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D.I.Y. Rifle Camo...My $0.02...
Well, it's time to "hide" the new smoke pole, so I decided to share my process with y'all....
Alot of my buddies are willing to shell out $300+ to get their firearms dip-camoed, and it's simply beautiful what can be done with a few chemicals and a tub of water...but I am cheap...not careless....but yes, cheap.
I'll be showing you how to turn about $20 into a reasonably durable camo job on any rifle you own, with any stock material.
Okay...we start with this:
First I disassembled the pole and separated the parts that will receive no paint (bolt, screws, etc.)
Next I arranged my materials...I choose brake parts cleaner because it absolutely strips all goo from any metal and dries pretty fast; Krylon ultra-flat camo paint because it's basically the toughest sh*t in a can; Acrylic, flat clear coat for extra durabiliy and super low-gloss. Choose your colors assuming your AO environment, and stay away from black....it rarely occurs in nature and is pretty easily spotted. Since I wanted a forest break-up pattern, I chose khaki for my base, brown for layer 2, and dark green for foliage layer 3.
Now I hit the entire barrel assy and other metal parts w/a brake cleaner shower and scrubbed it to death......most spray job camos that peel and/or chip and flake are because someone didn't take the time to make their project virgin-clean before starting.
I taped off and otherwise covered anything I didn't want paint on (trigger assy, bolt holes, etc.)...as you can see, earplugs work great as barrel plugs, too.
Next I hung everything up w/bailing wire from the ceiling and applied the base coat in khaki.
I put 4 base coats on everything, stock, barrel, scope, magazine trap, trigger guard....Then I went to cutting stencils for layers 2 and 3...I use a disposable straight razor and a pane of glass as my backer-board.
To be continued.........
Alot of my buddies are willing to shell out $300+ to get their firearms dip-camoed, and it's simply beautiful what can be done with a few chemicals and a tub of water...but I am cheap...not careless....but yes, cheap.
I'll be showing you how to turn about $20 into a reasonably durable camo job on any rifle you own, with any stock material.
Okay...we start with this:
First I disassembled the pole and separated the parts that will receive no paint (bolt, screws, etc.)
Next I arranged my materials...I choose brake parts cleaner because it absolutely strips all goo from any metal and dries pretty fast; Krylon ultra-flat camo paint because it's basically the toughest sh*t in a can; Acrylic, flat clear coat for extra durabiliy and super low-gloss. Choose your colors assuming your AO environment, and stay away from black....it rarely occurs in nature and is pretty easily spotted. Since I wanted a forest break-up pattern, I chose khaki for my base, brown for layer 2, and dark green for foliage layer 3.
Now I hit the entire barrel assy and other metal parts w/a brake cleaner shower and scrubbed it to death......most spray job camos that peel and/or chip and flake are because someone didn't take the time to make their project virgin-clean before starting.
I taped off and otherwise covered anything I didn't want paint on (trigger assy, bolt holes, etc.)...as you can see, earplugs work great as barrel plugs, too.
Next I hung everything up w/bailing wire from the ceiling and applied the base coat in khaki.
I put 4 base coats on everything, stock, barrel, scope, magazine trap, trigger guard....Then I went to cutting stencils for layers 2 and 3...I use a disposable straight razor and a pane of glass as my backer-board.
To be continued.........
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