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I’m going to paint a DIY silencer this weekend and am using Rustoleum High Heat (2000°) primer. The curing process says bake at 250° for 30min, let cool for 30min, bake at 400° for 30, cool for 30 and then bake at 600° for 30.
I’m not concerned about getting those exact temps, so I was going to use my gas grill on low/med/high. I have a barrel with the proper threads on it that I was going to use as my “holder” while painting, and wondered if I could also use it while baking...instead of coming up with something to use to hang the silencer inside the grill.
The reality is I may never use the barrel again (it’s a 16” AR57 barrel), but am I going to do any damage to it by heating it to those temps? Especially if only part of the barrel is going to be inside the grill?
...would a safer idea be to just do the first two steps and not worry about the highest heat? I can always retouch the paint if it bothers me, but it’ll also be tucked inside the rail of its dedicated host, so I’m not expecting much damage from handling.