Painted Weapons

[Judicator]

Oh I like these. How does one paint? Firearm spray bombs? Do you fulling disassemble?


Sent from my IPhone, please ignore spelling mistakes. Siri is dumb.

[nobodyspecial]

Oh I like these. How does one paint? Firearm spray bombs? Do you fulling disassemble?

I tape off anything I don't want painted, and then I sprayed mine in Krylon Khaki, then I use Krylon brown and make splotches, and dust it from a distance to darken it up some.

I don't mind, nicks, dings, and scatches, but not sure I'm ready to paint an entire weapon as I only have 2.

I am with you on this one.. If I want it painted I am sending it to someone. I am too scared to do it myself

More of my guns (rifles and pistols) have got the Krylon treatment than those that have not.

[gatordev]

I tape off anything I don't want painted, and then I sprayed mine in Krylon Khaki, then I use Krylon brown and make splotches, and dust it from a distance to darken it up some.

I did the same thing. I read a bunch of stuff online, listened to people talk about how they degrease, use super-sticky types of paint made just for firearms, and all sorts of nitnoid ways to make patterns. In the end, I just went with Krylon from Walmart and a laundry net. It took about 30 minutes because it was really humid and I'd let it dry for a little longer than it would normally take between layers.

I was nervous at first too, but I practiced on a couple of magazines, first. It turned out to be really easy, and if you screw it up, you can just hit it again with the base coat and start over (or take some paint cleaner and wipe it off, but I didn't need to do that). It serves not actual purpose for my uses, but it was still fun to learn how to do the layers. I always enjoyed watching maintainers at work paint parts of the aircraft and see how they could make some impressive art, so it was fun to try it on my own.

It should look even better after I shoot it and it starts to show wear.

[Computalotapus]

I tape off anything I don't want painted, and then I sprayed mine in Krylon Khaki, then I use Krylon brown and make splotches, and dust it from a distance to darken it up some.


More of my guns (rifles and pistols) have got the Krylon treatment than those that have not.

You know I read an article by Stickman over on Arms Collective about 10 Minutes & Ten Dollar Refinishing. The wife and I are thinking about picking up a pack of Aero Precision blemished receivers. Might have to make that 2 pack a 3 pack and try it out. 1 to SBR, 1 to Pistol Build, and 1 to practice the rattle can refinish on.

Yeah I will use anything as an excuse.

[LanceCriminal]

Been hanging out on the ARF Mk12 thread a lot, figured I'd drop in some more pics!

Here's how the rifle looked actually out in Abilene/Tuscola TX


We moved from VA to Austin, so the Earth Red didn't fit in as well. Re-painted the rifles as below. Also swapped from a SOPMOD stock to a CavArms A1: