Author Topic: Barrel painting/refinishing? (Read 555 times)

tallyho · « **on:** May 13, 2005, 05:00:02 AM »

I seem to recall reading an article (linked from this NEF forum I believe) about how to paint a barrel with a flat black paint type of paint. I think the article was titled something like "Parkerize your barrel at home".. something like that.

I have looked all over my files and searched the forum (and Google) but I can't seem to find this page ... can anybody help

I have a 20 ga Stevens 311 with a rather grotty set of barrels and I want to refinish them this way. (Not terribly interested in cold bluing them)

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Cheers
Kerry

quickdtoo · « **Reply #1 on:** May 13, 2005, 05:46:09 AM »

Kerry,

That's from our very own Handirifle's web site...

http://www.handirifle.com/articles/parkerizing.htm

tallyho · « **Reply #2 on:** May 13, 2005, 06:00:33 AM »

Tim, I figured you'd be the guy to provide the info... And I was pretty sure the original info came from this forum. Thanks a bunch!

When I typed "parkerizing" in the search feature I just got topics about real parkerizing and military guns.

Cheers
Kerry

handirifle · « **Reply #3 on:** May 13, 2005, 06:14:01 PM »

Thanks quick
Talyho you can also get there but clicking on the"WWW" button at the bottom of my posts, course if you didin't know what was on my site to begin with.......

Hope it helps. The paint does come off if scratched, but so far it holds up pretty good. At this point I'm not sure if the bake job did any good. I've since heard that rustoleum paint is fairly soft, so maybe a harder primer under a harder flat black paint might be the key?

Make sure you plug the chamber and (if bolt gun) the area where the bolt slides with toilet paper or similar to keep it from getting painted. A brush on oil or similar that can be wiped off later might work too.

Good luck, let us know how yours turns out. What type gun you thinking about painting?

tallyho · « **Reply #4 on:** May 13, 2005, 07:12:14 PM »

Hey Handi,

To tell the truth, I didn't even realize it was your website! :oops:

And thanks for doing it and sharing it :agree:

I want to try it on the barrels of a Stevens 311 20 ga double. I bought it for my wife to use in Cowboy Action Shooting. :cb2:

The bluing is a bit thin in places and I figured the painting ('home parkerizing') would give a better, more consistent finish than cold bluing. She likes her stuff clean and sparkly so I thought I'd clean it up a bit for her.

I cold blued a Rem 870 barrel a couple of weeks ago, it turned out OK, but it was a lot of work to get a darker color - and even then I didn't get it as dark as I wanted it...

Anyway, I'll keep ya posted on how the project turns out. Probably find time to do it over the weekend. Already bought paint, but it wasn't rustoleum. Its Plasti-kote anti rust (primer and color - black)

Cheers
Kerry

tallyho · « **Reply #5 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:39:21 AM »

I have painted the barrels of my wife's Steven's 311 20 ga. I used Handirifle's process (see below) with a couple of slight changes.

1) I used Plastikote paint rather than Rustoleum. And went for gloss because she likes things shiny :-)
2) I 'baked' the barrels after the priming and again after the final coat.

Here are some pics of the process - sorry, I didn't think to take 'before' pics, just thought of the camera after I had primed the first coat :oops:

Primed barrels in the oven - just fit so the door would close! I whittled a Q-tip stick down to fit in the bead sight hole. Can barely be seen in this pic.

Yours truly spraying the black over the primer (after 'baking' at 180 for a couple of hours). Had to find a time to do it when my apartment neighbors were not out front barbequeing! Ended up being Sunday morning.

The finished product all put back together.

Finally, my wife's almost favorite pic of the thing, showing the shiny receiver (I polished the heck out of it!) and the black barrels. She says she wants me to paint the stocks black too. She wants all her Cowboy guns to be dark with shiny bits... so I guess I will be doing more painting shortly.

This was a rather simple and (dare I say) enjoyable project and again I thank Handirifle for his original instructions found here:

http://www.handirifle.com/articles/parkerizing.htm

And thank Quick for providing the link to this site, and for the sticky at the top of this forum explaining how to post photos.

Cheers
Kerry

handirifle · « **Reply #6 on:** May 17, 2005, 11:51:33 AM »

Tallyho
My pleasure, glad to be of assistance.

quickdtoo · « **Reply #7 on:** May 17, 2005, 12:07:56 PM »

Kerry, always glad to help! :wink:

Tim