Hello from Alberta. Long time reader, first time poster. Thought that there might be some interest in this, so here's my project 'log'. Really, about 3 nights part-time work.
Brand new unfired CZ452. Do not like wrist area, got out the belt sander, couple of rasps and some sandpaper, roughly trying to reduce the area taped off:
Wipe down, set it up on my painting 'jig', hit it with Krylon Ultra Flat Olive, followed by matte clearcoat. Paint is still wet here:
Going to add some grip areas, decided to try rubberized automotive rocker panel spray. Mask it off, spray. Multiple coats. If/when I do this again, I will choose a different product, it's messy to work with, shrinks & cracks as it dries necessitating multiple coats, and is not especially tacky to grip.
Let dry for 2 days. Pull off the masking tape, a) it leaves a lot of residue even though it's low-tack painters tape and b) the rocker panel compound has nasty ugly edges from pulling the tape up.
The black is still not fully set, so I decided to put some texture in the forend panels via a hammer and punch.
My daughter (16) said I could use her nail files for grip panels if I wanted. She's grounded now.
Lightly sanded it down to get rid of a) tape residue b) the worst of the shine from the clearcoat. Was unhappy with result, so masked off the grip areas and hit it with more Krylon olive. The matte finish is much more suitable.
Brand new unfired CZ452. Do not like wrist area, got out the belt sander, couple of rasps and some sandpaper, roughly trying to reduce the area taped off:
Wipe down, set it up on my painting 'jig', hit it with Krylon Ultra Flat Olive, followed by matte clearcoat. Paint is still wet here:
Going to add some grip areas, decided to try rubberized automotive rocker panel spray. Mask it off, spray. Multiple coats. If/when I do this again, I will choose a different product, it's messy to work with, shrinks & cracks as it dries necessitating multiple coats, and is not especially tacky to grip.
Let dry for 2 days. Pull off the masking tape, a) it leaves a lot of residue even though it's low-tack painters tape and b) the rocker panel compound has nasty ugly edges from pulling the tape up.
The black is still not fully set, so I decided to put some texture in the forend panels via a hammer and punch.
My daughter (16) said I could use her nail files for grip panels if I wanted. She's grounded now.
Lightly sanded it down to get rid of a) tape residue b) the worst of the shine from the clearcoat. Was unhappy with result, so masked off the grip areas and hit it with more Krylon olive. The matte finish is much more suitable.
