Spray painted rifles

deadman said:
Dragging this old thread back up, been pretty depressing here on cgn lately with all the liberal/tariff drama. Also nothing interesting lately in the black rifle thread. Need to see some rattle canned rifles! Show how you wrecked your spensive rifle with spray bombs.

My mock-12 spr, couldn't wait for the paint to dry, had some tan and od on my face for a couple days after larping in the gun room. Can't shoot it, might as well add a lb of paint to it.

(It's 12.5 lbs with the optic, sans mag). I imagine it has almost zero recoil, but don't know for sure. Maybe some day....

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Oh no what have you done. Now they won’t give you top dollar for the buyback.

Your rifle and paint job look great!
 
Good timing for this thread, we have a stock that needs some cosmetic care
Has anyone 3d printed a stencil in cadpat or similar to use?
Would buy a set of the right stuff
 
They've been coming for me and everyone else for years.

No idea what's going to shake out, so I'm going to do what I want in the meantime.

If a confiscation happens I'm out so much already that one more rifle posted online isn't going to make it much worse.
 
Bought a can of Rustoleum Camo in OD green today since it was on clearance at my local CanTire. Going to see how well it holds up painting a few small pieces on a crypto like the mag release, bolt catch, and ejection port cover. I'm hoping with a light sanding, paint, and matte clearcoat it might hold up ok?
 
deadman said:
Dragging this old thread back up, been pretty depressing here on cgn lately with all the liberal/tariff drama. Also nothing interesting lately in the black rifle thread. Need to see some rattle canned rifles! Show how you wrecked your spensive rifle with spray bombs.

My mock-12 spr, couldn't wait for the paint to dry, had some tan and od on my face for a couple days after larping in the gun room. Can't shoot it, might as well add a lb of paint to it.

(It's 12.5 lbs with the optic, sans mag). I imagine it has almost zero recoil, but don't know for sure. Maybe some day....

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Nice build! Specs? What's the optic?
 
DiMP said:
Bought a can of Rustoleum Camo in OD green today since it was on clearance at my local CanTire. Going to see how well it holds up painting a few small pieces on a crypto like the mag release, bolt catch, and ejection port cover. I'm hoping with a light sanding, paint, and matte clearcoat it might hold up ok?
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It likely won't, rustoleum is what I use and it does wear fairly easily.

I've never put clear over it though, I could be wrong.
 
It holds up well with good surface prep and a clear coat from my experience, it’s not as durable as a baked on finish but once it cures it’s pretty good. I’m pretty sure I gave mine two coats of matte clear and it’s still looking fine.
 
Picture quality is not hte best
i haev done stencils once, woudl avoid again personally

I really like the sponge point option. easy to do, forgiving and very repairable
 

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I tried stencils a couple times, way harder than just going freehand and living with what you get.

If I put too much effort into it with stencils or patterns I'd just wreck it the first time I used it anyway. Nothing wrong with putting more effort into it though, whatever method a person prefers.
 
deadman said:
I tried stencils a couple times, way harder than just going freehand and living with what you get.

If I put too much effort into it with stencils or patterns I'd just wreck it the first time I used it anyway. Nothing wrong with putting more effort into it though, whatever method a person prefers.
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I cut my own stencils, usually to do a tiger stripe pattern, out of painters tape.

Always had good results.
 
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