New Paint Scheme

[sneaky223]

I played around with some Krylon paint, it turned out pretty good. What do you think?

 

[skip62]

very nice, could you give me more details as to how you did it?

 

[CORPORAL PUNISHMENT]

That looks excellent. Is that like duracoat?

 

[sneaky223]

Well you get about 4 flat colors, I started out with a tan base coat, then i got clumps of pine straw, and placed it in areas on the gun and sprayed like dark earth lightly on top and moved to another place on the gun and sprayed again. Let dry and switched colors and did it again. You have to change pine straw often because the straw will get soaked it paint.

 

[sneaky223]

It's Krylon Camouflage fusion colors. They were olive, dark earth, black, hunter green, tan.

 

[skip62]

that's awesome, and sounds easy.
thanks,

 

[wood1]

Wow thats impressive!

 

[skip62]

did you do it fully assembled or in pieces?

 

[sneaky223]

I did not paint the hand grip or mag, I did the sights but did them off the rifle, the hand grip is a rubber Rock River that came off my other AR.

 

[Kdash106]

wow very nice, I am thinking about doing a Multicam color on mine.

 

[iflyfish]

WOW! That is outstanding!

 

[revhigh]

Closer up pics .... PLEASE ??? A bunch of 'em ??

Looks outstanding !

Thanks

REV

 

[jakatan]

Closer up pics .... PLEASE ??? A bunch of 'em ??

Looks outstanding !

Thanks

REV

I second this!

I love the paint job, though I'm sure I'd be too afraid of messing it up to attempt it

 

[mikehoncho]

more pics +1

looks great. how did you avoid getting paint inside the guts of the gun, even with the bolt out? did you paint the whole barrel or just where the handguard ends?

eat your heart out davinci.

 

[sneaky223]

I took the bolt out and stuck some cloth inside along with some tape, also taped up the mag area.

 

[springfield.45]

sneaky great job hope your paint job lasts longer then mine

i painted my stock and sights and let dry for 3-4 days before i even touched them them after 3-4 range sessions i noticed the paint on the stock was getting gummy and then started peeling off (use Krylon just like you )but then again i could of done something wrong

 

[sneaky223]

Yea I had read it needs to sit for a while like a couple of days before regular use, I think I let it sit like a week before I used it. I'm not using the adjustable stock much because of sliding might rub a lot.

 

[Russ Jerome]

My R-15 stock:

and just prior to completion:

Here is the paint and some leaves/twigs/grass I used:

 

[mattz357]

Unrelated, but is that a UTG front grip? If so, what do you think of it? Great looking camo!

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

I second this!

I love the paint job, though I'm sure I'd be too afraid of messing it up to attempt it

Same here.

It really is impressive how many talented and gutsy folks are here on these boards. Vitamind3 trimmed a few inches off the 15-22 rail; BeltFed fabricates his own silencers; Maniac is designing a new mag loader.... just to name a few.

In contrast.... it's a big day in Chattanooga when Phil rearranges Larue Index Clips.