oh man sorry i skimmed over that!!! haha... well that is a bit of a dilemma i would get some rattle cans maybe some krlyon or MONTANA it's the best spray paint you can get typically used for graffiti but it gives the most vibrant colors. i wouldn't even try it with that paint it would mix up and you would have a mess of a stock.
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That's a pretty good idea, Kilted. I actually thought about finding some stickers to put on it when the whole thing was done.
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glad i could help. i just took what minor experiance with custom car decal detailing and applied it to your dilemma.
Give your gun the color base coat you want and then brush on your charms with some good paint brushes. After you paint your base coat, sketch your charms lightly in pencil until you have them like you want them. That way you can erase. Start painting once you have it laid out like you want. Have some patience and don't be scared. It's only paint and can come back off if you screw up. I used to be a portrait artist and graphic design student before switching gears to biochemistry. If you need some painting pointers feel free to pm me. Hope it turns out well for you, I think it's a good idea, and it'd be a neat gun for her.
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That's what I was going to do, Jason. But my problem is that the finish and paint are blended together (Should have thought about it before it was mixed).
So if I were to paint over the base coat, it'd be on top of the finish. I'd then probably have to put some spray-on finish onto the places I painted. I dont know how well that would turn out.
So if I were to paint over the base coat, it'd be on top of the finish. I'd then probably have to put some spray-on finish onto the places I painted. I dont know how well that would turn out.
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Hm... could use the paint on something else for her (maybe whatever optic you mount on it), then use that recommendation for the rifle... though that kind of would be a waste of paint...
Use a clear coat that will bond with whatever paint you are using. You can apply a topcoat to a topcoat. Just coat the whole rifle to get an even finish. Auto body mechanics often apply multiple layers of clear coat over a finish. You still ought to be OK, unless you are just wanting to avoid spending more on paint or something.
Am I misunderstanding?
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I'm using some valspar high gloss enamel blended paint. My worries with coating the stock with this, then letting it dry and painting on top of it with whatever colors I will need (black, yellow, red, blue, etc) , would be the polyeurothane spray finish I'd then use on top of the paint. I'd have to evenly coat the entire rifle, not just the painted charm portions.
My worries are that this wouldn't work so well with the already painted and finished stock.
So you're telling me I shouldn't worry, though?
My worries are that this wouldn't work so well with the already painted and finished stock.
So you're telling me I shouldn't worry, though?
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Deer Hunter, I've seen your 1740 online and I think you are one crazy bastard. But good luck with this project and I am curious to see how it turns out!
I've never tried polyurethane over epoxy. I figured you were using an epoxy clear coat over your epoxy colors. I would take a scrap piece of wood and try it out and see what it looks like, just because I've never tried the poly over epoxy. I would think you'd be OK though.
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Hey another option is to go to a woodcraft store one a wood working store that sells stains.
you could get a green stain that wold look rally nice with the wood grain.
So you cold stain it green. then paint lightly as in thins coats the charms.
Then seal it with a can of clear finish for wood
I think it would look allot better stained green then painted green
Im a wood worker at heart so I love to see grain.
you could get a green stain that wold look rally nice with the wood grain.
So you cold stain it green. then paint lightly as in thins coats the charms.
Then seal it with a can of clear finish for wood
I think it would look allot better stained green then painted green
Im a wood worker at heart so I love to see grain.
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Dave,
I probably should have done something like that in the beginning. But now that I've got the paint and a plan, I'd like to follow through with it. I'm with you though, I enjoy the grain.
I was planning on trying it out on some scrap wood first. I'll do that soon.
I probably should have done something like that in the beginning. But now that I've got the paint and a plan, I'd like to follow through with it. I'm with you though, I enjoy the grain.
I was planning on trying it out on some scrap wood first. I'll do that soon.
Thats cool Deerhunter.
Yea try it out on a scrap peice of wood first.
I would even had done the same with the stain try it first.
The only thing I would be worried about painting the stock is gettng the paint to think in areas were the reciver an barel fit.
Were as it wont fit after its painted.
Another option to apply it really light is they make what looks like a mason jar with a pump on top. You thin the paint. put in the jar, Pump it up an use it like an areasol can.
All depends on the paint weither you can do that or not.
Good luck
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Yea try it out on a scrap peice of wood first.
I would even had done the same with the stain try it first.
The only thing I would be worried about painting the stock is gettng the paint to think in areas were the reciver an barel fit.
Were as it wont fit after its painted.
Another option to apply it really light is they make what looks like a mason jar with a pump on top. You thin the paint. put in the jar, Pump it up an use it like an areasol can.
All depends on the paint weither you can do that or not.
Good luck
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Actually, I was thinking about the places where it touches with the mechism.
So I decided to not touch those places.
I'm going to tape them up during the painting process. No need in doing the extra work and then finding out that perhaps I did too good of a job and now the gun wont fit into the stock.
So I decided to not touch those places.
I'm going to tape them up during the painting process. No need in doing the extra work and then finding out that perhaps I did too good of a job and now the gun wont fit into the stock.
Smart man.
If you are not goign to paint those places an you have allready sanded them then you will need to seal them in some fashion.
either by some light coats of sealer,
Or by a oil satin of some kind.
