I have two cans of alumahyde.

Od green and tan.


Trying to figure out if the rifle should be green and the stock tan or the rifle tan and the stock green.


Going to be two tone regardless.

Tiger stripe it !

I like it.

But if you’re sticking with solids, go with tan on the barrel to minimize heat mirage through scope?

Yes, but if not barrel green stock tan.

Who's gonna come along and say " Why not paint it black"?

Cryolon

Why separate the colors by stock vs metal? You could do a two-tone on both with a simple camo pattern.

Spray the whole thing green, and then lay your local foliage over it and hit it with the tan. then it'll be mostly tan with green foliage to break it up.

I've used pine sprigs and small leaves, works well.

One assumes this will be a family project and camo is much more fun.

More fun for me too, some kids never grow up.

Two tone camo. Or add a third color, like brown.

I hadn't thought about camo.

The gun is an older Winchester Stealth II.
22-250


I have been going to paint it for a while....but now that everyone has gone nuts for prairie dog shooting I had better get it finished.

For some reason...the stupid this was made to rust. Never could get it to quit.


It even would corrode under aluminum scope bases.



Tiger stripe......hmmmm....

Post some finished pics👍

Oh and before anyone gets assy about it my best friend bought me that rifle new because he wanted to pay me back for when he lived with me for 3 months before he went to basic training.

I like my metal black and just paint the stock

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...mm-creedmoor-243-winchester#Post12837045

I just showed this to the boys and they about lost their minds.

That does look really nice.


I will have to do something to the metal. I suppose i could paint it black.

Anyone else tired of the broad jacking off the pool cue ?

Cue up Mick.

Just a thought. Clean, mask & take time hitting the barreled action with satin/flat black, & put it up.

Give boys a few odd pieces of stencils to lay down, cut out paper curves, leaves, wads of grass, etc., the 2 cans of paint, & the stock.. Maybe have them watch a few youtube vids of spraying one. It might look like crap, or an artist might emerge. A win either way.


A buddy bought a really ugly 870 turkey gun once for cheap. It had been cameoed with gloss paint. But aside from the poor paint choice, the patterns were really good. My wife, cousin Daisey saw it, a faint outline of a Camel on the side of the buttstock & quickly, wittingly called the pattern,,,, Camelflage. Everybody loved that gun.

I’m down with Boba Fett myself.

Bingo! Thought this a cheap post from square one.

Use your chit !

Coupla more samples of camo. I’m not particularly proud of these, they were just quicky Krylon rattlcan jobs. Nothing special, just hit the metal with some degreaser and shot them.

Truck coyote guns, the Howa Mini is in 7.62x39 and the Mossberg MVP with the see-through rings is 5.56

Ketchup bottle for reference, so you know I didn’t lift the pic from the interweb. Good effing luck getting the product out of that little mofo. 😂

Ha!

Dats wat Imma talkin bout !

All Boba Fett and stuff !

Used cheap krylon camo paint and it’s worn off a bunch riding in the truck. .300AAC
Paint was left over from painting a John boat.

Yeah. That's really nice.

anonymous pictures website

I am impressed with the detail on the Golden Ring. True craftsmanship right there.

Well Played and Well Done.

Here's a couple rattlecan jobs using tan base with OD accents,

300BO


22 WMR

OD base with tan accents,

223

Never!


EVER!!!

I like that one. Simple, effective.

Nice👍

“It even would corrode under aluminum scope bases.”

Maybe they’re “ salt bases”.

Back in the early 70’s Browning used salt to “cure” a warehouse full of their aluminum bases & it has since ruined many guns.

It's ok, he can't post without something helping his ego! I haven't read anything he posts for some time. Because of insistent dump crap like the pool cue hooker. Just slide to the next post. I'm sure I'm not the only one. To bad he actually might have something to say.

Oh!

Never mind. That was stocks.

LOL

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

I never did practice runs. I should do a video the next time I paint something up. The first time it feels kind of dicey, but then you realize just how easy it is, and want to paint up everything in sight.....lol

Is that Amber Lynn?

Can't wait for some Sunday Saint to give the correct answer....

Paint the fugking rifle and post a picture. It’s the only logical thing, Jim.

Folks should do what they like.
I own 0 camo guns.

Blue and wood is tops for esthetics.

Ones I've painted are black.
Did go crazy and paint the swivels and trigger guard OD Green.


Yeah, pretty boring!

I thought she was Jenna, but Amber works for me too.

Never understood the need to paint a gun camo except maybe a turkey hunting shotgun. I prefer a nice looking gun

Needs got nuthin to do with it.

That said Jimmy's gun was rustin so why not spruce it up for sneakin on PDs?

Flat black and let dry completely.
Blue painters tape, torn and layered to make stripes.
Paint it green. Hit w tan on stripes so when tape removed there's max contrast.

Tape patterns will give some topography (when tape removed) so you don't want to put a lot of paint on.

Use matte clear to protect paintjob. Does add some sheen but still not shiny.

Smaller patterns and or more colors tend to busy things up.

Part of a good paintjob is knowing when to stop.