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My 2nd Attempt at Camo Painting

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This .223 is a little truck-gun project that was put together from parts laying around. Hust, does this barrel look familiar? Anyway, I had an action from who-knows-where and a HS Precision LTR stock that was left orphaned after I upraded the stock on a 308.

This go around I used a few more stencils. I reversed the last two colors in traditional GAP camo process. I tried to lighten my paint thickness but failed, I think. I was too paranoid about good coverage. The main "new" thing I tried was only using two color coats. The black on this stock is the original HS finish. I stenciled on top of the factory finish without a base coat. I was pleased to see that the factory finish is very close to the paint I used. After a few layers of clear coat, I think it will be about perfectly matched. I was able to do this stock in about 2 hours compared to 4 on my first go around. I can tell that this is gonna get addictive.


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Here is the first stock I tried. It looks good in the pic and it turned out fine. But I learned from a couple of mistakes that you can see if you look closely.

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BTW, I used BullDog Arms GAP stencils.
 
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Lookin good. Now you just need to finish the job with the scope and barreled action.
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all these painting threads have me wanting to paint my rifle!

But I do have a quick question...I'm gonna be having work done on my barrel and they was to charge me $120 to reblue it...can I just paint the barrel if I plug it and degrease it?
 
Re: My 2nd Attempt at Camo Painting

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BenelliFan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">all these painting threads have me wanting to paint my rifle!

But I do have a quick question...I'm gonna be having work done on my barrel and they was to charge me $120 to reblue it...can I just paint the barrel if I plug it and degrease it? </div></div>

Why not, painting or some other coating will likely yield a barrel that won't rust too.
 
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Ah okay, just wanna make sure that I won't trap any moisture anywhere in it, a good acetone cleaning should work though, thanks!
 
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Yep a nice clean looking job.