Snow had work down the last two days so I spent about $20 bucks on different colors of matte finish spray paint and a can of matte finish clear coat.
Left is a 20ga I just bought, plain wood stock and black barrel and the wood stock was a little beat up and scratched and had a little bit of rust on the metal. I wanted it to resemble and old dark log or limb.
In the middle is my Remington 700 .243 I use for ground hogs and varmints. So I tried to make it resemble a brush type camo.
On the right is my Savage Model 10ML Muzzleloader and I deer hunt in laurel thickets and in my mountains where I live if you see laurel you normally see pines and bull pines mixed in with the hardwoods so I tried to make it resemble a Laurel Thicket.
(http://i541.photobucket.com/albums/gg383/duncan7489/Miscellaneous/3813A296-36C4-4821-BF08-A08AE93EE52C.jpg) (http://s541.photobucket.com/user/duncan7489/media/Miscellaneous/3813A296-36C4-4821-BF08-A08AE93EE52C.jpg.html)
Looks great!
I've thought of doin the same thing to a couple of my guns. Looks great!
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I did the same to some of my guns and they turned out great like yours, very simple to do.
I mean I'm tickled to death. The only stencil I used was pine needles because I wanted to focus more on shades rather than shapes.
Here is before and after. Looks way better than black on black.
(http://i541.photobucket.com/albums/gg383/duncan7489/Miscellaneous/492C5C5C-20E9-44A4-B33D-6EE74587D093.jpg) (http://s541.photobucket.com/user/duncan7489/media/Miscellaneous/492C5C5C-20E9-44A4-B33D-6EE74587D093.jpg.html)
Looks very good !!
What paint and colors did you use?
I was thinking if doing the same
Well before I say what I did or used I'm more into shades instead of actual shapes. That's why the only stencil I used was real pine needle bunches. Break off a a lot of them for your stenciling. After a few hits of paint there is to much paint on your pine needle bunch and it smears.
I went to Walmart and purchased the camo matte finish paint. I forgot name brand I'll have to walk out to garage to see but it says camo on it and there is 5-6 different colors. And I bought one can of krylon matte finish clear coat to top it of and seal everything.
When I start I whipped gun down with mineral spirits to remove oil and grease to prep for paint. I didn't use a primer. The matte finish paint acts just like a primer.
After gun is prepped I paint the gun one solid color depending on what kind of camo I'm going after. For example to 243 I wanted the brush color so I went with tan as my base layer. I spray one coat on let it dry then another coat.
Then I start using my pine needle bunches and start feathering in my different colors, grey, tan, black, light green and brown.
I take one color and skip every 5-6 inches of the gun the take another color and do the same and so on and so on.
I get my shades the way I want them let it dry good them top it off with 2 coats of matte finish clear coat.
I originally had plans to use stamps to make a tree bark pattern like mossy oak break but I could find material to make the stamps out of.
Looks awesome. I did the same to a shotgun, used the krylon camo brand spray paint started with lightest color and went to darkest.
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Looks sweet man. I had to put a saddle mount on my gun to mount a red dot, and it's a b-square and it's made out of aluminum. Does anybody know if I could paint it using the same technique or would the paint not take to aluminum?
Good job, I like it. :icon_thumright:
Quote from: Tommy Strutsalot on March 18, 2014, 08:49:37 PM
Looks sweet man. I had to put a saddle mount on my gun to mount a red dot, and it's a b-square and it's made out of aluminum. Does anybody know if I could paint it using the same technique or would the paint not take to aluminum?
It'll take
And that's fellers.
Good job man, looks very good!!
I think they are sweet.
I spray painted my Martin bows 25+ years ago, and they turned out pretty nice. The paint is still in place for the most part. Thought they were pretty bad back in the day!
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b48/hidkevin/IMG_2610_zpsd0194c4b.jpg)
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b48/hidkevin/IMG_2611_zpsa7f6fd9b.jpg)
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b48/hidkevin/IMG_2612_zps36110568.jpg)
Good job. Nice way to spend a day away from work...
Quote from: Tommy Strutsalot on March 18, 2014, 08:49:37 PM
Looks sweet man. I had to put a saddle mount on my gun to mount a red dot, and it's a b-square and it's made out of aluminum. Does anybody know if I could paint it using the same technique or would the paint not take to aluminum?
If you are worried about the paint sticking to aluminum, you can spray it with etching primer first.
I usually wipe down the gun with a rag saturated with Breakfree CLP to prevent rust. What do you recommend to clean the gun before painting. Just wipe it off?
I had a sniper in my unit school me up on how they paint theirs. Spray a base coat then lay a net laundry bag over the top to spray the next coat through. Works great. (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/19/5e3eryby.jpg)
That looks really cool especially with that style of gun.
I just whipped mine down with mineral spirits/paint thinner to prep it for paint.
Quote from: kevin2 on March 18, 2014, 09:59:40 PM
I think they are sweet.
I spray painted my Martin bows 25+ years ago, and they turned out pretty nice. The paint is still in place for the most part. Thought they were pretty bad back in the day!
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b48/hidkevin/IMG_2610_zpsd0194c4b.jpg)
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b48/hidkevin/IMG_2611_zpsa7f6fd9b.jpg)
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b48/hidkevin/IMG_2612_zps36110568.jpg)
That a Cougar Magnum? I still have mine. Great shooting bow.
That is basically what I did with the Treebark pattern. Looks awesome on your gun...
Quote from: anthonyjhallen on March 19, 2014, 10:19:11 AM
I had a sniper in my unit school me up on how they paint theirs. Spray a base coat then lay a net laundry bag over the top to spray the next coat through. Works great. (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/19/5e3eryby.jpg)
Martin SpeedfliteReally hoping Martin gets there act together with the new owners. They are actively giving updates on real time progress at there plant on the archerytalk.com forum.
Quote from: West Augusta on March 19, 2014, 11:23:43 AM
Quote from: kevin2 on March 18, 2014, 09:59:40 PM
I think they are sweet.
I spray painted my Martin bows 25+ years ago, and they turned out pretty nice. The paint is still in place for the most part. Thought they were pretty bad back in the day!
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b48/hidkevin/IMG_2610_zpsd0194c4b.jpg)
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b48/hidkevin/IMG_2611_zpsa7f6fd9b.jpg)
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b48/hidkevin/IMG_2612_zps36110568.jpg)
That a Cougar Magnum? I still have mine. Great shooting bow.
they look great
fine looking job