Just finished this up the other day. Standard technique, alcohol prep, sponge the color, double layer of matte clear coat.
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Spray Painting Rifles
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I used the same sponge method as the OP and basically did stripe sections of army green and khaki Krylon, then came back and did a second layer of green on the khaki and khaki on green. Made sure not do do too much so the black showed though giving a kind of worn look.
There's a lot of great ideas in this thread. Thanks for posting guys. Here's my HS Savage stock i did a couple months ago.
I used Krylon Fusion Matte clear on top and I also use Kylon fusion for a base coat.
Rustoleum matte
. The Krylon did add some yellowing over time on some of my lighter attempts.
. The Krylon did add some yellowing over time on some of my lighter attempts.
Rustoleum matte
Did you use the Rust-Oleum matte clear enamel or the Rust-Oleum general purpose matte clear? Would either work?
Is that a Hogue "OverMolded" stock? With sort of a soft rubber feel to it? If so, how is the paint holding up on it? Until I get enough coins together to buy a decent chassis I'm stuck with the "stock" stock on my 700 but would like to paint it. Just wondering if it pays to paint over that Hogue stock. Thanks in advance!
The post says is a standard Remington adl stock. So not the hogue. I would imagine the hogue overmold stocks wouldn’t take paint very well. Similar to how rubber butt pads don’t take paint well.
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. That's why I wanted to verify. I guess I'll just have to stick with the gray stock until I can spring for a chassis. Oh well, more time to shoot!!
Luckily I have not seen any yellowing yet. I will keep an out to see if it happens.Rustoleum matte
If you go to an autopaint store, you can get additive that makes paint remain flexible...to a point. Duracoat (Lauer Weaponry) sells such an additive for their stuff that is much like the old skool Imron paints.
One note to all of you guys using Duracoat...I goofed once. I'm not sure if I didn't add the hardener but i painted the matte silver color of my POS Kimber Mountain Ascent and the paint never really hardened. Usually, after about 20-45 minutes, the finish is tough enough to remove the masking, etc. That time, the stuff never really got hard enough to handle without leaving fingerprints or touch marks. After baking it in the sun on a plus 100 degree day for several hours, I decided to strip it and do it again. I still don't know what I did wrong but be sure you follow the mixing directions to the letter. The second job came out as all of the others and have had no problems. I'm positive it was an eff up on me.
Some good looking rifles in here.
Not sure if anyone has heard of, or used Permalac before but it's a high performance clear coat. It's expensive but I have had really good results with it.
jaxchemical.com
Not sure if anyone has heard of, or used Permalac before but it's a high performance clear coat. It's expensive but I have had really good results with it.
Permalac Clearcoat Lacquer - Matte - JAX Chemical Company
High-performance clearcoat - Matte. Permalac forms a long-lasting protective coating on copper, brass, bronze, aluminum, iron and steel. In addition, Permalac provides an outstanding protective coating for wood and stone. Applied on highly specialized antique patina and smutting effects...
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Painted up three stocks.
Yesterday was my first try at sponge painting.
Did these two today in about an hour.
Overall, I'm pleased with them.
The one with the terra cotta color looks weird to me. As soon as it's in the woods, I like it much better.
Yesterday was my first try at sponge painting.
Did these two today in about an hour.
Overall, I'm pleased with them.
The one with the terra cotta color looks weird to me. As soon as it's in the woods, I like it much better.
Some good looking rifles in here.
Not sure if anyone has heard of, or used Permalac before but it's a high performance clear coat. It's expensive but I have had really good results with it.
Permalac Clearcoat Lacquer - Matte - JAX Chemical Company
High-performance clearcoat - Matte. Permalac forms a long-lasting protective coating on copper, brass, bronze, aluminum, iron and steel. In addition, Permalac provides an outstanding protective coating for wood and stone. Applied on highly specialized antique patina and smutting effects...
Never even heard of it, but I’ll have to give it a shot when my current clear starts to wear off.
3rd or 4th one I've done. Rustoleum camo colors under Alumahyde matte clear.
OD bottom coat, then alternating black then brown stripes, then sponged in with black and od, then added forest green.
OD bottom coat, then alternating black then brown stripes, then sponged in with black and od, then added forest green.
I painted Big Red, it was a killer 243AI...
I added some Multicm Dark Green and some Ultra Flat Black to the little .223 Ackley Improved. It's darker green in real life.
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It's all rattlecan paint. I did the barelled action in the nutmeg color to match the pattern on the stock.
A few more because I took the rifle out for some natural light.
That nutmeg color paint gave me a lot of trouble. It would literally take forever to dry off and it even ran down as soon as it made contact with the rifle. Some of it even came off when I pulled the stencils. I guess it wasn't completely dry even though I waited a long ass time...
That nutmeg color paint gave me a lot of trouble. It would literally take forever to dry off and it even ran down as soon as it made contact with the rifle. Some of it even came off when I pulled the stencils. I guess it wasn't completely dry even though I waited a long ass time...
some of you have some potentially great graphite skills with spray paint you make it look interesting to say the least . I would be more the solid black paint streaking non artistic type . I will admit I spray painted with my fathers 77 dodge pick up used 37 cans of flat black and 7 cans of a bright high gloss blue at school took a while to do it but it was fun but I learned I am no picasso .
I really enjoy doing it so even if it's a lot of work to mask and stencil, I carry on through the process like it isn't anything major.
I think my rifle came out pretty good regardless of the shitty nutmeg paint. It definitely looks much better now.
Anyone have Any suggestions what color I should do the rings for my rifle above? Really don't want to keep them black. I was thinking OD green...
So it's actually pretty good. My howa rifle has some scratches on the barrel but all are at the muzzle and just before the muzzle. I gotta admit though, I did not have a case for that rifle and the 2018-2019 hunting season was really really harsh on it. It always went in the buggy tip down into the feet of the passenger or just riding in the backseat lol. I also dropped my rifle from a pretty tall deer stand. The rifle has a few scratches on the chassis but those are all on the under part of the handguard or right in front of the magwell. That is because I use the magwell as a barricade stop and one of the deer blind I used extensively had a metal window frame. All in all though, those scratches are barely visible and the paint has held pretty good for about a year and a half now.
It all comes off if you really fuck it up haha, don't be scared! Use acetone and wipe with some pressure if you absolutely need to remove a "fuck up" and then just try again...
Heck I’m thinking about doing both of my new Seekins Havak rifles!!!!
Lol done that a few times, until i found something i liked
