To paint or not to paint?
- Thread starter Trigger Monkey
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You can't be tactical without paint. Lol
The first rifle I painted was because it was beat up. Since then, I paint all of my rifles. Kind of a way to really make it mine. Using krylon, it isn't anything permanent and isn't hard to get off. When I need to strip something, I use rustoleum graffiti remover. It's very mild and works pretty well, although multiple coats do need a little bit of elbow grease.
I paint everything. Rifle, scope, mount, light, it all gets sprayed. Ive also found that I'm much less conscious of dings and stuff. It only adds to the character.
The first rifle I painted was because it was beat up. Since then, I paint all of my rifles. Kind of a way to really make it mine. Using krylon, it isn't anything permanent and isn't hard to get off. When I need to strip something, I use rustoleum graffiti remover. It's very mild and works pretty well, although multiple coats do need a little bit of elbow grease.
I paint everything. Rifle, scope, mount, light, it all gets sprayed. Ive also found that I'm much less conscious of dings and stuff. It only adds to the character.
Well.....
Either paint the thing or stop being cheap and buy new scope caps and a new Harris/Caldwell.
Either paint the thing or stop being cheap and buy new scope caps and a new Harris/Caldwell.
Get drunk and rattle can the bitch. I usually do it in my underwear with the garage open for "ventilation."
Painting an expensive rifle is the ultimate flex on the poors.
- Nov 3, 2010
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If you are going to cerakote it , yeah go for it. I'm not a fan of rattle can unless it's some beat up truck/hunting gun. Otherwise, I don't get why thats ever done honestly, but if you like it, then go for it
If you're gonna do Cerakote, let someone that knows what they're doing do the job. Putting on Cerkote ain't like putting on paint.
When you're sober you think too much about the "pattern".
When drunk you become the pattern.
This is probably the best looking Mock-12 Mod 1 I've ever seen. Nice build. The VLTOR stock makes it look just like the Mk12's my DDM's use.
Truth be told I'd already painted the rifle when I posted yesterday and with the overwhelming majority in favor of a little rattlecan spritz how could I ignore that haha? The responses were amusing though, almost like being back in my old platoon, thanks for that. Sadly, no pastels, sprinkles, or Cerakote was involved in yesterday's shenanigans but I'm satisfied with the end result. My Mock 12 Modoné in Moolticam™:
Base layer:
Rustoleum Ultra Matte Down to Earth
Rustoleum Satin Nutmeg
Intermediate Layer:
Rustoleum Camo Deep Forest Green
Rustoleum Camo Army Green
Top Layer:
Rustoleum Satin Fossil
Rustoleum Camo Earth Brown
I used a stencil that I basically copied from Primary Arms and cut it out on a manila folder, then just held it up to the gun. The bigger open areas are used with the greens and the smaller ones are for the Earth Brown and Fossil colors. As per usual the prep work took longer than the actual painting did and while everything was drying I modified the Switchview lever, chopping it down a bit to make it more low pro.
For the curious:
BCM M4 upper
BCM QRF-12 rail
BCM Gas Block
BCM BCG
Radian Ambi-CH
White Oak 18" RLGS barrel, 1:7 twist
Ops Inc brake and collar
Aero lower
Geissele SSA-E
Magpul SL-S with Arisaka Angle Stock Adapter
Ergo grip
NF 2.5-10X24
NF 1.375" Unimount
MI offset iron sights
Base layer:
Rustoleum Ultra Matte Down to Earth
Rustoleum Satin Nutmeg
Intermediate Layer:
Rustoleum Camo Deep Forest Green
Rustoleum Camo Army Green
Top Layer:
Rustoleum Satin Fossil
Rustoleum Camo Earth Brown
I used a stencil that I basically copied from Primary Arms and cut it out on a manila folder, then just held it up to the gun. The bigger open areas are used with the greens and the smaller ones are for the Earth Brown and Fossil colors. As per usual the prep work took longer than the actual painting did and while everything was drying I modified the Switchview lever, chopping it down a bit to make it more low pro.
For the curious:
BCM M4 upper
BCM QRF-12 rail
BCM Gas Block
BCM BCG
Radian Ambi-CH
White Oak 18" RLGS barrel, 1:7 twist
Ops Inc brake and collar
Aero lower
Geissele SSA-E
Magpul SL-S with Arisaka Angle Stock Adapter
Ergo grip
NF 2.5-10X24
NF 1.375" Unimount
MI offset iron sights
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