Magwa Posted February 7, 2015 Report Posted February 7, 2015 what say all you enablers and protaganists ... I would like to do something besides all black ,pro's con's sourses?
DNP Posted February 7, 2015 Report Posted February 7, 2015 I've heard that once you go black.... Wait, that was something else. I am interested in this also. I am leaning towards cerakote and just trying to decide if I want to air dry or risk pissing my wife off and using our oven to bake on.
edgecrusher Posted February 7, 2015 Report Posted February 7, 2015 If you don't have air guns and such Duracoat is a good option with their line of products. I used their shake and spray and it worked out great.
blue109 Posted February 7, 2015 Report Posted February 7, 2015 I'm a fan of the krylon look to be honest. grab a laundry bag and go to work!
Magwa Posted February 7, 2015 Author Report Posted February 7, 2015 ok Blue109 none of these half a$$ed answers you got to spill your guts here laundry bag ????? come on give it up !!!!!! you got some splainin to do .....
BLKSHEEP Posted February 7, 2015 Report Posted February 7, 2015 I stumbled upon this the other day >http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/metal-prep-coloring/paint-finishes/air-cure-aerosol-paints/aluma-hyde-ii-prod1117.aspx It might be worth taking a look at Mike.
blue109 Posted February 7, 2015 Report Posted February 7, 2015 lay down a base color or 3, drape a laundry bag or similar over the gun, dust with top coats. bam. $10 custom job. if you don't like it, just start over. this is just a quick pic I pulled from google. I've seen some really nice looking ones. the MK12 guys on Ar15.com have it down.
Magwa Posted February 7, 2015 Author Report Posted February 7, 2015 Hell nothing wrong with that ,that looks pretty freekin cool so you take out the charging handle close the dust cover etc and don't get paint on the insides right? I can so do this.....krylon is my friend right? thanks so any pattern can be done,, cool and BlACKSHEEP thanks for the tip on the paint...
392heminut Posted February 7, 2015 Report Posted February 7, 2015 Magwa, I've used the Aluma hyde paint and really like it but if you go that route make sure you get the extra spray nozzles. They WILL clog up, and usually right in the middle of a job. Oh, and while you're using it (and before starting) shake that can like it owes you money!
AngelDeVille Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 I have used duracoat in the past with the activator, and it was pretty easy to do, but the krylon method may be my next adventure. I am going to hydro dip a couple of bows, and I may toss an AR into the pot.
98Z5V Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 Cerakote. Bake-on is very tough schit. The Air-dry is the higher temp stuff, though. Determine what you're painting. Receivers, handguards, receiver extensions - Bake-on stuff. Barrels or cans? Use the Air-dry stuff. Cerakote. Carekote has my vote. Did I vote already? I can't remember. Oh, I vote Cerakote. <lmao>
Magwa Posted February 8, 2015 Author Report Posted February 8, 2015 OK 98 you got to splain this chit... how do you put it on , prep work etc etc you got to spill your guts!
98Z5V Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) On the first one, I used air-dry only. That was the BCM Jack copy that I built. Cerakote Sniper Gray. All I did for prep was etch the hell out of the upper and lower with some meanass shop degreaser - which ate annodizing. Sprayed it on, let it cure, assembled. It only takes 24 hours for it to cure enough to assemble parts. For application, I used a cheap, disposable air spray setup that I picked up at Ace Hardware. The next two I did were bake-on Cerakote. I put those parts in the sandblast cabinet and took them to bare, silver aluminum. Sprayed, baked, and assembled as soon as they were cooled down. Those two were Sexual Chocolate and the Ghost Gun. For application of these ones, I picked up a decent (CHEAP!) airbrush gun at Harbor Freight. Edited February 8, 2015 by 98Z5V
bubbasks Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 Same method as blue but i used cheese cloth and branches from a bush.Battle Rattle.
bubbasks Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 Good, minor chips on the brake from bangin around in the safe but thats about it
Cali_Ed Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 I like the banged up look, as long as my rifle is 100% function looks don't matter to much
edgecrusher Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 I like the banged up look, as long as my rifle is 100% function looks don't matter to much Lol, you are not allowed near my OBR.
blue109 Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 prep shmep. sponge er down with dish soap and hot water. blowdryer. tape off the magwell, ch slot. if paint gets where it shouldn't be on any moving parts....it won't stay long. shake n spray. the hardest part is working backwards in your brain. the last color you spray is the main "background" color. if you use the mesh, your base coat is only going to show as the scales. also...less is more. when you like it, STOP SPRAYING. its fun, but you can wreck a cool pattern with one brain fart. both of my krylon guns have a best side, because I couldn't put the can down and uglied up one side lol
blue109 Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 also...I used a 1500° paint as a base coat on the barrel. the krylon is a little darker but still there. not sure if it makes any difference, I just figured it couldn't hurt. I'm not a mag dump kind of guy, so probably not necessary
unforgiven Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 How did you do that pattern brother George ?
beachmaster Posted February 9, 2015 Report Posted February 9, 2015 Being that i was an infantryman in a infantry company in a cav unit, our job title was rista, which made us pretty scoutish. Before deployment, everyone has to rattle can their guns. No black. Except for me. As much as I wish that i had, I dreaded the thought of rattle canning my gun, then coming back from deployment and having to detail strip it... so I found a way to not do it. I wish that i had. But I LOVE the laundry bag look. I might do it to my baby... I dont personally care for a black rifle. I especially dont care for a stainless barrel. LOL
beachmaster Posted February 9, 2015 Report Posted February 9, 2015 Who is going to post of step by step with photos of themselves doing the laundry bag technique!? Lets see it! That would need a sticky somewhere on the forum I think.
AdamO Posted February 9, 2015 Report Posted February 9, 2015 Damn, those are some fine looking paint jobs boys. I'm a fan of the air-dry cerakote. Pretty durable stuff. Have not tried the bake-on stuff but been meaning to pick up a cheap range/oven from CL to put in my shop for just this purpose. (Don't think she who must be obeyed would appreciate me baking gun parts in the kitchen! HAHA!)
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