Cerakote Specialists

COVID-19 UPDATE: Thursday, 3/26—CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Hey there Gibbs Gun Nation: Our gunsmith, Jeffrey, is in bed with a fever. No other symptoms, but testing is only available for first responders and hospitalized patients. None of our other staff, including wife Paula, have exhibited any symptoms. However out of an abundance of caution, we will close to protect the health of our customers and community. We will re-open as soon as it is safe to do so following the CDC guidelines.

To facilitate re-opening, we have opened up appointments starting 14 days from the first appearance of Jeffrey's symptoms. If you reserve your time now, we will contact folks starting at the top if we are able to re-open sooner, and get you in as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation at this difficult time. Jeffrey & Paula Gibbs

To set an appointment now, click the button below; give a call or shoot us an email. Out of town folks--we are receiving mail. See Out of Town page.

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From beautiful single colors to five color custom patterns; from complete firearms and optics to golf clubs and shower drains—we put the same care into every piece that is hand coated in our shop. We know you have choices, and we work hard to make GCG your clear choice for Cerakote. Beyond the obvious—high quality and professional standards—each part of our process puts you, the customer, first. Simple "out the door" pricing tells you the total cost at a glance. Upfront turnaround times tell you your timing, even if we wish it was shorter. Our first in, first out policy assures you that you won't be bumped in line by others willing to pay a "rush" fee. We'll work closely with you from start to finish to determine your exact needs, then fill them par excellence.

We're as picky as you are.
Maybe even pickier.

We believe if something's worth doing, it's worth doing right. Every item that goes through Cerakote is carefully prepared to exacting standards, professionally coated and cured, then subjected to a rigorous final inspection before being reassembled or packaged for return. We always use the most conservative preparation and curing techniques, even though it takes longer. Our QC staff check for not only obvious flaws, but color brilliance, even tone, and smooth texture. If it doesn't meet our standards, it goes back to the front of the line and is redone until it does. As many times as it takes. When something leaves our shop, we've gone over every square millimeter, and we love it!

We Cerakote everything.

We Cerakote handguns. We Cerakote long guns, even really long ones. We Cerakote scopes. Yep, silencers too if you can legally own one. Oh, and fishing reels, toilet trip levers, flamethrowers (you read that right) and whatever else mostly fits in the oven.

Unique heat-cured Cerakote scope process.

Scopes normally are Cerakoted (is that a word?) with their air cured formula because the heat level used in curing can damage sensitive scopes. Not anymore, sweet! We have developed a process to use the more durable, heat cured formula without damaging scopes. We developed this process for our work sub-contracting to larger stores, and have used it with some of the finest scopes on the market, including Leupold, Swarovski and Zeiss. They are fully cured and durable, and suffer no ill effects from the process. We were the first to do this, and are the only shop on the continent who has been doing this for years—with ZERO DAMAGE and ZERO RETURNS. Seriously, ever. (Happy dance...)

The fun all started with
"We The People..."

Ok, we were doing basic single color before that. Our friend asked us to do a distressed flag look on his Sig, and we were off to the races. Tiger stripes, Zombie Killers...you name it, we'll make it happen. Below are pics of a few recent projects...check out our gallery for more.