My VTR gets a new skin (pics)

[wareagleguy]

Thought I would try my hand at painting a stock.  I went with Duracoat.

[sniperVLS]

Nice!!

[NONYA]

SWEET!

[DalesCarpentry]

Looks great!!!!! I have painted a few stocks myself. Like the one pictured below. I have always used Krylon Fusion paint on my stocks. I did consider the Duracoat also but decided to with the Krylon because I read some bad reviews using there system without an air brush. How did you apply yours? Did you have any problems with it cloging the tip up? Dale

[wareagleguy]

Thanks guys.
I did use a air brush.  It was a cheap one I bought with the Duracoat kit.  It had a can of air I found useless because it would not give enough pressure.  I found also you need to get the Duracoat Reducer to thin it a bit.  Also, I used a compressor with the air brush and everything works great. 

I am really thinking about painting the whole thing with the same pattern (scope too).

[DalesCarpentry]

I did that once. I painted the whole rifle and regretted terribly. I will never paint anything but the stock ever again. Dale

[NONYA]

I have a few completely painted,everything except the bolt,its a tool,use it!

[tjkanavel]

Looks good. I use Duracoat on all my stocks and have never had a problem with it. I do not use their airbrush, I have a HVLP that works great. If you are going to paint the action make sure you clean the metal real well with a good cleaning agent to get all the oils and grease out of it. If you dont, it will leak through and bubble up the Duracoat later on down the road.

Tim

[NONYA]

I use carb cleaner.Heres one i did.

[jvs]

If wareagle ever gets caught up in a herd of Zebras, he'll have it made.

[bigjeepman]

You guys are really good ... I am impressed.

bjm

[wareagleguy]

If wareagle ever gets caught up in a herd of Zebras, he'll have it made.

LOL, that is too good!!!