Repainting Gun Accessories n Oil?

[DonNikmare]

I took the rust off the metal parts of my CETME sling, sanded, degreased with brake cleaner, washed with soap and water, cleaned them again with alcohol, dried them with a hair dryer, and painted them with a heat resistant black BBQ paint. I let them dry over 48 hours.

Then I decided :banghead: to put a light coat of oil on them to further protect them of any possibility of rusting. Well, the paint just started to come off - it became a crappy mess.

Is it that the paint was not the right kind?

Is it that it hadn't dried enough?

or what?

I did bake the one peice that would come off the sling for a little while but I'm afraid to put any oil on it for fear of messing it up too.

I thought about cold blueing but have not researched that yet and have no clue how to do it. But back to cheap old paint - can you and how would you make it resistant to gun oil n grease?

Nik

 

[Kodiak AK]

There is no such animal as a good looking cold blue . The only way to get a nice deep luxerious blue is to hot dip it.
For painting . Hit Brownells , and check thier page for a lot of good stuff , or just head to Wally World and pick up some Krylon.