Gore Optifade Elevated 2 Paint Job

53Izzy744

53Izzy744

CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Rating - 100%
64   0   0
Location
Knee-deep in the hoopla
Hi all,

Decided being cold and uncomfortable in the stand was no longer an option i decided to jump on Sitka's sale earlier in the year and got a complete setup in Elevated 2 camo. I figured, with the new setup, i should do up one of the shotguns at my disposal that nobody uses so i could match. It is a charles daly 601 tactical, semi auto 12ga with an 18.5" barrel. It was black to start but i went ahead and tried to match the EV2 camo on it. Rattle cans, some custom mixing of different alkyds and flat clear on top. Not an exact match but close enough for the girls i go out with.









Here is the video that i followed to do it
 
manbearpig said:
Looks great!
I'm not sure I'll ever have the guts to rattle can an entire gun, but in case the day comes I'm curious about the technique you used to get the patterns..
Click to expand...

Thanks! The pictures don't really do it justice as far as colour goes but i am pleased with how it turned out lol

The two biggest things that the video didnt do, and that i did - was flame treating the plastic, and spraying on adhesion promoter prior to doing primer and paint. Those two steps will mean much better adhesion so no flaking off regardless of how many scratches you get on it lol
 
Doh, I completely missed the video in your original post. I'm on very limited rural wireless internet so at this point my brain just automatically censors out videos.


The two biggest things that the video didnt do, and that i did - was flame treating the plastic, and spraying on adhesion promoter prior to doing primer and paint.
Click to expand...

Interesting - I did something like that instinctively with an old Savage synthetic stock: I scuffed the hell out of it with a Scotch-Brite pad to matte the surface, then heated the stock up with a heat gun, then sprayed it with Krylon Fusion, then after it air dried I hit it with the heat gun again.
The paint "stuck" so well that after several years of beating on it there isn't so much as a single flake/scratch - to the point where I actually forgot the stock had been painted. I'm not sure how much of that adhesion is due to Krylon Fusion (which is limited to which specific plastics it "bonds" with) or the heat.. or both..
 
manbearpig said:
Doh, I completely missed the video in your original post. I'm on very limited rural wireless internet so at this point my brain just automatically censors out videos.




Interesting - I did something like that instinctively with an old Savage synthetic stock: I scuffed the hell out of it with a Scotch-Brite pad to matte the surface, then heated the stock up with a heat gun, then sprayed it with Krylon Fusion, then after it air dried I hit it with the heat gun again.
The paint "stuck" so well that after several years of beating on it there isn't so much as a single flake/scratch - to the point where I actually forgot the stock had been painted. I'm not sure how much of that adhesion is due to Krylon Fusion (which is limited to which specific plastics it "bonds" with) or the heat.. or both..
Click to expand...

Apparently the trick with hitting it with actual flame (propane torch) oxidizes the top of the plastic. Maybe that fusion paint did something similar
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom