How to make a painting job to stock?

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Since the first day I got my rifle, I've been thinking to apply a painting job to my rifle stock. But so far I have no idea how to do it.

Can you give me some tips (e.g. how-to articles) about painting? what equipments should I buy to do so?

Thanks.
 
-strip the current finish to bare wood using furniture stripper. circa 1895 works great.

-lightly sand

-use tack cloth to remove all dust

-use spray on wood primer

-choose any paint you want. krylon works good and its pretty tough.

edit: if you want a textured look, use some spray on bedliner or rockerguard before painting.
 
spray on rockerguard:

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after being painted with krylon drab olive:

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not alot of texture to make it ugly, yet enough to give alot better grip;)
 
It all depends what kind of look you're going for and what you're painting over. Is this a wood or synthetic stock?

Rockerguard or bedliner paint seems to be popular. I've used it on vehicles but never on a gun stock. There are some good brands and some cheap brands. Most of these types of paint would be reasonably durable if you're looking for the textured matte black. A good bedliner would be more durable than rockerguard. Surface prep would be pretty simple and forgiving. Give it a rough scuff with about 120-400 grit. As with everything, it must be superclean and degreased.

Plenty of guys have used krylon fusion on synthetic stocks and have reported good results. I've never used it because I don't like rattle cans. There are a lot of good pictures on this forum of camo jobs using this paint.

I paint stocks using automotive urethane enamels. These are 3 part catalyzed paints that require proper spray equipment. Before painting I usually sand/scuff with 400 grit. For a synthetic stock I lay down epoxy primer, then whatever base, candy, or clear. For a wood stock I've been painting candy then clear. Usually about 10 coats total. If you want more details let me know.
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for the bush guns or "working guns" i would recomend a good epoxy based finish like armacoat/duracoat or if your like some of us bedliner :D, if you want it to look good you can try your hand at one of the various camo jobs using "rattle cans" or get right into the fancy automotive paints for that shimmering SEMA effect
 
I went to the Canadian Tire this morning, found out there are three different krylon Camouflage Paint (black, brown, ...). But I tried it to the cardboard and looked like it's pretty thin and I even couldn't see any effect. Just wondering if I should buy them all to apply the camouflage effect? How about stencil(pattern), where can I find those?

thanks.
 
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I tried the krylon camo and it worked very well. It did spray thin, but the more coats you put on the better anyway!

For the patteren I went to the back yard and got some branchs and grass!

I put on a full can of clear coat for protection. It came out glossy :redface: , as seen in the pics. I've dulled it down after with steel wool. No chips and cheap to boot:D !
 
sunnyside said:
Just wondering if I should buy them all to apply the camouflage effect? How about stencil(pattern), where can I find those?
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go grab some leaves off your wifes plants in the garden and use them as reverse stencils. spray the gun one color which is your base. then hold a leave against it and lightly spray over it with another color. looks pretty good if you practise first;)
 
canadian hunter312 said:
go grab some leaves off your wifes plants in the garden and use them as reverse stencils. spray the gun one color which is your base. then hold a leave against it and lightly spray over it with another color. looks pretty good if you practise first;)
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This is one of the most popular methods and works very well.

Lay branches/leaves on your stock and lightly spray over then.Repeat with different colors to add depth.Then use a Matte clear coar such as Excel Colorvision (From RONA) to help protect the paint.

Practice on some cardboard first to get the hang of it.

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SKBY.
 
I did a Sikkkens base/clear coat on a wood stock a few years ago. Just scuffed up the wood a bit gave it a coat of primer then paint. Not very durable but it looks good. I call it a manly purple. I also did a glass stock with a Sikkens solid color. It has a couple chips in it but it's a bench rest gun and gets handled rather gently. Bright orange
 
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