Which is most durable coating Camo dip or Moly Resin?

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yoteblaster

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I am trying to decide which one to go with but I need to know which one will hold up the longest. Also does anyone know if the camo dipping has different thickness options or are they all they same?
 
My 870 is what I would assume to be a camo dip from the factory. The receiver started to peel off this fall and it was new this last summer. Not much for options once the coating starts to come off. On the other hand, I refinished a Ruger MKII handgun a couple years ago with Moly Resin and it has held up great. I also just applied Moly Resin to my Springfield 1911. It's my carry weapon and so far it's held up great to. Nice thing about Moly Resin is you can always touch it up later...
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I have been beating the snot out of my factory dipped Benelli SBE for the last few years. Snow, dirt, sand, submerged in saltwater, you name it...the finish had stood up real well.
I give it a warm water wipedown and dry off after each hunt.

I do the same with my Norrel's black moly'ed Dtechs...
 
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If it is for protection first & foremost, you may want to look into the baked on type finishes.

I don't know if all camo dipping services are created equal, but the Benelli factory dip job has survived a beating so far.
The Norrel's moly on my ARs has stood up just as well but is not subjected to any salt water. And the black color doesn't do much for camouflage. Some camo form wrap takes care of the camo dept. though...

There are lots of options for coating other than Norrel's.
Durakote, Cerakote & Birdsong's T finish come to mind...
And camo dipping services seem to pop up the more one looks.

Maybe some other members can chime in to help you more.

For reference, my next upper will be finished in Norrel's BLACK...again.
 
My thoughts

Camo dipping has a polyurethane sprayed over the parts after there dipped. The camo hides a lot of nicks and scratches. I have three guns that are dipped all look new.

Duracaot I painted my ar with this. Some of it held up real well very tough and parts of it didn't.

Norells Moly I am now painting this same AR with Norells Moly. Part of the reason is this is baked on...faster drying time and was not totally happy with Duracoat.

The stock and my free float tube on my Ar are camo dipped.

The better your prep work the better Duracoat and Norells Moly will hold up.

I have all so used Brownell's Aluma Hyde witch I think is great stuff. It has been on an Rem 870 for three or four years and still looks great.
 
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