Was looking at Gunskins and like alot of youtube vids, they make it look very simple putting it on. Just curious if anyone has any experience with this and how it turned out and held up? Im pretty particular so wrinkles and imperfections would bother me.
I like the mossy oak ones.If you take your time and use the proper tools you can do an excellent job and they hold up.I have had one gun done for 5 years and it looks like it did the day I wrapped it. But good luck getting it 100% perfect. I would say 95-97% is as close as you will get.You will have the odd spot.I did 11-12 guns the last 5 or so years.
Quote from: Johnhunter21 on February 15, 2021, 09:52:58 PM
Was looking at Gunskins and like alot of youtube vids, they make it look very simple putting it on. Just curious if anyone has any experience with this and how it turned out and held up? Im pretty particular so wrinkles and imperfections would bother me.
Yes, I got great advice on this forum. Very easy to install, but use a hair dryer. The heat makes it lay perfectly, no wrinkles. Again, be patient, take your time and it comes out perfect. Looks like it was dipped. Best of luck. Here is a Browning 16 I did in bottomland...
That looks awesome
You'll love it....
I did my 870 with the Mossy Oak wrap a couple of weeks ago. I was happy with how it turned out. Just take your time
The Mossy Oak ones are pretty good. Like the others have said...take your time. I've got a few wrinkles in certain spots but unless you look close you can't tell...and the turkeys haven't complained either...
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I did my 870 20gauge, use a sharp knife, take your time and use a heat gun.
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Never used Gunskins. But have 3 with the MO wrap. No problems so far.
If you super particular about a wrinkle you should go with the dip route.
Quote from: albrubacker on February 17, 2021, 09:46:35 AM
Never used Gunskins. But have 3 with the MO wrap. No problems so far.
If you super particular about a wrinkle you should go with the dip route.
Looks great. The hair dryer got rid of the little wrinkles I had. Great product.
Quote from: Cottonmouth on February 16, 2021, 07:22:23 PM
I did my 870 with the Mossy Oak wrap a couple of weeks ago. I was happy with how it turned out. Just take your time
Looks fine
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I did my 870 20gauge, use a sharp knife, take your time and use a heat gun.
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Looks fine
The MO graphics are hard to beat. Did my remington SPR 453 with it over 6 years ago and it's held up well. Being my main waterfowl gun it's taken a beating but has held up surprisingly well. Did my old 870 20ga last year as the original parkerized finish was wearing off.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210218/c6b827b3918a90daf009fc522e498991.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210218/a3f058d1c021e0da90f964914e423a31.jpg)
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Quote from: Mallard1897 on February 17, 2021, 10:03:16 PM
The MO graphics are hard to beat. Did my remington SPR 453 with it over 6 years ago and it's held up well. Being my main waterfowl gun it's taken a beating but has held up surprisingly well. Did my old 870 20ga last year as the original parkerized finish was wearing off.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210218/c6b827b3918a90daf009fc522e498991.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210218/a3f058d1c021e0da90f964914e423a31.jpg)
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Looks great..
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Quote from: albrubacker on February 17, 2021, 09:46:35 AM
Never used Gunskins. But have 3 with the MO wrap. No problems so far.
If you super particular about a wrinkle you should go with the dip route.
My biggest prolem areas are around the ends of the forearm.
Looks great. The hair dryer got rid of the little wrinkles I had. Great product.
Mossy Oak graphics are pretty easy to apply and are VERY durable. You will need a sharp knife(Exacto knife works great),hair dryer/heat gun and PATIENTS, lots of patients. If you use a heat gun, be careful, it can get to hot and melt the vinyl. The gun I did looked like it was dipped. It wasn't perfect, but like said earlier, you wouldn't know the wrinkles were there if they weren't pointed out. Good luck and post some pics when you get it done.
The one thing I didn't care for was the gun was kind of slippery with certain gloves, especially Jersey type gloves.
