimized product waste, lower overhead (no ovens required), space requirement, and energy costs, increased shelf life, the use of Super Primer on multi-coating applications, and a very high coverage rate.
  • Monster Tough is a thin-film, ambient air cure (no oven required), single
    component (leftover can be returned to the container for minimal waste), and dry to touch in roughly 30 minutes (complete cure in five days). These are the most advanced formulas on the market.  After the solvents have flashed off, the coating becomes completely inert and contains no dangerous PFAS forever molecules.
  • The coverage rate for one ounce of Monster Tough applied to the optimum
    thickness (or thinness of around 0.75 mils) is 9.375/square feet of surface area coverage.  An efficient applicator can coat approximately 3 rifles per ounce. According to some of our professional applicators Monster Tough has roughly a 30% or greater coverage rate compared to a similar type of product offered by one of our competitors.
  • Unique to the industry products and enhancement options that no other company can offer, such as Super Prime, Monster Tough with Wet Grip, Monster Tough with True Grip, IR Block for approved vendors, specialty coatings for bladed weapons, and archery parts…

Monster Tough

The BIG STAR is Monster Tough. MONSTER TOUGH is our thin-coat series of ambient air-cure (heat can also be used to accelerate the cure time), single component, and solid tone color coatings. 

This formula is designed to completely replace the need for two component pure heat cure color coatings. They are the toughest, most durable, and completely heat resistant coatings available.

They also are the best options for applicators in terms of ease of use efficiency, high coverage rate, and profitability.

(Can even be used on suppressors).

  • Ambient air cured (no oven needed)
  • DTT (Dry-to-the-Touch) in 30-40 minutes (5 days for full cure)
  • Is a single component (no color variations, and very little waste)
  • Is an extreme, thin-film with a very high coverage rate (at 0.75 mils, 1 ounce covers 9.375 square feet of surface area).

If you want the very best product on the market, Monster Tough is for you.

Monster Tough with Wet Grip

When the operator sweats, if it is raining, or if there is blood on his hands, the anti-slip properties of the formula kick in, giving him or her much better control of the firearm. 

Wet Grip is an additive that we can build into Monster Tough. 

When used, it is invisible and undetectable until a coated surface comes in contact with moisture.  

Monster Tough with True Grip

If texture is desired in the coating, we can build our specially formulated grit called True Grip into the Monster Tough as an additive. The texture increases the operator’s ability to grip the coated surface of their firearm. True Grip can be built into ALL color choices that are offered (not just black) and does not impact the performance of the coating

IR Block additive (available for approved military applicators)

For approved military contractors, we offer IR Block. IR BLOCK is an additive that can be built into Monster Tough that helps to block an infrared signature exposure. 

The IR absorbing materials we utilize are relatively new technologies that gives us an advantage when mixing with other color pigments.

The IR-absorbing materials in the coatings help ‘dump’ infrared radiation into heat energy rather than reflecting it back, providing crucial reduction of heat signatures and IR visibility from critical components. This makes detection by the enemy more difficult.

All objects emit some level of IR radiation, with the amount depending on the object’s temperature. Certain military equipment like aircraft, vehicles, and weapons give off distinctive IR radiation signatures that can be detected by infrared cameras or heat-seeking missiles. To help mask these signatures, our IR-absorbing coatings can be applied to those critical parts.

Super Prime

Super Prime is a nano-ceramic, adhesion-promoting, clear primer that provides 100% cross-link adhesion between coatings. 

It is used to prime (vs. sandblast) color-on-color coatings, such as when creating camo patterns. 

It is very easy to use by either wiping or misting onto the surface to be coated. 

It is a true time saver that not only works for Monster Tough coated guns, but can also be used with coatings from other manufactures.

Cool Barrel™

If your goal is to keep your gun barrels cooler, Cool Barrel™ is the product you want.

The purpose of this thin-film, exterior nano-ceramic coating, is to wick heat out of the metal of a gun barrel at a very rapid pace in order to lower the temperature of the metal.

Heat that is loading into the barrel coming from the ignition & explosion of the gun powder, and the frictional heat coming from the rub of the metal of the bullet traveling through the barrel are the two primary sources of heat.

The physical aspects of the coating grab the heat off from the substrate and expels it out into the surrounding air, which then quickly and naturally dissipates.

The end result is a lower barrel temperature that is less prone to the problems associated with heat overload.

Blade, Cutting Tool, and Archery Coatings

Below are the PREMIER next-generation of advanced nano-ceramic DutyKote coatings that are recommended for use on Knife and Cutting Tool Blades and Handle Grips (knives, swords, hatchets, scissors, lawn mower blades…). 

They are for the purpose of preventing rust and corrosion, reducing, and cutting friction, and extending the sharpness of the blade, all while enhancing the look, feel and grip of the items being coated with the toughest and most durable coatings on the market.

SLICKBLADE™

SLICKBLADE™ is a revolutionary, single component, wipe-on, ambient air cured Nano-Ceramic non-stick coating for the bladed portions of cutlery, weapons and cutting tools, including lawn mower blades. 

It dramatically cuts friction, reduces drag, extends the sharpness life of cutting edges, and stops corrosion. It is safe for use and FDA compliant for contact with food.

SLICKBLADE BASE™

SLICKBLADE BASE™ is a pre-sealer base coat for heat treated or ground blades prior to applying SLICKBLADE.

It is a single component, ambient air cure, easy to apply wipe-on formula that fills and seals micro pores on the blades surface. It is also FDA compliant and safe for use with Food contact surfaces.

GLIDE™

GLIDE is used for the purpose of reducing coefficient of friction or drag, enhancing performance, extending longevity, and can be used with Monster Tough to enhance the look, feel and grip of the items being coated. 

It is a clear nano-ceramic coating that is both extremely slick and hydrophobic. Its low stick quality helps to keep dirt and debris from building up in areas where that can be a problem.  It has multiple applications and beneficial uses on bows, compound bows, arrows. 

GLIDE™ is a long lasting surface protective coating, that is recoatable, may be applied as often as desired to maintain surface slickness and hydrophobic properties, and helps to protect treated surfaces from UV damage and other environmental corrosion problems.

Bow String – it quiets the noise level when arrows are released and can extend the life of the bow string.

Cams – as a topcoat it allows for a slicker string groove having less dirt pick-up- extending string life.  Cam axles can be treated with GLIDE to reduce friction as the cams rotate on them.

Arrow RestsGLIDE can be used on all arrow rest types (containment, drop-away or launch) and will allow for reduced friction as the arrow passes upon release.