Painting barrel

[Evil stirfry]

Would it be ok to paint a barrel that’s worn off and starting to rust with rust oleum spray paint

 

[Clay Huntin' Canuck]

I've done it a few times just make sure it's well degreased and you should be fine.
Did my primary skeet gun because it has very light surface rust but it wasn't worth the cost of hot blueing or cold blue proseess.
Paints lasted 1000 rounds and 15 years no problem.
Good luck and share pics if you can.

 

[Arcosdad]

Hard to say without seeing it. Start with very fine steel wool and WD-40. Gently rub to remove surface rust. Reevaluate once that's done. It's amazing how much comes off. Then watch a few YT videos on cold bluing. Don't paint it unless you want a cool camo finish or something.

 

[Evil stirfry]

I did it before to rework rust on the bottom of the action but I wasn’t sure if I should because of how the barrel will be visibly matching the the unpainted action which I don’t really want to paint cause of all the markings and stuff

 

[Evil stirfry]

I don’t know how to post pics

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

Bill Wylde, of the Wylde 5.56 chamber design fame, showed up at the DCRA national matches with a white stubby cylindrical barrel on his F Class rifle. He told everyone it was ceramic. Well, no it was white appliance enamel.

 

[guntech]

Spray paint is easy to do, not that permanent but easy to overspray... works on a beater.

 

[Butcherbill]

The key to painting is in the surface prep, degrease it well and when you think it’s clean do it one more time. Prime it and then paint it in light coats.

 

[maifire]

I have two that i used textured krylon on. With good prep, a nice result is not hard to get.

 

[FatCatsDad]

Surface prep is extremely important.

I've painted dozens of old 22's.

I always had good luck using automotive exhaust paint.

 

[Buck1950]

Several colours avail for the Exhaust paint . . . or you could use BBQ paint to get a black matte finish.

 

[phillyblt]

Use the attach files button in the bottom of the message box

 

[phillyblt]

Wait maybe not...

 

[lone ranger]

I painted an old split shotgun barrel 5 years ago with rattle can rustolium for fun.
It was left out side in my junk metal pile. wow, it still looks not bad.
It did take several days to cure and harden,..but when it did, it was rock hard.

 

[Wallenstein]

Spray paint is easy to do, not that permanent but easy to overspray... works on a beater.

Works just fine.

It's fun to do some DIY paint jobs.

 

[MRP]

I've redone my stainless ever couple of years just for fun. Brown, black, even did a fake fluted look. A splatter camo go the longest with out neding a tuch up. FYI, As far as I could find rustoleum and tremclad come from the same facility.

 

[Evil stirfry]

I used gloss black on the action then I sanded it lightly with 600 grit after 24 hours and it matched the previous colour pretty well

 

[Evil stirfry]

I've redone my stainless ever couple of years just for fun. Brown, black, even did a fake fluted look. A splatter camo go the longest with out neding a tuch up. FYI, As far as I could find rustoleum and tremclad come from the same facility.

Can u share pics of the fluted look

 

[Evil stirfry]

I used gloss black on the action then I sanded it lightly with 600 grit after 24 hours and it matched the previous colour pretty well

This is the rifle on which I want to paint the barrel

 

[MRP]

Can u share pics of the fluted look

All the same rifle. Just different years of my insanity.