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Offline McD

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Painting rifle
« on: October 10, 2006, 11:04:23 AM »
I sold my white to a nephew we decided to paint it so I did mine also....no idea how it will stand up to abuse.
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Re: Painting rifle
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2006, 11:13:01 AM »
Looks great.
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Re: Painting rifle
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2006, 03:22:50 PM »
Very Nice!

What kind of paint did you use?
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Re: Painting rifle
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2006, 03:41:01 PM »
McD,You did a good job I like it!!
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Re: Painting rifle
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2006, 04:00:13 PM »
Looks Awesome !!! You should start your own business !!!
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Offline McD

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Re: Painting rifle
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2006, 04:43:21 PM »
Thanks for compliments...did one for a friend just put it back together.

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Offline Kart29

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Re: Painting rifle
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2006, 04:35:32 AM »
Very nice work!  Fun, too, isn't it.

Here's a tip I learned from a guy:  When painting your rifle, warm up the can of spray paint by letting is sit in some hot water before you spray it on.  Not boiling water for criminy sakes, you don't want to explode the can...just good hot water.  Then when the paint goes on, the warm paint flows on very nicely and evenly.  It also dries very fast and you can put on another coat in only a matter of minutes.  Be careful and don't blow yourself up, though.  If you blow something up I don't know what you're talking about.

I painted my Handi-rifle last year and just this year had it fitted for a new Huntsman barrel.  So now my butt stock and receiver are painted camo but the forend is wood grain and the barrel is stainless.  Looks REALLY homely when I have the ML barrel on.  But, it still looks good with the .223 barrel on.
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Re: Painting rifle
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2006, 09:33:00 AM »
That's a nice looking paint job!
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Re: Painting rifle
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2006, 05:46:30 PM »
iN RESPONSE TO KART29 AND WARMING UP THE PAINT....

The paint section of the owners manual for my 1982 Yamaha IT175 Says warm up a pan of water on the stove...do not letwater in pan  get above 120 dgrees... use a cooking thermometer to chek temp..NOT A WEATHER THERMOMETER...TAKE PAN OFF OF STOVE....Turn can upside down and twirl in tight cicles so the ball in the can swirls in the paint fot two minutes...Put can in warm water (under 120 degrees) for five minutes...Repeat the swirling deal then paint.

I always put the paint & the pot of water out side in the middle of the yard on an old end tabe just in case. I camo painted some Bow Quivers this afternoon using the above metnod...works great...but if you do it be careful and do it at your own risk.
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