Painting a wood stock

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Has anyone found any good products for painting a wood stock? Something durable and relatively scratch resistant.
Also did you strip the old stock or paint over original finish?
Primer? Top coat? etc... any tips would be appreciated, I want a professional finish.
 
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Have you considered a stain? You gotta love a wood grain in colour :)
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Thanks for the reminder... no I hadn't considered a stain but a few years back I had planned to do a stock with green wood dye, don't know if I can find it anymore, the company that used to sell it said they could only get the powder in 45 gallon drums! that would last them about 200 years!

Dye looks so much nicer than stain, very rich and every detail pops out at you. I did a pine floor with walnut, very nice!

I may go for it BUT this stock has a hairline crack in it, so I thought paint would do a better job.
 
As as far as paint on wood goes,it's hard to come out with the gorgeous finish you picture in your mind.Working with matte paints would give the best result,as far as pleasing of the eye goes.Matte black or matte green like the camouflage automotive paints available at CT would look good if the sanding and prep is done well.
i do have a nice black wood with silver grain accented method if you're interested :)
I may post a thread with this method soon now that i think of it
 
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Then i'd pop into a flooring store and ask about high-traffic area hardwood floor coatings if you want the best..Duracoat 500 comes to mind
 
We are about to embark on a sow's ear to silk purse project with an old Springfield '03 stock that has really been around the block. Just finished glueing up some cracks, including one all the way through the stock alongside the mag box. Used straight Acraglas for the repair and it is solid as a rock now, after two days of curing.

Next, we need to strip off all the old grease and grime. That will be a bit of a chore, for sure. Then a coarse sanding to accommodate a smear coat of Bondo over the entire stock to fill up all the dents and scratches, of which there are plenty and some very deep. :)

After that, the plan is to sand smooth, then prime with two coats of premium grade acrylic primer. Don't ask me why two coats, that's just what we do.

A friend of mine, Vernon Asp, is going to paint the stock in West Coast motif, and as it is his stock he will have free rein on that.

It will then get two coats of clear sealer, a' la Gatehouse. ;)

I am interested in your project and would like to hear how you make out as you go along, and can keep you posted on ours if you like.

Ted
 
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strip to an even finish. paint away, cover with a low gloss clear coat arosol. give it a couple coats. as long as the paint is cured before this goes on it should wear very well. if doing a camo finish there are generally mutilple layers to go through.

if you glob on the paint to get the one perfect coat, it is not going to happen.
 
Stock painting eh? cough, cough.

In my opinion, if you want durable, use the best quality paint available. I use catalyzed urethane enamels, automotive paints. They cure hard; way tougher than anything out of a rattle can. The disadvantage is that you need a compressor and spray gun, and the paint can be very expensive.

This is an example of an sks I painted. It's the factory norinco stock with rootbeer candy and clearcoat. A quality paint job can even make an norinco stock look nice. Over 1000 rounds later and it is still perfect, no scratches.

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