Rattle can paint ?

[rbell2915]

 

[Dwight_Schrute87]

Quick! Pick out three colors to use for a camp job. For something like Carolina woods. An “all purpose” camo job.

The choices should be something I’m likely to find in a WalMart, Lowe’s, or Home Depot.

What should I buy?

Duracoat green, brown and tan brother

 

[Dwight_Schrute87]

Maybe less is more. Test sprays with one coat. Standard "brown", and a lighter green I found at Lowes. I think the green is too bright.

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I’m really digging the brown

 

[Timfoilhat]

Those available in local stores?

Krylon sells like 4 colors of camo paint in local stores. I got mine in either Lowes or HD

 

[AK-Ben]

Quick! Pick out three colors to use for a camp job. For something like Carolina woods. An “all purpose” camo job.

The choices should be something I’m likely to find in a WalMart, Lowe’s, or Home Depot.

What should I buy?

For mine, I always do a base cost of tan (FDE), then give accents of ODG and dark brown. There is also a lighter moss green that is good to use to break up all of the dark.

 

[Exspiravit]

Hunter's Specialties Paint Kit Camo

The Hunter's Specialties Paint Kit Camo is easy-to-use, all purpose enamel adheres to most surface. This kit is perfect for painting tree stands, boats,...

www.midwayusa.com

I used these on mine. Worked great.

 

[AK-Ben]

Thanks! I just hit up a WalMart. They had tan and green, no brown.

I’ll try Lowe’s. Hoping to do a paint job tomorrow.

Remember to go from light to dark, then you can accent over the dark with light again!

I found a piece of burlap and a small piece of fishnet can imitate kryptek pretty closely

 

[steelciocc]

For the future:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009ROI59I/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[jeepyjguy1987]

I am planning on painting my .300 blackout pistol just as a way to identify it from the other pistols,

Also the ammo can will be painted to match

 

[Stogies]

I don't get people that spray paint their ARs and then try to sell them. If there is any chance of selling just don't do it. I would never buy one that had that treatment and I suspect I am not alone on that.

 

[Ncvarmint]

How do you all clean the AR before painting?( i would prob disassemble the gun to parts) and what do you use for getting all the oil and dirt/powder etc without harming the anodizing. Thinking about doing my 350 legend i built last fall. This may have been posted but i am too lazy at the moment to search😁
Thanks

 

[barf]

How do you all clean the AR before painting?( i would prob disassemble the gun to parts) and what do you use for getting all the oil and dirt/powder etc without harming the anodizing. Thinking about doing my 350 legend i built last fall. This may have been posted but i am too lazy at the moment to search😁
Thanks

Wipe down with alcohol. Send it. Stuff paperboard/paper towel roll/newspaper down the handguard to cover the barrel. Tape trigger and optic glass.

 

[Dale Gribble]

No disassembly.

I usually wipe it down with isopropyl alchol, let it dry, mask off everything I do not want painted, then, go to town.

 

[Exspiravit]

How do you all clean the AR before painting?( i would prob disassemble the gun to parts) and what do you use for getting all the oil and dirt/powder etc without harming the anodizing. Thinking about doing my 350 legend i built last fall. This may have been posted but i am too lazy at the moment to search😁
Thanks

I sprayed my last one with mineral spirits, no disassembly. Shut the dust cover, inserted a mag, taped off the glass, put a patch in the muzzle device/muzzle and went to town.

 

[Dale Gribble]

Expanding foam ear plugs work great for plugging the muzzle or mag release button/mag catch recess selector chase and trigger slot, should you decide to paint it with the controls removed.

 

[Ncvarmint]

Thanks all
I’ll probably strip it all down and paint lower/upper and handguard. It takes me no time at all to build an AR these day. Do you all paint the buttstock and grips also? I would sand or scuff them a lil bit to help paint bond better

 

[BigWaylon]

@Crazy Carl, yeah, I got a stencil from Primary Arms years ago and have used it on a bunch of stuff. Looks like they still have them but I can’t imagine I spent twenty bucks on it.

https://www.primaryarms.com/primary-arms-multiple-terrain-stencil-pamts-pamts

Just used Rustoleum cans that came in a “kit”:

Amazon product ASIN B009ROI59I
Here was my color progression:

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Happened to scroll back through this thread today. As info, the stencil kit is currently on sale for $13.99.

 

[Brawny]

How do you all clean the AR before painting?( i would prob disassemble the gun to parts) and what do you use for getting all the oil and dirt/powder etc without harming the anodizing. Thinking about doing my 350 legend i built last fall. This may have been posted but i am too lazy at the moment to search😁
Thanks

carb cleaner or air flow meter cleaner

 

[Brawny]

Thanks all
I’ll probably strip it all down and paint lower/upper and handguard. It takes me no time at all to build an AR these day. Do you all paint the buttstock and grips also? I would sand or scuff them a lil bit to help paint bond better

I have, some don't. Your gun your rules. I do know the flat camo is not very durable, very chalky. If you want something that will last, there are better options than rattle can paint

 

[Brawny]

Thanks! I just hit up a WalMart. They had tan and green, no brown.

I’ll try Lowe’s. Hoping to do a paint job tomorrow.