It does not sound like the rifle will see much weather but on the ocasion that you run from the range to the car in the rain. You really dont want the wood going bad from water damage.
Good luck
DAVE
If you are not goign to paint those places an you have allready sanded them then you will need to seal them in some fashion.
either by some light coats of sealer,
Or by a oil satin of some kind.
It does not sound like the rifle will see much weather but on the ocasion that you run from the range to the car in the rain. You really dont want the wood going bad from water damage.
Good luck
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I havn't touched the places inside the stock where the action and barrel will be placed. I've only sanded and readied the places that will be seen once the rifle is put together.
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Taped up the gun, practising my art skills tonight. Primer goes on tomorrow.
Alright, so I've just taped up the inside of the 10/22 stock. I found that using medical hospital tape works incredibly well. It's stretch, sticky, and plentiful (I work at an ER, I seem to always find some in my pocket on my way home). Here's a few pictures.
Hasty pictures, sadly. But they work.
I'm going to put the primer on this thing after work tomorrow. I hope to be done with the entire project around monday of next week.
Alright, so I've just taped up the inside of the 10/22 stock. I found that using medical hospital tape works incredibly well. It's stretch, sticky, and plentiful (I work at an ER, I seem to always find some in my pocket on my way home). Here's a few pictures.
Hasty pictures, sadly. But they work.
I'm going to put the primer on this thing after work tomorrow. I hope to be done with the entire project around monday of next week.
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tape: it makes the world go 'round.
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One more thing...
My room mate and I just spent a while working with the paints and brushes on my block of test wood.
What we learned:
1) This can be done.
2) Coloring lucky charms is fun.
My room mate and I just spent a while working with the paints and brushes on my block of test wood.
What we learned:
1) This can be done.
2) Coloring lucky charms is fun.
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We Want Updates!! Ahh!
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..and if you ever want to go hunting in a department store, you can wrap it in Kerlex
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Send me some nice high-resolution pictures of the charms, and I'll need to know the sizes needed.
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Primer, sand, primer, sand, primer sand...Paint! paint paint paint...
Four coats of primer, four coats of paint, and I believe I've got something I can start working with!
First, I have to give props to one very, very important tool I used. A 320 grit plyable sanding block. This little sponge-like instrument is quite possibly the most useful piece of stock sanding equipment I have ever seen. It doesn't wear out like paper, and it's much easier to grip.
Anyway, after I got the stock as smooth as I could get it, I started with the first layer of primer. I let it dry, sanded it a little with the 320 grit block, then put another layer of primer on. I did this four times total.
Then after letting the primer dry once more, I decided to start painting. I put four coats of paint on the stock. There are two or three imperfections that was left over from a spot I didn't catch to sand during priming, but those can easily be covered up with lucky charms.
I'm going to let it dry for another day. Then I can start on the charms.
For this, since using a fine-tipped brush is a real hassle to me, I have elected to use a fine-tipped sharpie permenant marker to make the outlines of the charms. Once those are done, I can use my artistic ability to color in the outlines with the various acrylic paints I have picked up at the local hobby lobby.
Once all that is done, I'll let the paint sit for five days to a week to make sure the acrylic dries completely. I will go over it with two to three light coats of polyeurothane spray to help protect the charms.
I can't wait to get started again!
And the best part is that she has no idea this even exists.
I'll give it to her as a present for when she completes her hunter-safety course this fall...
Four coats of primer, four coats of paint, and I believe I've got something I can start working with!
First, I have to give props to one very, very important tool I used. A 320 grit plyable sanding block. This little sponge-like instrument is quite possibly the most useful piece of stock sanding equipment I have ever seen. It doesn't wear out like paper, and it's much easier to grip.
Anyway, after I got the stock as smooth as I could get it, I started with the first layer of primer. I let it dry, sanded it a little with the 320 grit block, then put another layer of primer on. I did this four times total.
Then after letting the primer dry once more, I decided to start painting. I put four coats of paint on the stock. There are two or three imperfections that was left over from a spot I didn't catch to sand during priming, but those can easily be covered up with lucky charms.
I'm going to let it dry for another day. Then I can start on the charms.
For this, since using a fine-tipped brush is a real hassle to me, I have elected to use a fine-tipped sharpie permenant marker to make the outlines of the charms. Once those are done, I can use my artistic ability to color in the outlines with the various acrylic paints I have picked up at the local hobby lobby.
Once all that is done, I'll let the paint sit for five days to a week to make sure the acrylic dries completely. I will go over it with two to three light coats of polyeurothane spray to help protect the charms.
I can't wait to get started again!
And the best part is that she has no idea this even exists.
I'll give it to her as a present for when she completes her hunter-safety course this fall...
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dude, this is rifle is going to be SO COOL! i think that is a really neat idea to give it to her as a "hunter's saftey graduation" present. another neat idea would be to give it as a Saint Patrick's Day gift
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But St Patty's Day is so far away!
Actually, she hasn't completed her course yet. I'll have to give it to her sooner probably. Oh well, who needs a reason for guns?
Actually, she hasn't completed her course yet. I'll have to give it to her sooner probably. Oh well, who needs a reason for guns?
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