I have a camo 10/22 but I dont use the original stock, I pre ordered a G36 stock and want to paint the receiver and barrel black ......... what is the best way to do this ? sand paper it down before painting or just spray paint it ? and what is the best paint to use ?
Want to paint my 10/22
- Thread starter mrpenguin
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Depends how durable you want the finish to be.
In a perfect world you would media blast the parts before refinishing them but that may be over kill in your application.
In my own recent 10/22 build I stripped down the barrel/receiver; glass bead blasted it, then used a HVLP spray gun to coat it with Arma-Coat. It took a fair bit of time and money but looks good. However with just some sand paper, elbow grease and cheap rattle can spray bomb you can get 80% the same results for 10% investment.
Personally I would just roughen up the surfaces with 120 grit paper (or thereabouts) and then wipe it down with paint thinner prior to painting with a matte black spray can. (I have used RUSTOLEUM camo paint on a couple of projects and been happy with it.) The spray can paint will adhere reasonably well to the factory paint, better than it would to bare metal.
Using a matte black finish will hide any imperfections and give the tacticool finish to match the G36 stock.
Be sure to post pictures when you complete your project.
In a perfect world you would media blast the parts before refinishing them but that may be over kill in your application.
In my own recent 10/22 build I stripped down the barrel/receiver; glass bead blasted it, then used a HVLP spray gun to coat it with Arma-Coat. It took a fair bit of time and money but looks good. However with just some sand paper, elbow grease and cheap rattle can spray bomb you can get 80% the same results for 10% investment.
Personally I would just roughen up the surfaces with 120 grit paper (or thereabouts) and then wipe it down with paint thinner prior to painting with a matte black spray can. (I have used RUSTOLEUM camo paint on a couple of projects and been happy with it.) The spray can paint will adhere reasonably well to the factory paint, better than it would to bare metal.
Using a matte black finish will hide any imperfections and give the tacticool finish to match the G36 stock.
Be sure to post pictures when you complete your project.
Yeah where do I get that ??
First this
h ttp://w ww.krylon.com/products/camouflage_paint_with_fusion_technology
In Quebec I can find this at Reno Depot & Canadian Tire.
Then this
h ttp://ww w.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?D=980111&Ntt=980111&catalogId=10051&langId=-15&storeId=10051&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntx=mode+matchall&N=0&Ntk=P_PartNumber
And this to finish
ht tp://ww w.krylon.com/products/matte_finish
h ttp://w ww.krylon.com/products/camouflage_paint_with_fusion_technology
In Quebec I can find this at Reno Depot & Canadian Tire.
Then this
h ttp://ww w.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?D=980111&Ntt=980111&catalogId=10051&langId=-15&storeId=10051&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntx=mode+matchall&N=0&Ntk=P_PartNumber
And this to finish
ht tp://ww w.krylon.com/products/matte_finish
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french_fried_taters
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- Location
- Sparwood, B.C.
Yeah that krylon is amazing stuff, just let it dry, put a matte clearcoat on it and its pretty dam durable!
- Location
- Burlington On
Any paint with a separate hardener will last 10x anything else but you'll need the equipment to spray it.
Hardware store paint is just .... cheap.
Aluma-Hyde is supposed to resist cleaning solvents
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1117/Product/ALUMA_HYDE_reg__II
Hardware store paint is just .... cheap.
Aluma-Hyde is supposed to resist cleaning solvents
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1117/Product/ALUMA_HYDE_reg__II
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