Painting guns

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Waveski said:
Your gun is worn because it's used - that's ok.

Painting a gun is never a good idea.
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While I wholeheartedly agree with your first point, I’d disagree with you second.

If someone wants to paint their gun and they’re happy with it, it’s a good idea. If not, it’s just spray paint and can be removed (doing so might not be much fun though).

I gave the rattle can treatment to a 10/22 because my son thought it would look cool (he was 9). It’s worn off here and there, sure, but it’s not some heirloom piece that can’t be replaced. And when it wears, I can always hit it with another blast of paint.

Blast away with the krylon if you want, just realize it won’t be durable, there are better options for not a ton of money more, and you’ll likely have a harder time selling the gun should you ever decide you want to.
 
Send it out for a proper Ceracoating. You won’t regret it. Idk what state you’re in but check out BSHGunworks out of NY.
 
I sort of regret giving the same treatment to my G35. Was ugly as sin when stock, and my attempt made it uglier. Was fun to turn heads with it at matches, but now that I'm thinking of selling it, it will certainly be harder to sell...

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Jim Watson said:
Rubbed blue makes you look like an expert who does a lot of shooting.
Hardware store paint makes you look like Bubba's cheap cousin.
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First off...Bubba ain't cheap he's frugal.....and he ain't just my cousin he's my sister's husband too.
 
Trey Veston said:
I sort of regret giving the same treatment to my G35. Was ugly as sin when stock, and my attempt made it uglier. Was fun to turn heads with it at matches, but now that I'm thinking of selling it, it will certainly be harder to sell...

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I kinda do like it. But it is like trying to sell a car with a custom paint job. It takes the right buyer that will want it
 
I'd have no issue with rattlecanning the exterior slide of a worn Glock. Did this with my LCP and RM380 and it's held up great on these regularly pocket-carried guns. VHT Pearl Black and a low'n'slow oven curing. Why not, really?
 
American_Fusilier said:
I recently got a Glock 22 LEO trade in with a bit of bluing rubbed off, probably due to holster wear. But I was thinking of just spray painting it black again (the slide). Is this a horrible idea?

Also, when you see Glock slides without a finish on them, do those need a special coat of bluing or get Parkerized or nitrited? Or can you just spray paint them too?

Obviously, cerakote would be the way to go, but if you're broke...

What do you guys think?
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It's your pistol, do with it what you want. If you want to paint it, paint it. When the paint starts to wear, paint it again. Or don't. I would use Krylon or Rustoleum because they're easier to strip if you don't like how it turns out.
 
They say that ugly is only skin deep, but sometimes it’s only as thick as a coat of paint.:)
It you paint it with regular paint, it can always be removed with paint stripper.
 
Honest wear on a gun to me is a good thing. Kinda like my wife's stretch marks. She earned them carrying my kids. Wear on a gun is also earned. From use. I own zero safe queens. They are made to be used and use them I will. Now if one is worried about rust. That is totally different.
 
Waveski said:
Your gun is worn because it's used - that's ok.

Painting a gun is never a good idea.
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Depends on what gun is getting painted and why.

Personally, I wouldnt paint a handgun, and if I felt the need, Id send it out to be refinished.

Long guns on the other hand, Ive been painting since the late 60's, and wouldnt hesitate if I wanted protection and disruption of a good working gun.

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Even just refinishing back to basically factory finish. This is "paint over park"......
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I'll parrot the sentiments of posters who undoubtedly advised you leave it as is. A lil bit of holster rash on a gun is character. Add to it. Use it. Shoot the ever loving nonsense out of it. It's a glock not a show pony type of gun. When I see a glock in pristine condition it just looks weird to me, jmo.
 
I spray paint my guns that I use on a daily basis, for both the seasonal tone , like white in winter, AND, (more importantly) so that they dont rust.

I live right next to Salt water, so boating around in salty spray, and rain, slushy snowmachining, salt air and condensation from the col steel and damp cold air that literally rusts everything where I live, here in the Arctic, especially if its sits a while.

My wooden stocked rifles are already Cammo'd, I figure, but plastic stocks get no mercy from me............although after awhile with use in boats, snowmachines and general carrys, the paint will chip and flake, making for a sorta unique cammo itself. Ill hit em with a quick touch up when i get around to the village.

I amusing "Rustoleum" rust preventive paints in flat colors.

The up tick to "ugly" never, ever, having rust issues.
 
I sold a Mossberg MVP with a fairly fresh paint job on consignment a few years back. It didnt sit long and I got what I was asking for it, which was about what I paid for it.

Im constantly told that stippling my Glocks and a few other things will lower the value. Ive sold a number Ive done now, and didnt lose money there either.

I suppose like anything else, you just need the right person to walk by and just have to have it. :)
 
I have painted several stocks I've made using Krylon for base coats and airbrushing over that with water based colors. Then I spray on three coats of clear gloss polyurethane for protection if I wish a shiny finish, or use matte poly as the last coat if I want a dull finish. This has worked well over the years. I've only painted one rifle, a Savage 22-250 that I used for coyote hunting. Age has put paid to my coyote hunting days as I can't walk the long distances required in my area anymore so I decided to remove the paint that was applied the same as my stock finishing process. It will be easy, just use lacquer thinner right? Um, lacquer thinner wouldn't touch it. It finally took three applications of paint stripper with a LOT of rubbing between coats and then scrubbing with lacquer thinner to clean it up. I've decided to call my method "pore boy ceracoat". It's much tougher than you would think.
 
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder (or, as my wife says, in the eye of the beer holder).

Parkerized, blued, painted, whatever floats your boat. No matter what you do (or don't do) to a firearm, somebody will criticize, someone else will approve. What is important is that YOU like it, that it works for you. As anyone reading the comments in this thread can readily see, opinions are all over the map.
 
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