Quote from: captpete on February 20, 2021, 08:06:37 AM
Mossy Oak graphics are pretty easy to apply and are VERY durable. You will need a sharp knife(Exacto knife works great),hair dryer/heat gun and PATIENTS, lots of patients. If you use a heat gun, be careful, it can get to hot and melt the vinyl. The gun I did looked like it was dipped. It wasn't perfect, but like said earlier, you wouldn't know the wrinkles were there if they weren't pointed out. Good luck and post some pics when you get it done.
The one thing I didn't care for was the gun was kind of slippery with certain gloves, especially Jersey type gloves.
Everyone interested in this product, this is the advice I followed from Captpete. Trust me, It came out perfect. Looks like it was dipped....I have to thank him, the hair dryer is the ticket.....
Mossy oak has a YouTube video applying the wrap and use the method mentioned. Not that the process is that hard to figure out, but for those curious: https://youtu.be/0Z-UAFuWYzU.
Degreasing and wiping down the gun beforehand helps the vinyl adhere better. Nice thing about it is if you don't get it to lay just right when applying you can just reheat the area and peel it off and readjust. I'm not sure how it is to remove after it's been on a while but I'm assuming if you heat it it will come off with little to no residue left on the gun. I'll find out when I redo my autoloader at some point.
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Quote from: Mallard1897 on February 20, 2021, 01:10:54 PM
Mossy oak has a YouTube video applying the wrap and use the method mentioned. Not that the process is that hard to figure out, but for those curious: https://youtu.be/0Z-UAFuWYzU.
Degreasing and wiping down the gun beforehand helps the vinyl adhere better. Nice thing about it is if you don't get it to lay just right when applying you can just reheat the area and peel it off and readjust. I'm not sure how it is to remove after it's been on a while but I'm assuming if you heat it it will come off with little to no residue left on the gun. I'll find out when I redo my autoloader at some point.
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Amen, great info...
Quote from: Mallard1897 on February 20, 2021, 01:10:54 PM
Mossy oak has a YouTube video applying the wrap and use the method mentioned. Not that the process is that hard to figure out, but for those curious: https://youtu.be/0Z-UAFuWYzU.
Degreasing and wiping down the gun beforehand helps the vinyl adhere better. Nice thing about it is if you don't get it to lay just right when applying you can just reheat the area and peel it off and readjust. I'm not sure how it is to remove after it's been on a while but I'm assuming if you heat it it will come off with little to no residue left on the gun. I'll find out when I redo my autoloader at some point.
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I had it on a gun for 3 years. Once I got it started it came off relatively easy without using heat. Once off, there was no residue on the gun.
That's good to know. 3M makes great stuff. Thanks!
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New to the forum so this is actually my first post...
But this is my Tristar Raptor that I added the MO Bottomland wrap to a few weeks ago. I've been debating whether to do the receiver and barrel or not.
I'm really happy with how the vinyl handled. I used a hair dryer which didn't overheat the vinyl but softened it enough to be pliable.
The other thing I like about the Mossy Oak vs GunSkins is the price... which is about half the price. And the quality is just as good, IMO.
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Thanks everyone, it sounds like most are fans of the mossy oak wrap but I am a fan of the Realtree Timber camo so I went with Gun Skins. 4 hours later and taking my time it is complete. I actually enjoyed doing it and it turned out even better than I expected. The only negative I can see is you lose some of the factory Mossberg Grip but plenty is still there. Now I just hope it lasts a long time, It does seem very durable.
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Looks great!
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Great job on all the guns. They look like they were dipped.....
Took me about an hour. Its not perfect at all. Forend is where I had trouble. But it looks cool (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210308/1119e884238636667d2f0dac68a650c8.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210308/dbdab6f9f7182f7cc12f9f3065d62590.jpg)
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Just finished my weatherby sa-459 in greenleaf. Mossy oak graphics are sweet, bought a 3x3 roll to do mine. Turned out great, there's a couple spots with wrinkles, but overall I'm really happy with how it turned out. Definitely would recommend a heat gun and the hobby knives they sell and a ton of extra blades.
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Some nice looking wrap jobs on the thread!