I am painting my mosin nagant, looking for advice. What paint should be used, what style, or any advise really. thanks
Gunsmithing Painting my rifle Need help
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Re: Painting my rifle Need help
rustoleum, why spend more on paint than the rifle is worth??
just kidding, i have used rustoleum for years, touch up are easy and dirt cheap plus it doesn't have to be baked on
have fun.
rustoleum, why spend more on paint than the rifle is worth??
just kidding, i have used rustoleum for years, touch up are easy and dirt cheap plus it doesn't have to be baked on
have fun.
Re: Painting my rifle Need help
Krylon, get a bunch of od green, tan, brown, black, all are flat colors.
Drink copious amounts of your chosen poison.
tape off the barrel, chamber, remove the bolt.
go to town. best if done outside at night...just look at mine.
Krylon, get a bunch of od green, tan, brown, black, all are flat colors.
Drink copious amounts of your chosen poison.
tape off the barrel, chamber, remove the bolt.
go to town. best if done outside at night...just look at mine.
Re: Painting my rifle Need help
one of those cheap orange earplugs works great for plugging the end of your barrel. Krylon flat camo paints in multiple light coats and let them dry between coats. Read the can it will tell you. The advantage of Krylon is it's cheap and if you don't like it you can just repaint. If you don't like it all in the end just strip it and try again. You really can't F this up. Have you seen anyone who posted a pic of there gun on here after they painted it and someone said Oh my god that looks like shit you totally fucked up your gun. NO you didn't. It will come out fine just take your time. Practice on a canoe padle or a piece of cardboard in advance if your worried about how a specific design will come out. That's the advantage of using the cheap paint over the expensive stuff. By the way after you've painted your gun and used it for a few years and the paint may of chipped you cand just sand a bit and repaint and you'll never know it.
I have an Marlin 17HMR a 917V model I bought from wally world Cheap gun that shoots awesome. Same day I bought it. I field stripped it. Basicly soaked all the metal in degreaser and then alcohol. It helps too wear gloves when handling your parts so you don't leave oils from your hands on the parts wich will cause your paint to flake or chip. I then ruffed up the stock with some sand paper I hung the parts up in a well ventilated area using some wire coat hangers I cut and bended to hang up my parts and painted it. Hanging the parts so you can completely walk around them helps for getting even coverage with your paint coats. I followed the instructions on the can. A big tip for you is to do multiple light coats especially for your base coat, seriously do not try to get this thing the color in one coat. Your first coat te gun will still be mostly the original color and will look like you misted it. I believe I started to really notice a solid looking color after 3 coats and ended up putting 5 on it total. When I got done with my rifle I taped up my action and scuffed the bolt handle with some sand paper and painted it as well. I taped up my scope scufed it and the mounts for it with some sand paper and painted that as well. I think it turned out fantastic. My entire rifle is a Flat Black like I wanted it and I've used the hell out of it and not one chip and I bought that gun about 5 years ago. So I guess the point is don't knock the cheap paint it works just fine. I only used one can of the flat black. I'm still considering adding some OD Green silouettes to it but it's yote gun for use in the dark so the Flat black works awesome.
one thing about the flat paints is when you are finished you can see and your holding your gun you can really see where you held your gun from the oils in your hands. But it wipes right off I have not left any permanent marks on my gun that I did not intend to put there and none of those are from the oil in my hands or the gun oils and solvents I use. I will admit I am careful about getting any solvents on my gun i.e. the painted surfaces but the ones that I have when I have I wiped right off and they have not effected my paint job.
And on a final note let your paint cure for the correct amount of time as well after you paint before you reassemble your rifle this will be on the label for the paint you buy, READ THE LABEL ON THE CAN multiple times if you need to.
With all that said I can't wait to see your stick when you get it painted. Go For It!
one of those cheap orange earplugs works great for plugging the end of your barrel. Krylon flat camo paints in multiple light coats and let them dry between coats. Read the can it will tell you. The advantage of Krylon is it's cheap and if you don't like it you can just repaint. If you don't like it all in the end just strip it and try again. You really can't F this up. Have you seen anyone who posted a pic of there gun on here after they painted it and someone said Oh my god that looks like shit you totally fucked up your gun. NO you didn't. It will come out fine just take your time. Practice on a canoe padle or a piece of cardboard in advance if your worried about how a specific design will come out. That's the advantage of using the cheap paint over the expensive stuff. By the way after you've painted your gun and used it for a few years and the paint may of chipped you cand just sand a bit and repaint and you'll never know it.
I have an Marlin 17HMR a 917V model I bought from wally world Cheap gun that shoots awesome. Same day I bought it. I field stripped it. Basicly soaked all the metal in degreaser and then alcohol. It helps too wear gloves when handling your parts so you don't leave oils from your hands on the parts wich will cause your paint to flake or chip. I then ruffed up the stock with some sand paper I hung the parts up in a well ventilated area using some wire coat hangers I cut and bended to hang up my parts and painted it. Hanging the parts so you can completely walk around them helps for getting even coverage with your paint coats. I followed the instructions on the can. A big tip for you is to do multiple light coats especially for your base coat, seriously do not try to get this thing the color in one coat. Your first coat te gun will still be mostly the original color and will look like you misted it. I believe I started to really notice a solid looking color after 3 coats and ended up putting 5 on it total. When I got done with my rifle I taped up my action and scuffed the bolt handle with some sand paper and painted it as well. I taped up my scope scufed it and the mounts for it with some sand paper and painted that as well. I think it turned out fantastic. My entire rifle is a Flat Black like I wanted it and I've used the hell out of it and not one chip and I bought that gun about 5 years ago. So I guess the point is don't knock the cheap paint it works just fine. I only used one can of the flat black. I'm still considering adding some OD Green silouettes to it but it's yote gun for use in the dark so the Flat black works awesome.
one thing about the flat paints is when you are finished you can see and your holding your gun you can really see where you held your gun from the oils in your hands. But it wipes right off I have not left any permanent marks on my gun that I did not intend to put there and none of those are from the oil in my hands or the gun oils and solvents I use. I will admit I am careful about getting any solvents on my gun i.e. the painted surfaces but the ones that I have when I have I wiped right off and they have not effected my paint job.
And on a final note let your paint cure for the correct amount of time as well after you paint before you reassemble your rifle this will be on the label for the paint you buy, READ THE LABEL ON THE CAN multiple times if you need to.
With all that said I can't wait to see your stick when you get it painted. Go For It!
Re: Painting my rifle Need help
what type of pattern are you looking to do on it? Make/buy some stencils of different leafs. That will help if you are going for that appearence
what type of pattern are you looking to do on it? Make/buy some stencils of different leafs. That will help if you are going for that appearence
