Camoing a Gun

[shooterchick]

Lol yeah.... I think Im lucky. He puts up with me We went into a local gun store and I showed him a gun safe that holds like 38 rifles or something like that and said thats what we need. The guy working goes yeah cause he will fill it up quick. My husband looked at him and said not me.... She will... the worker was just all dumb founded. Got great kicks out of it

 

[jlasserton]

Cool camo! Did you do it with paint?

 

[shooterchick]

I used the camo spray paint from walmart

 

[Meta]

Browning A-Bolt Stalker in KG GunKote, 5 colors.

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[Meta]

Savage Model 12, .223, in KG Gunkote, 5 colors.

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[huntinggamo]

Meta:
Quit hijacking peoples threads...lol jk.

nice guns, how did you go about that particular pattern?

What happened with the scope and stock? did you loose your nerve before finishing the job?

 

[Meta]

Huntinggamo- Since we were on the subject of camo-ing things, I thought I'd jump in with my contribution.

Anyhow, I sandblasted each rifle down to bare metal, followed by KG-GunKote's product called K-Phos pre-treatment. After this, using an air brush, came a base-coat of McMillan tan, followed by a baking in the oven. I own a restaurant, so I was able to bake the barreled actions at the required 325 degrees for about 90 minutes. Following this, I VERY LIGHTLY wet sanded with 600 grit wet-dry paper to create a very smooth prime coat. Then a follow up with another coat of McMillan tan for each rifle. Another trip into the oven followed. Then, using around 4 or 5 different plants (ferns, pine, hemlock and unknown shrubs) from my yard, I applied additional layers using one color for each plant species. Each layer is very lightly applied to add depth, shadow and thus more realism. A plant stencil is almost always used at this stage for every stoke of the air brush, never just paint directly on the surface. It's very time consuming, but the results were worth the effort in my opinion. It really didn't photograph well in these shots as it's hard to catch the detail in the sun as it tends to wash things out. Maybe the next series will be in the shade or indoors with a flash. I didn't know what to expect going in as I'd never done this before, just have a fairly artistic hand and a bit of patience. The best thing is they both shoot straight!
As for why I didn't camo the stocks, since KG-GunKote needs to be baked at 325 degrees to cure, I'm fairly sure my B&C stocks would not have appreciated the heat. Besides, they are already olive green with spiderweb highlights and it's a decent match.

 

[shooterchick]

Just got an airbrush set so i am way excited!! Im going to do some for fun patterns to start with...

 

[DasFriek]

Very nice work!
I do wonder about the durability of the paint on the guns concerning wear,scratches and chipping. It would seem to me rattle paint wouldn't be as durable as the bake on finishes?

 

[JTHunter]

Meta - I have the same question as DasFriek - paint durability. In addition to abrasion resistance, how does that paint resist gun cleaning solvents like Hoppe's, Break Free, or Birchwood Casey aerosol?

 

[Travis McGee]

Awesome work, shooterchick! You are an ARTIST! Love it!

 

[Travis McGee]

Just throwing this out, FWIW. Years ago I had a stainless steel mini-14 for the marine environment. However, I didn't want the shiny silver finish. I took off the woodstock and spray-painted it with black engine paint, made for high temps and greasy things. That paint hung on perfectly for many years, including very high temperature prolonged rapid firing. It was perfect, even on the blistering hot barrel. I assume modern camo paint for guns is just as good.

 

[LT]

Here is a couple that we just did. It is a SS Ruger Super Redhawk, and a 870 12ga Supermag. I will try and get a pic to upload of my 700 .308.

These were done with Krylon flat cammo paint.

 

[beeenbag]

here is one I did with krylon camo paint. It seems to be holding up well




sorry the pics suck, I spent all my money on guns and didn't have enough for a good camera.

By the way really nice job on yours!

 

[Al Thompson]

Durability of Krylon is pretty low, but it's very inexpensive. I tend to stay with solid colors to make touch up simple.

 

[jimmyraythomason]

Here is a couple..

Here is a Savage 110 LA and a Remington 700 SA BDL DM done with the WalMart Camo paint. I no longer have rifles for these stocks so I either want to sell/trade the stocks or obtain rifles for them.

 

[murdoc rose]

the guns look great not my style but the quality is great, ammo cans is a good idea its like labeling them but far more fun

 

[JohnBiltz]

I found this a couple of years ago. Its a pretty good how to guide.
http://tacticalcamo.com/articles/How-to-Paint-your-weapon-or-marker-digital-style.html

 

[Meta]

From the extensive amount of reading that I did on the subject of firearm refinishing, there really is no comparison to a rattle-can krylon paint job and a true, baked on finish product like KG GunKote. While everything coating has it's limitations in terms of withstanding abrasion, chemicals, etc, KG GunKote is impervious to gun cleaning chemicals and has great abrasion resistance. It's certainly at the top in terms of what you can accomplish at home with an airbrush and an oven and far superior to the air-cured low temp coatings that other manufacturers offer. While any product that is specifically made for firearms, including some of the popular low temp-air cure sprays, will have better performance than regular spray paint, there is no equivalent to a baked on cured finish like KG-GunKote. The debate to be had is WHICH baked on finish is best and I chose KG GunKote. No matter what you choose, what is absolutely essential is surface preparation. It MUST be sandblasted, following the directions provided, to a uniform surface devoid of all finish, rust, etc. Then it must be COMPLETELY degreased, paying special attention to cracks where parts meet, barrel-receiver junction, etc. What is helpful after a complete degreasing is to bake the part at 200 degrees or so to drive out any remaining grease/oil from any cracks and crevices and then degrease again. Follow that up with K-Phos pretreatment to seal the metal and prime it for the GunKote. Follow these steps and do some more reading on other people's experiences with refinishing guns at home and I'm sure you will like the outcome.

 

[The Don]

Vary nice shooterchick! I love the ammo cans. Its great to see a women on here! I like to see women getting into guns. Thats just how my mom brought me up. My mom the 5 state champion competition shooter against the men!