Cerakote Specialist
What our customers say
I recently had parts from my son's race bike Cerakoted by Riccardi Classics. I am very impressed with the Cerakote product and the service provided by Richard.
Firstly, he took time to discuss our requirements with us and find out what we wanted to achieve with Cerakote. The items were then coated with great skill to an excellent standard with terrific attention to detail.
Richard kept in touch throughout and went out of his way to ensure we could have the items back on the day we needed them. I will certainly use Riccardo Classics and Cerakote again.
Rose Wilson
My first contact with Cerakote came as a result of talking to Richard about a suitable product to provide a matte finish for my military Harley Davidson. Richard suggested Cerakote as we could achieve a full matte finish but with an extremely thin film to allow threads to remain coated with product but operate as intended, and retain other detail. Since then Riccardi has refinished a complete military motorcycle in Cerakote. Riccardi has also refinished many air-cooled cylinders in heat resistant black Cerakote for me and refinished piston crowns and combustion chambers in a heat reflective coating.
Riccardi’s knowledge of Cerakote is second-to-none and I feel I have been well advised regarding all my projects. I would thoroughly recommend Riccardi for all specialist coatings work.
Steve Smith - HM Racing
Richard was recommended by a friend as I was looking for a durable high quality finish for a LR series restoration. After taking to Richard he suggested Cerakote (I had never heard of it!). I am always a little sceptical about new 'game changing' products but I decided to trust Richard, and quite honestly the results are fantastic. The paint is incredible, it takes so much punishment and still looks like brand-new. I highly recommend, Richard and Cerakote.
Nick R
After a tough season it was time for an engine rebuild and I wanted something harder wearing for my YZF 250 engine casings. Spoke to Richard at Riccardi and I decided to use Cerakote. 10 months later still as good as new, at the end of this season I'm going to get Richard to paint the frame and suspension. Really nice guy to deal with. Thoroughly recommend five stars.
Steven J
We were faced with the challenge of trying to keep our Aston Martin DB6, and Jaguar MKII cool for the 2022 La Carrera Pan Americana in Mexico. Both cars are producing substantially more power than the cooling systems could handle and although we upgraded absolutely everything, we still had heat issues. After some research we decided to use Cerakote on the exhaust manifold and systems. We also used Cerakote on the aluminium radiators, and on the Jaguar we decided to Cerakote the pistons and combustion chambers. It's been so effective that you can now quite easily burn your hand on the exhaust gases, something that wasn't a worry before. The product is genuinely amazing and Richard is such a knowledgeable guy to deal with I can't recommend highly enough.
Fraser S - Apparently Racing
Great job with the engine covers and cases for my 172. Cerakote not worried by temperature, oils, weather or spilt fluids. Great Job thank you.
Malcom J
Thanks for your help, advice and your "magic paint". Very pleased with the results.
Dave C