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This is Aluma Hyde OD and FDE. Sorta tiger striped. And super easy!

Wondered if the rattlecan King of MT might show some inspiration for Conrad and Company.

Shane never met a rifle he couldn't improve with a bit of paint.

Dang Hookeye, that may be the best looking painted stock I've seen.

I do like the overall painted look, but I've spared a few long guns from the Krylon fate. Among them are a 54 cal muzzleloader, a Rossi R92 44 Mag, and a few others.

She’s a gawd damn American treasure….. pioneer of the industry.

That's one way to put it.

Geno, Don’t be a sour Boomer…. Peace,love , and rock n roll 👍🏻

Well, I'm not sure about an "American Treasure"

but I'd give her the title of Icon!

Hell, I'm pretty sure I never saw any of her work and I knew who she was. That's quite a statement in and of itself.

I guess you about have to paint the rifle and stock at the same time?

That's how I do it.

Here's an example. I just put tape wherever I don't want paint. Some say clean with alcohol first, it's a good idea if your rifle is really oily. I don't usually bother with that though.

Base coat dark brown. Note the tape.


Tan accents. Diagonal passes sprayed through dry grass,


Added some sage green accents, kind of overlapping the tan,


Pulled the tape,


In natural environment,

With the Krylon or the Rustoleum, it dries to the touch in a few minutes, but it really takes four or five days to fully harden. It hardens faster in you leave it out in the sunlight during a hot day.

Jim;
Good evening, I hope you and the family are well tonight.

While I don't have any photos of it, the girls helped paint a couple stocks when they were younger and seemed to enjoy it.

Since others are putting up some examples of their visions, here's a couple I've done.

Masked off some and left it black and then made stencils out of cardboard for the patterns.



Believe this is paint job #1 on this stock.



I managed to knock enough paint off that by 2022 I stripped it down, tried some different texture and a matte clear coat this time.



Anyways sir, have fun with it, see what you like and if you don't like it, a can of Krylon or two will make it look different.

Good luck and all the best to you all.

Dwayne

Thanks a lot for the ideas everyone!


MontanaMarine, I really appreciate your photos. I was getting a bit overwhelmed trying to figure out the sequence and methods of putting down a pattern.

Your step by step photos have helped tremendously. I can see how to do it now. Thanks.



I might look for a couple different colors.

Alumahyde is out of stock at brownells.

Just regular rustolem or krylon or do they offer something better?

One thing that helps me is to put down some sort of texture before doing my final coats - either marble/spiderweb spray or a light coat of a stone texture. This helps hide the imperfections of my paint job - places where it runs or got put on a little too thick.

The other thing that I prefer is to do larger patterns rather than smaller ones. Too many colors too close together looks muddled from just a few steps away. A lot of sponge camo jobs in particular suffer from this. A few thicker stripes or camo blotches here and there rather than a lot of them. And if I do a spiderweb spray, I do it pretty light. It's also less work.

I couldn't even begin to know how to get it like that. I'm about as artistic as my dog.

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GAP Splash Camo
Black base and then with natural sponge applicators dab your other two colors

I bet Jim and his kiddos can doop that no problemo.

I've just used the regular camo colors of Krylon or Rustoleum......whatever was available at walmart.

You can always do a practice run on a piece of 2x4 or something.

Practice runs are for puzzies. LOL

Don’t let it dry in freezing temps I found out the hard way on that