Anyone painted or coated their NEF rifles?

[stimpylu32]

Finally got around to taking some pictures of my daughter's sportster and her 20 ga. with the new Tamer stocks .WARNING  Sun Glasses Required



 

           

[quickdtoo]

There goes my visual purple!!! :shock:  Nice work, Stimpy!!

[Brett]

Anyone here try any of the Birchwood Casey gun blueing products with any success ?

http://www.birchwoodcasey.com/sport/index.html

[quickdtoo]

I've used the Perma Blue, works good, but not as good as a hot blue. My ebay .30-30 barrel was done with it, I like it a lot, although you can't tell much by this pic!! :oops:

[bajabill]

On the site Quick posted, mikericklefs, I like the scheme he did on the Browning.  It even looks like wood.  I need something like that on my savage that has no grain whatsoever.

[Busta]

Stimpy,

How does that Krylon Fusion paint hold up, and does it really fuse itself into the plastic? Wish they had some flat colors, the only thing I have seen so far is shiny.

[Brett]

I've used the Perma Blue, works good, but not as good as a hot blue. My ebay .30-30 barrel was done with it, I like it a lot, although you can't tell much by this pic!! :oops:

Quick;
Looks good from what I can tell in the picture.  How did you prep your 30-30 barrel?  Did you Birchwood Casey's cleaner or just use alcohol or acetone?  Did you polish the barrel with steel wool or anything before using the Perma Blue?

[quickdtoo]

Here's my reply to Mainer on his rust question...I use laquer thinner to degrease.

If it's as bad as it looks in the pic, the only choice is to refinish the metal, I use automotive crochus cloth that comes in rolls to do the back and forthsies on the barrel with the strips wrapped half around it, makes the work go fast and once it's blued, you can't tell the difference. I completely stripped my .30-30 barrel, then used BC Perma Blue. Of course it's not as nice as a professional hot blue, but didn't cost near as much either, but it still looks great. I've tried doing several barrels just by repairing the bad areas and touch up with cold blue, never was really satisfied with the mismatched blueing.

I trick I learned when browning barrels is to heat the barrel with hot water after you've degreased it, then blue the hot metal with Perma Blue, rinse with water, then card it with #0000 steelwool, then repeat. It usually takes about 4-6 times to get the deepest blue possible with a cold blue.

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[Sourdough]

I wanted to dull everything, and also give it some protection from the september rain.  I went to the store and got the stuff they camo bows with.  Sprayed entire gun and stock.  Started with brown and then splotched it up with greens and black.  Dries quick, but is soft and will scratch easily.  To remove just wipe with remover or mineral spirits, paint comes right off.  This might not be what you people want but it was what I wanted.  Camoed the gun real good.