Painting Digital Camouflage

[bennymcwilson]

Has anyone attempted to paint digital camo on any of their pieces? I have been looking with little resolve. I know I have seen some photographs but I am not sure about the logistics. Free hand painting is out. So, painting with stencils seems the mostly likely method. But, I have concerns about bleeding around the stencil lines. Does anyone have any ideas? Please advise.

 

[Brett248Vista]

YouTube - The Best Digital Camo Tutorial

It's an airsoft, but the theory and technique would be the same.

 

[Scott77]

Opposite of this

I picked up a used 15-22 and the guy before me tried his own brand of camo painting. Does anyone here know of a good way to remove this spray paint without destroying or discoloring weapon?

 

[Brett248Vista]

I picked up a used 15-22 and the guy before me tried his own brand of camo painting. Does anyone here know of a good way to remove this spray paint without destroying or discoloring weapon?

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No guarantees it'll work...

 

[bennymcwilson]

That is at least a thought in the event what I paint doesn't turn out perfect.

 

[Scott77]

Great idea. Thanks for the quick input. For now I'm going to just try to scrape a bit off at a time rather than using chemicals. If it doesn't work out and the chemicals cause issues with the paint then I'm going to try a different paint scheme. Thanks again guys. Great forum.

 

[Brett248Vista]

I've used the hobby strippers before when I restored vintage model railroad stuff (Lionel) I used to do repaint work and needed to strip fragile plastic diesel loco shells. The plastic safe strippers do work, but they are very slow to strip (which is a good thing, because they aren't killing the plastic).

 

[JWiley]

DON'T scrape. You'll be unhappy with the result. Check any chemical stripper on a small hidden place.

Try a can of 'RemovAll'. It's a commercial product used to strip paint off airliners. I tried some on a painted wood bench and it took it down to the bare wood in one application. Low odor, didn't harm anything. Read the can before you try.

I got it at an auto paint supply warehouse. You may have to call around.

http://www.biowash.com/products/RemovALL.php

 

[Ghooge2008]

I removed some paint from an old revolver with a can of aerosol gun scrubber....the stuff litterally wrinkled then blew right off under the aerosol pressure from the can.

 

[szuppo]

Thats' the problem with painting on a camo finish. I've seen some very nice jobs but inevitably it peels or looks like crap soon after. After all, it is just paint.
I would suggest leaving it as it is. You will ruin any re-sale value.

 

[rwb1971]

Thats' the problem with painting on a camo finish. I've seen some very nice jobs but inevitably it peels or looks like crap soon after. After all, it is just paint.
I would suggest leaving it as it is. You will ruin any re-sale value.

haha..resale?!?!.. ill have mine for life...lol