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Nice, no slipping hands, do the metal too and it can look like a Browning A-Bolt LOL.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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Campfire 'Bwana
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One of these days, I'll be rich and famous like you and will be able to retire. Right now I still work all day, but I fart around on the internet when I'm on hold or in a Zoom meeting. Hope to spend a lot more time goofing around with projects like this when I'm 'tahred.
Post up pics when you're done please. I'm still working on my two projects, but it's been too cool and damp to spray them out in the shop. Might have to wait until the wife is at church and do it in the house. Not rich.... LOL!!! Comfortable would be the word. Doing final taping right now.
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Campfire Ranger
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I emailed VHT awhile back about using their ceramic paint on a polymer gun grip.
They said they didn’t recommend it.
Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I emailed VHT awhile back about using their ceramic paint on a polymer gun grip.
They said they didn’t recommend it. This type aint ceramic based. Their caliper paint is. Which I have used on the trigger guard, bottom metal floor plate, and bolt knob and handle on my mauser. The caliper paint holds up really well. 3 yrs ago and 0 chips or flaking yet Holds up to chemicals also. Fixing to spray in a couple minutes!! See how it goes...
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Campfire 'Bwana
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1st coat verticle applied Just seems so unnatural to apply heavy like this per the instructions. Next coat is horizontal Last coat is diagnol Min 5 mins apart. Then bring it in and try the heat gun on it.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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2nd coat... Schit just violates the mind about anything ever taught about spray painting. Diagonal coats next. Then bring it inside to heat gun. Let it sit 24 hrs. Then cook it tommorow. Gonna have ta own the results. If it comes out schitty... Im sure the Toms wont mind this spring and I can redo it this summer.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Gonna have ta clear coat matte butt stock and fore arm x 2 I'm thinking. Whether I leave it black or camo it. Hit it 3 times with the heat gun over the period of an hour. Kinda surprised at the results. Cant see it in this pic but it came out like a rippled wave skin like appearance. Let it sit for 24 maybe 48 hours. Then cook it at 200 for an hour per instructions. Should tighten up the pattern more and fully cure it.
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Close up of how the pattern came out. I think it looks pretty cool. Unexpected and unsure of how it would turn out. Espeically after looking at a bunch of vids and seeing how others patterns came out. Basically all on the users application of it Thickness, time between coats, distance and direction of spraying. All comes into to play it seems how it crinkles. Leave it black Or throw on green, brown, and some tan camo pattern. Either way gonna need 2x clear matte sprayed over it.
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Campfire Outfitter
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As long as it does not shine it should be good no matter what color you go with.
Looks good.
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Campfire Tracker
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Well hell - that'll hunt!
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Campfire Ranger
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"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson
GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon!
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Renegade, Why not try your hand at Hydro Dipping? Choose the colors you want, get a tub, fill it with warm water, spray the surface of the water with the colors and immerse the parts you want painted. Swirl the water to get open water and pull them out. It looks pretty cool and is easy to do. Just a thought.
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