When Krylon Attacks!

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So there I was, 4 cans of spray paint and a bottle of Nicaraguan Rum. Well, maybe no rum.

When I got it:

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USGI stock and some black and green paint:

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My finished, ahem, masterpiece. Notice the skillful use of overspray to soften the lines and the careful attention to contrasting and complementary colours. Sealed with satin polyurethane, the shine should wear down, I hope.

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Not exactly Skullboy quality, but it was a fun 15 minutes.:)
 
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misanthropist said:
Well, I know it was just a quickie job but I think it looks really great! That's actually one of my favourite camo jobs (and I have seen a LOT of camo'd 14s at a couple of other sites!)

Sometimes the stuff you just wing turns out the best eh?
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ADK said:
Nicely done.
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Thanks guys. It was a bit more than 15 minutes, though. Not including drying time between coats it probably took 2-3 hours.

I did the whole works assembled, action in the stock. I used a bungee to hang it from a garage door rail in my garage.
In order:
-masked the action and barrel end.
-2-3 coats of khaki Krylon for the base coat.
-brown stripes
-black accents
-OD stripes
-2 coats poly

I lied too, the black isn't Krylon, it's matte BBQ paint.:runaway:;)
 
Swampy said:
Stevp what are you using for your scout scope mount and where did you get it? Nice paint job though, sounds like fun...with the rum involved...
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It's a Springfield Armory scout mount. No idea where it came from, it was on the rifle when I bought it.
 
Stevo,
great job ...
this is exactly what I do to prep my stocks just before the final coat.

But just one more coat would make it even more great.

Lay on a few Vancouver Island tropical ferns, spray the top coat with a light misting of a light color like grey or tan or khaki, or all three, leaving the dark undercolors showing through where the leaves of the ferns mask off the stock for you, in an intricate and absolutely unique pattern all your own, reminiscent of the very best artiste hand painting with a top quality air brush.

Remove the ferns [ eventually ... preferably after the paint has hardened enough that you don't mess it up too much ].

I use Satin Polyurethane Varnish for the final coats ... two or three THIN coats rather than one thick coat, as the poly almost comes out in THICK CHUNKS.

VOILA! there it is ...
Stunning in appearance, yet eminently practical over either lightly sanded fiberglass, or WELL cleaned and sanded DRY wood. ...
expect all the fashion conscious "In crowd" to be wearing it this year on their M-14 stocks.

I'll bring my folding stock to the Wet Coast group grope this weekend, and maybe sombody with a camera can post a pic.

Thomas/45ACP is now doing his own version of this pattern. and as I said , it is simply stunning, and even though Thomas charges BIG bucks for his work, the secret is that, once you've done the same prep work you showed us, the last step is VERY easy to do ...
provided you have tropical ferns?
You do have tropical ferns where you live, don"t you?

If not, we wet coasters can send you some of ours for a nominal sum
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LAZ
 
here is what laz is talkin about, though this pattern used 5 colours and cedar bough as the template. I call this pattern "ghost cedar"
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Buck
Only the FEmale wetcoasters are known as "Ferns".

Us male wetcoasters go by the nomenclature of "Shrubs"
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Laz,
That's a great idea with the ferns. They're in short supply up here though.;)

I was looking for some material to spray through, but the fabric store lace ended up too girly. (Seriously, I tried it) I guess I could have taken some branches off my cedars, but it never occurred to me.
 
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