to cerakote or paint that is the question...

[shepp]

How did you do that pattern brother George ?

Wrap of tape on the fore grip? Vinyl stencils on the upper and lower? How well does the krylon hold up

[blue109]

on my father in laws colt, the paint is flaked off a little at the bolt release, and its rubbed down pretty thin around the selector and on the lower around the.trigger. everywhere else still looks good. I painted that gun about 5 years ago. best part is you can touch it up in 30 seconds if you want.

[george_995]

How did you do that pattern brother George ?

Started with a base color of khaki (about three coats and let dry for five days in the closet) and went from there. Used palmetto scrub fans, mesh bag and tiger stripe stencil that I found online. From what I can remember I sprayed light passes with OD green and brown first and then heavily with the brown through the palmetto fans I laid across. Then lightly dusted with the mesh bag on the darker colors with Khaki and etc.. Throughout all the steps/coats I let the paint dry for a good half hour. I went with the flow and tried not to let OCD take over. If you're not certain about whether you're going to keep the gun, don't paint just buy fde/etc furniture. I had fun spraying, it's cheap and like our boy BLUE  says, " touches up in 30 seconds". I like when the paint wears, gives your carbine character...

Edited February 9, 2015 by george_995

[george_995]

Wrap of tape on the fore grip? Vinyl stencils on the upper and lower? How well does the krylon hold up

No, foregrip installed thereafter. I made stencils out of blue painters tape and printer paper. I did use a stencil knife to cut. I was able to wrap the receiver extension/buffer tube  with newspaper also the barrel.

 

I dont have any pics of the ar pistol after the fresh paint. But after six months of bagging/unbagging, range use and hunting it had wear on the safety selector, charging handle, deflector, trigger guard, mag release, mag well and anywhere else your hands would lay.

Edited February 9, 2015 by george_995

[george_995]

Here is a couple of pics after I stripped the paint off with paint stripper. I cannibalized that pistol build right before things got really stupid over the sigbrace (sold the brace for $100 a week before the ATF's bullsh!t reversal).

 

She's gonna get paint soon, I think that jp handguard has cerakote on it( got in trade). I went full on retard with the paint stripper and nylon brush and there is still residue of the krylon in the crevices of the receivers, in my experience make up your mind before you paint cause there is no going back to original looks no matter hard and long you clean. 

[98Z5V]

Used all Aervoe paints for the Savage FV-SR paintjob, and this poor little rifle has been run through the ringer.  No rubbing off, no major marks, and Jake has used it for 5 Appleseed Shoots.  He beat the schit out of the flip-up scope caps, and they're broken off now, but it's holding up extremely well.  Can't remember when I painted this, but it's been several years now.

 

Search out "Sponge Camo" and it will give you an idea of how to do this "pattern."  This was the first time I'd done it, and it came out just the way I wanted.

 

Edited February 10, 2015 by 98Z5V

[beachmaster]

Sponge camo it is. That looks great!

[98Z5V]

I used one of these big fat sea sponge things, and just tore off random hunks to dip in paint, and dab the stock with.  Use it, turn it, use it again - grab another random hunk.  Worked great for varying the pattern, making something completely random.  <thumbsup>

 

 

 

I'll end up using this technique on the big 700 one day...

Edited February 10, 2015 by 98Z5V

[shepp]

That looks cool! Got a digital look

[DNP]

Ruined Tom's best Loufa though.

[98Z5V]

<lmao>

 

 

Here it was when I only had the stock completed.  I took it out to shoot after curing for a few days, just to see how it was going to hold up - it did great.  Right after this range trip, I stripped it and painted all the metal parts in Aervoe "Light Coyote."

 

 

 

 

Here it was, completed, and out in the wild:

 

 

Edited February 10, 2015 by 98Z5V

[planeflyer21]

That little rifle is why I purchased my Savage MKIISS.   :fawkdance: Enabler.

 

Have you shot my FNS-9 yet?  >:D

[unforgiven]

Thanks for the reply brother George that looked good.

I used the sponge method on the walls in the bath and liked the results,that rifle came out great bro.

[Zebra644]

I personally am a cerakote kinda guy. 1 if for what ever reason you want to sell the gun, cerakote wont hurt the resale. 2 the krylon in my experience just hasn't held up on some of the stuff I've applied, but it very well could have been operator error on my part. 

[blue109]

agree with resale. krylon will hurt the value. as George said...don't do it unless its on a keeper. after years of modding and flipping and hustling, I finally have a little family of rifles that I don't plan on changing much or getting rid of.

[Cali_Ed]

Lol, you are not allowed near my OBR.

I'm not gonna purposely bang it up. I should have said wear and tare lol

[edgecrusher]

Lol, it's ok. Just stand 10ft back.... Do it now!