Krylon Paint

[fiorgobas]

Anyone used this stuff to do up their firearm? Wondering about durability and rust resistance. Thanx

 

[Greenhorse six]

It's cheap,It scratches easy,which give's character to the gun,and can be touched up easy.

Aside from cleaning the gun,I didn't do anything to prep it,just sprayed it with a few coats.

 

[kbont]

I have on a gun and crossbow, seems to be holding up fine for me (camo paint)

 

[wildernessguy]

Believe me, you will regret the day you spray it if you paint a gun with this stuff if it's the plastic version, unless you like that sort of look. The paint will fall of when you breathe on it. I have used the Krylon brand multi surface stuff for some car parts, and if you bake it on and build up nice thin layers it has a nice satin luster and goes on smooth. And after baking with a radiant heater for a few days stuff seems pretty rock solid so far.

 

[Leg]

Aervoe paint is supposed to be much more durable than Krylon.

 

[shawn]

Krylon is just as durable as any other spray paint and holds up great if done right. It does not just fall off and all that BS.

You just have to clear coat it and you will have no problems. This is my 858 done with nothing but krylon that has seen over 2 crates of ammo since the paint job. Look by the gas block and you can see that even the gas that shoots out of there hasn't removed the paint.

You can even see in a super high wear area like the folding mech it is holding up great.

CLP and other gun cleaners have had no effect on it and the areas that are painted has had no corrosion or rust. The only other place that has any real wear in inside the flash hider where some of the paint has been worn away by the muzzle blast. Sorry I dont have a pic of that, I can get one if anyone really wants one.

Shawn

 

[boots-]

cool i think im gonna do some improving of my 8.5 was wondering what to use to paint it after maybe ill give this a shot

 

[sewktbk]

If you're gonna spraypaint a gun, at least choose a better quality brand than Krylon.

 

[tjhaile]

Aervoe paint is supposed to be much more durable than Krylon.

This is what Pat Rogers recommends for gun painting.

 

[boots-]

If you're gonna spraypaint a gun, at least choose a better quality brand than Krylon.

i doubt it would be worse than the stock grizzly "coating"

 

[sewktbk]

This is what Pat Rogers recommends for gun painting.

Pat Rogers may be a reference when it comes to firearms, but what's his credentials on paint?

During the last 15 years, I used many, many different types of aerosols for many different applications. If I had to guesstimate how many cans I emptied, it would be in the thousands. Different brands from countries all over the world.
Krylon used to be very good paint back when it was owned by Borden. It was then sold to Sherwin Williams, and remained a quality product for a number of years. Then i'm not sure what happened over there, but they cut back on the number of colors available and on the quality of the paint. It suddenly became a lot more watery. Got harder to cover your surfaces well, more coats were needed and drips were likelier.

I completely stopped using the brand at that point and became very wary of Krylon aerosols.
Personally, I would never try to refinish a gun with spraypaint that cheap and that mainstream. That's just me. I'm glad if it worked for others, but I still wouldn't reccommend it based on the bitter taste I was left with.

I know i know, you're not supposed to ingest it

 

[supernova]

Ive painted a few guns and it just doesnt hold up well. Clearcoating helps alot but doesnt prevent chips. It bonds better to plastic than to metal, even sandlbasted and primered metal. It chipped off of the primer in most spots. This was done in thin coats with a week of dry time before reassembly. Id use it on plastic with a good clearcoat over top but never again on metal. For the price of some arma coat and a preval sprayer you can have a far superior finish for $20 more. You can always remove krylon with laquer thinner so long as any plastic you use the laquer thinner on doesnt react with it. Clearcoats may not come off with thinner, stripper may be needed. Try it out if you want but be prepared to strip it and try something else.

 

[Grove]

Well I've had good success with my Krylon paint job on my 12.5" shotgun.

Removed all dirt oil ect with carb cleaner and clean rags and then did 4 heavy layers of krylon on my action, mag tube and barrel giving 20 minutes for each coat to dry in the sun outside (was bit over 20c+ that day).

After several hundred rounds fired and barrel has gotten extremely hot the finish is holding up well, an wearing as expected in high friction areas.

Here is my gun before the paint job, it was rough exposed bare metal.

Here is the gun just last week after around 700 shells down range since paint job.

 

[jamiejaf]

Prep your gun and warm it up before painting seems to work fine. I've done a few Krylon jobs that held well.

 

[alpining]

I've had surprisingly good results when used on meticulously degreased plastic. No experience on steel or aluminum.

 

[Leg]

Pat Rogers may be a reference when it comes to firearms, but what's his credentials on paint?

All of his company rifles are painted, using Aervoe products. These rifles fire thousands and thousands of rounds down range every year and the Aervoe paint holds up surprisingly well, especially given the fact that he does zero prep work. You can find photos of a lot of his rifles on lightfighter.

He tried using Krylon and like yourself, he has found the quality to be lacking. Strange how you agree that Krylon isn't up to snuff but then question his experience.

 

[oneguywithsixguns]

Rustoleum or Duracoat?

Anyone have experience with Rustoleum? Or should I man up and shell out for Duracoat? I've heard some people call Duracoat glorified car paint.