Need advice on painting a mossberg with krylon.

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My father in law had an old mossberg lakefield 500a. It had seen wayyyyy better days. It was covered in camo tape. ugly as sin. The forend rattled and had an amazing amount of play. I took the tape off. Sanded down the stock and I am refinishing the stock with a satin finish. But the blueing on the barrel had to be stripped off completely because of the rust. The receiver isn't it bad shape at all. Couple of scuffs but thats it. Any way I was thinking of using a matte black krylon on the barrel, tube and receiver. how long the pain would hold up? how many coats of black and satin clear coat should I use?

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KAL
 
In my experience (which is not a lot so keep this in mind lol), Krylon is easy to apply and great because of the availability of colours but I have found it to not be very durable at all. In this case I think it would be worth the little bit more effort and/or $$$ to get a "real" finish like bluing, parkerizing, or dura/ceracoating.
 
I've only Kryloned one rifle, but it was pretty reasonable in the end. If you can't / don't want to shell out for a professional refinish, I say try it. It's easy enough to strip if you don't like it in the end. There are some great tutorials online, and with proper use of primer (can't remember if it's necessary on steel), multiple coats of colour and clear with the correct drying time between. I'd reckon 2 coats each of colour and clear.

How long would it last? Mostly depends on how much wear it will see. It's not terrible, though. You will have a bit of an odd-smelling shotgun for a few months until the paint finally cures.

You could also do a cold blue of just the barrel yourself. It might not look great (or it maybe it will!), but it's easy enough to do.
 
I have tried krylon's plastic specific paint for synthetic stocks and it is incredibly fragile. It will rub off, wear off, get wiped off with solvent.

You are better off with a bake on gun finish.
 
We carry a range of both bake on and air dry gun finishes that would be better suited for use on a barrel. For the barrel bake on is best but to be honest the most important part is the preparation. You are going to want to use a sand blaster with something like aluminium oxide 120 to prep the barrel, then pre heat, apply the coating and finally bake the finish on.

If you have the equipment required for to do this we can supply you with the coating or you can send the barrel to us and we will coat it for you.
 
Dura coat is the best "easy" way too do your gun you get everything you need but cerekote is light years better but you need too bake it on.
 
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