Anybody seen a gun wrap in person?

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Hey guys, I have a gen1 Ruger American in the Pacific Northwest. It's a hard use hunting gun and it's pretty much always wet. These things have terrible rust protection. I'm super diligent about wiping it down and blowing it off with compressed air and all that stuff, but no matter what it still rusts a little bit.

Was sitting there thinking about how this cheap rifle really isn't worth getting cerakoted or anything like that when I glanced over at my daughter's camo shotgun. And then I remembered the gun wraps.

Do any of you have experience with them? I'm sure I could install them well. I'm good at that kind of stuff. But I can't really decide if this would be a genius plan or if it is super cheesy. I also wonder how they feel in your hand, especially since it's wet around here all the time. Anyway, the price is right so I'm thinking about it. If I don't do this I probably won't do anything so that's the other option. I've even considered getting out a can of spray paint.

What do you guys think about this?
 
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I think he's talking about vinyl wraps like those from GunSkins. I've used them on firearm accessories, chassis, and tripods but never on the gun itself but they certainly have templates for it. While they'll probably contribute to keeping corrosion at bay to a degree the issue that I see is that they're mainly intended for covering what's visible on the rifle like the barrel, upper half of the action, etc... That still leaves a lot of area to get wet and start to form surface rust.

I would opt for something like the Duracoat Aerosol spray cans, I've used these several times and the price is about the same as a vinyl wrap kit and if you can operate a spray can you can handle this. A lot of people recommend Alumahyde II but Duracoat is dry to the touch in a couple hours and ready to reassemble for use after 24 hours; it's also chemical and corrosion resistant.

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Cool. Ya l was talking about the vinyl gun skins. You can tell the cool kid camo shotguns are wrapped with something and l like those so l was hoping it was kinda like that.
 
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I'm sure some of them probably are but the reason I say that is my daughter 's. Winchester check has a seam along the bottom. It totally looks like it's been wrapped. And it's totally legit. So I was kind of hoping they were one in the same or at least close.
 
#8
Here's the thing...
You've already got corrosion. Put anything over it- before removing it completely by blasting or sanding, you're not solving the problem, and would make it worse by covering with a wrap because it would progress underneath where you won't see it (until you remove the wrap and find a corroded mess).

Cerakoting a stripped barreled action isn't that expensive (I used to charge $85 for a single, stock color). Blasting is the best way to be sure you've got all the corrosion removed, you can sand/scotchbrite if it's not that pervasive and Duracoat for DIY as suggested.
 
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Shouldn't be that expensive to have it cerakoted a single color. Those gun wraps are silly and no where near as durable.

I've seen a couple of them and was less than impressed.
 
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Trigger Monkey said:
I think he's talking about vinyl wraps like those from GunSkins. I've used them on firearm accessories, chassis, and tripods but never on the gun itself but they certainly have templates for it. While they'll probably contribute to keeping corrosion at bay to a degree the issue that I see is that they're mainly intended for covering what's visible on the rifle like the barrel, upper half of the action, etc... That still leaves a lot of area to get wet and start to form surface rust.

I would opt for something like the Duracoat Aerosol spray cans, I've used these several times and the price is about the same as a vinyl wrap kit and if you can operate a spray can you can handle this. A lot of people recommend Alumahyde II but Duracoat is dry to the touch in a couple hours and ready to reassemble for use after 24 hours; it's also chemical and corrosion resistant.

www.brownells.com

LAUER CUSTOM WEAPONRY DURACOAT AEROSOL | Brownells

Check out LAUER CUSTOM WEAPONRY DURACOAT AEROSOL | Brownells available Online at Brownells Today and many more Paint & Finishing products are available in our Tools & Cleaning Department.
www.brownells.com www.brownells.com

This was a Mossberg 590 I did in Combat Gray.

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Nice.
 
#13
TheBigCountry said:
I mean

How much is a can of Kyrlon these days? 6.97 or some shit? Channel your inner Picasso/Bob Ross and have at it.

Plus, as the paint wears, spray it with a different shade and you have a very cool camo pattern base.
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This is what l was going to do before l found the wraps. I know the wrap won't stop the corrosion. But it would help me to not see it and get annoyed every trip lol. So the question is are the wraps better than spray paint?
 
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snowplow said:
I'm sure some of them probably are but the reason I say that is my daughter 's. Winchester check has a seam along the bottom. It totally looks like it's been wrapped. And it's totally legit. So I was kind of hoping they were one in the same or at least close.
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Seam is where the film "tears" and the two edges meet as it wraps around a piece (go to 5:58 to see seam):
 
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Hydro dip only adds protection because you spray a clear coat over it. Which you could do without the dip honestly.

One thing I keep wondering about is the wipe on "ceramic coatings" they sell for automobiles. Wondering if they would protect a firearm (without being too awful looking), assuming they actually protect automobile paint.

As far as gun modifications go, I tend to preach "Don't spend $200 to turn a $500 gun into a $275 gun".
The numbers aren't relevant, you get the idea. If you're going to kill its resale value, you might as well spend $10 on paint (or $30-60 on "expensive paint").
 
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I used krylon on my Gen2 American and an AR that see frequent UTV duty around the homestead. Works fine. Krylon works better than AlumaHyde in my experience.
 
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If the goal is to hide the rust without doing anything to solve the rust problem, I would go with the most inexpensive route possible.
 
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Steel+Killer said:
Not trying to be snooty, but we are talking about a Gen 1 Ruger American rifle here that new was what $300ish? Throw some Krylon on that thing and don't think about it.....IMO
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Nothing snooty recomending paint on any cost piece. Everything from my DTA's to my duck Benellis and March's to shit scopes are painted with Alumahyde and Krylon. It works and when it does wear after lots of use it's an easy fix. We tried having a couple shotguns professionally dipped....lasted one season in the swamp and went back to paint.
 
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snowplow said:
I'm sure some of them probably are but the reason I say that is my daughter 's. Winchester check has a seam along the bottom. It totally looks like it's been wrapped. And it's totally legit. So I was kind of hoping they were one in the same or at least close.
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It's a hydro dip. You can't do it yourself even if you think you can.
 
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