-
Having trouble using the site?
Contact support
Spray Painting Rifles
- Thread starter Deltagunner00
- Start date
Prepped with 3m scotchbrite and alcohol wiped. Sponged with Rustoleum roof flashing paint and finished with two coats of Matte clear. Don't skip the clearcoat. Tough as nails now. No more ugly corian looking stock.
Attachments
I’ll be starting work on a Tikka stock as soon as I can get some time. Planning to do a Basic colour scheme and pattern.
That looks brilliant, well done.
what was the base colour of the stock for that paint job? I have a dark grey Tikka stock im planning to paint up at some point. Also, did you lay a coat of primer?
That looks brilliant, well done.
what was the base colour of the stock for that paint job? I have a dark grey Tikka stock im planning to paint up at some point. Also, did you lay a coat of primer?
Basic color of this stock can be seen on Bergaras website. It looks like Black Corian. Basically black with grey splatter. If Bergara had simply left the stocks a solid color they would have been fine. The splatter makes them look like an old counter top.
I've got a b14r inbound that will get a new coat of paint asap. Probably do something brighter than the typical sponge camo that I usually do with krylon.
Painted my MPA chassis today. I am pretty happy with it. I wish I would have used alumahyde for clear coat vs Kryon flat clear but we will see what happens.
Most recent project. I think it turned out pretty good.
Been there done that. If this rifle ever needs that kind of concealment, it’d take about 5 minutes to do.you guys need to spray the action barrel and scope as well
Painted a couple of AR's for the nephews over the weekend.
My tikka 18” ctr and my 3 year old sons nerf gun that he wanted to match.
I've been doing the Krylon camo for years. I shoot in the desert and black guns get hot in the sun lol
I bought my daughters a Savage Rascal Target XP for Christmas, so of course we had to make it "their gun".
So I got a replacement stock for my M-24. HS sent me a new one that needed work, had to sand out the barrel channel and bolt handle inlet. Factory paint kinda peeled off. Finished repainting today. Spent last week looking at pics of M24 return rifles, and decided on this camo.
Return stock with simple pattern:
Finally my work:
Return stock with simple pattern:
Finally my work:
Attachments
Last edited:
I’ve heard brownells alumahide is super tough, but I haven’t tried it yet.
Rustoleum clear matte has worked well at protected paint though
It’s spray paint not baked on…it will scratch.
Best defense is prep surface.
since it’s only spray paint don’t make it a masterpiece, do a 80% job and go use it.
if it gets too beat up spray it again.
Best defense is prep surface.
since it’s only spray paint don’t make it a masterpiece, do a 80% job and go use it.
if it gets too beat up spray it again.
I've had really good luck with rustoleum under alumahyde matte clear. The matt clear gives it a chemical resistance. I usually like to put on 2 coats of clear and its usually good to go.
- Nov 3, 2010
- 9,682
- 20,202
Alumahyde and let cure properly. This gun(the tan one)was coated about four years ago and gets plenty of abuse
Everywhere is out of stock on flat black aluma-hyde. I tried to order some yesterday but that's the only color not available, unfortunately.
- Nov 3, 2010
- 9,682
- 20,202
What's your process for alumahyde? I've had zero luck with it ever truly drying/curing.
- Nov 3, 2010
- 9,682
- 20,202
That one I did tediously. I stripped it down completely to small parts, cleaned with simple green and water and let them air dry for a few days. Before I sprayed, I heated all the parts with my benzo torch, just warm to the touch, so a quick pass. I sprayed in several thin layers. I actually let this one hang in a makeshift oven for a few hours a well. It was just a simple space heater blowing into a small confined space made with pink granite blocks. You can’t be rough with alumahyde for a few days or it will chip and peel bad.