Ask me how I know you don't have a little girl who loves crafts. Hobby Lobby is your friend for every color under the sun.

 

[Dale Gribble]

Thanks all
I’ll probably strip it all down and paint lower/upper and handguard. It takes me no time at all to build an AR these day. Do you all paint the buttstock and grips also? I would sand or scuff them a lil bit to help paint bond better

I do…stock, grip and vertical foregrip, but I also have the latter two wrapped, so I don’t reckon it matters…

 

[Dale Gribble]

Dale, what do you like for your wrap?

Gear Aid Camo Form Protective Gun Wrap Multicam

Camo Form camo wrap from Gear Aid gives you the option of a camo gun, without having to spend the money on a different gun. This heavy-duty stretch...

www.midwayusa.com

 

[Stogies]

Another wasted post looked at because you just had to paint this thing!

 

[Kalashnicarolina]

Just wondering, how many of you guys do a rattle can paint job on your guns ? Do you think it effects the value of the gun ?

If I deem a gun worthy of grabbing in a shtf situation then it gets painted. I have yet to lose value because of a painted gun. Mainly because I don't sell painted guns but I have traded with them and I've never personally lost value due to paint. Most people like it and are too scared to lose value.

 

[Kalashnicarolina]

I don’t understand your post, but thanks for bumping the thread. This is what happened when the rattle cans came out last weekend.

Both sides, all three colors, the whole job took less time to paint than it did to tape.

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Not bad. Looks like a useful camo paint job to me

 

[barf]

Not bad. Looks like a useful camo paint job to me

Who let this guy in here! 🤣 See, you’re already doing more than BST!

 

[Kalashnicarolina]

Who let this guy in here! 🤣 See, you’re already doing more than BST!

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You caught me. Figured I'd stretch my legs in this "forum". Spreading positivity all about.

 

[Stogies]

If I deem a gun worthy of grabbing in a shtf situation then it gets painted. I have yet to lose value because of a painted gun. Mainly because I don't sell painted guns but I have traded with them and I've never personally lost value due to paint. Most people like it and are too scared to lose value.

Good for you but I'd never buy a painted rifle, major turn off for me.

 

[Exspiravit]

 

[barf]

Rattled and canned.

 

[Kalashnicarolina]

Good for you but I'd never buy a painted rifle, major turn off for me.

I understand where youre coming from but a rifle is made to be used and if you're using it then it should be painted so that it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. You wouldn't be interested in the slr 106fr that I posted? You cray. Get out the house and shoot!!

 

[Kalashnicarolina]

How do you all clean the AR before painting?( i would prob disassemble the gun to parts) and what do you use for getting all the oil and dirt/powder etc without harming the anodizing. Thinking about doing my 350 legend i built last fall. This may have been posted but i am too lazy at the moment to search😁
Thanks

A good rag or 2 can get most of the oil off. Sometimes the oil can create cool patterns. After you've painted, if there are goopy spots, wipe these areas with a rag or cleaning patches that have some clp on them and the goopy paint will go away and leave a cool camo looking pattern. Here is an example. I did nothing more than paint an oiled rifle and wipe away spots that were goopy a couple days later. If the paint comes off with cleaning patches and clp then it was never gonna stay for long anyway.

 

[Stogies]

I understand where youre coming from but a rifle is made to be used and if you're using it then it should be painted so that it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. You wouldn't be interested in the slr 106fr that I posted? You cray. Get out the house and shoot!!

The problem usually is that the very custom paint job that you liked has to meet somebody else who likes just that. But to each his own!

 

[Kalashnicarolina]

The problem usually is that the very custom paint job that you liked has to meet somebody else who likes just that. But to each his own!

Just don't bring your unpainted rifle into battle, ok? How about that? Keep your black, unpainted, 1 shot every 5 seconds, paper map, earth is flat, no good for battle .22lr conversion piece of crap at the house.

 

[Kalashnicarolina]

Quick! Pick out three colors to use for a camp job. For something like Carolina woods. An “all purpose” camo job.

The choices should be something I’m likely to find in a WalMart, Lowe’s, or Home Depot.

What should I buy?

You need to go to home depot. Rustoleum camo paint. Dark/deep forest green, dark earth brown and flat black. Could change green to tan.

 

[Kalashnicarolina]

I don't get people that spray paint their ARs and then try to sell them. If there is any chance of selling just don't do it. I would never buy one that had that treatment and I suspect I am not alone on that.

You're not alone. There are many people that don't go shooting or ever have any fun doing anything. Paint comes off too.

 

[Kalashnicarolina]

I’m really digging the brown

Need dark/deep forest green. Army green is bright

 

[Exspiravit]

Just don't bring your unpainted rifle into battle, ok? How about that? Keep your black, unpainted, 1 shot every 5 seconds, paper map, earth is flat, no good for battle .22lr conversion piece of crap at the house.

How many battles have you been in? We don't count playing Fortnite.

 

[Kalashnicarolina]

How many battles have you been in? We don't count playing Fortnite.

Call of duty, sir. You never know thou. I could have easily been military and then you'd be eating your words.

 

[Exspiravit]

Call of duty, sir. You never know thou. I could have easily been military and then you'd be eating your words.

Thank you for your cervix.