What you're referring to as paint is actually pigment that's put into the mold when the stock's shell is laid up. It's not a simple matter of putting more "paint" on the stock after it's finished. If you look at the selection of colors & patterns of camo finishes offered on Manner's website, you'll only get a picture of a very small area of a stock - better to look at their online gallery to get a good idea of what a finished stock in a given camo pattern will look like. The Elite camo finishes do generally have quite a lot less pigment than their standard molded-in camo patters, and this is easy to see if you look at the colors & patterns area of their website.
Several years ago, I ordered a T4A Elite stock for my converted Rem 40XB repeater, and expected it to come with the Elite GAP camo pattern, which shows quite a bit of the carbon fiber fabric weave ( I wanted it to be obvious that this stock had the Elite carbon fiber shell, like all the cool kids were shooting). But when it arrived, it had the standard molded-in GAP camo with no carbon fiber visible - and I was disappointed, so I called to ask about it. What they told me then was that they had more people at that period of time that didn't like the carbon fiber showing, and I should've specified the Elite GAP if I'd wanted some carbon fiber showing. I wasn't about to send it back and wait another 10 months or more to get a stock with the Elite GAP camo...still have it, but like the Elite GAP shell of the PRS1T that I ordered for my 1st Vudoo V22 repeater more than the non-Elite GAP camo finish. To each their own - but if you want a solid camo pattern finish w/o any carbon fiber showing, you have to specify that when you place the order for your stock with Manners.
