Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Gunsmithing PAINTING STOCKS?

I'd never think a fella would do anything to cover up a laminate! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />
But, it does look good.

Everyone's photo's are well done and show the results nicely!
I'll be looking for a stock to do similar work. Thanks for the posts!

I understand what the Krylon webbing does.
But repeat what the Marine Tex gray putty is used for?

If I understand it right, the Marine-Tex is used to create some texture on the stock. (increased gripping) serving much the same purpose as checkering on wooden stocks.

Karnes,
Which green Krylon paint did you use on your son's 30-06? Was it the Ultra-Flat O.D. Green? Looks great!!

Nice!

Anyone know a good mail order source for Krylon Fusion paint in the flat colors? All I can find are glossies.

Here are some satins.

http://www.metropartsmarket.com/krylon/krylonpaint-c11.html

http://www.themanstoreonline.com/Krylon-...tic%20paint.htm

Done a .22 also.....Don

I have done several with Krylon and some with plasti-kote's Stone Touch or crackling finish they look awesome

Krylon makes a textured fusion paint that bonds to plastic, then just cover with one of there camo fusion to flatten out the color. I have done a couple.. I have always been partial to the camo used by the military snipers, US Woodland camo, but could never figure out how to do it. Finally read somewhere that it is a reverse stencil process tried it and it works great. After a couple of texured coats cover complete stock in one of the four flat camo fusion colors. Get some of that blue painters tape at your local hardware the good stuff kinda expensive though, a small cardboard square coverd with some butcher paper shinny side up. Roll out strips of blue painters tape, and draw your camo designs cut out with xacto knife places them on your first coat of dried camo paint make sure they seal down well, do anohter coat, continure until you have used all four camo colors I believe they are black, tan, green, and brown. then peel off all your tape. Really looks good I tried clear coat but leaves it a little to glossy for my taste.

Just get some barn red from Sherman Williams. Put enough coats on it so you can't tell if it is Fiddleback Walnut or Plastic.

Wayne

I love the looks you guys have come up with!! I want to do the same to an old Win 190 that has a half way finished Tru-Oil finish over a water based stain that is going to end up looking like muddy barf. Will your finishing methods work over Tru-Oil or do i need to (sigh) strip it back to bare wood?

John
Don't Even Think of touching one of your Savages!
Steve

BTDT trying to paint over tru-oil, had poor adhesion and did not last, had to strip to bare wood...

I have a McMillan on one of my rifles. Painted black from the factory. Could I paint over it with Krylon or would I have to try to remove the factory coat first?

I actually called krylon to talk to them about their "Fusion" paint. They could not guarantee me that their paint would adhere to other manufactures paints. They told me that theirs was specifically desinged to chemically bond to plastic and to previous layers of their own paint.

As for the painting over the tru-oil, I am kinda leaning toward 1899sav, if you have a collectable you may be doing more harm then good, otherwise you want to strip the stock down to bare wood. You sounded if that would be a job. Really not that bad. Try and old timers receipe, 1 cup of clorox, 2 gallon of hot water hot as your hands can stand it (wearing gloves help) the original receipe called for mister clean, but I have replaced that with dawn dishing washing liquid. Get a sponge and go to town, should not take long to get it down to bare wood. Remember to tread lightly around any checkering, and to rinse thourghly with fresh water before you dry it off.

Karnis

The rifles you did look "Great".
RE: the marine tex when I go to their web-site they have many
different products. Which one is that you use?
Thanks for you imput!!

Get the grey product, not the white. Works for me quite nicely.

Here is pic of swede I redid with this method.