Looking for someone to do some gun painting for me..

[asmo]

Looking for someone to paint some shotgun parts for me - but I need it done in automotive paint (candy reddish metallic to be specific).

I have a whole HVLP setup and I have DuraCoated things for other people - I know how to paint normal stuff - but I've never painted candy (and the DuraCoat metallic doesn't have the look I am after).

I also don't really have the time to do this correctly and I really want someone who already has everything ready to go and can just knock this out in an hour or two. Again, I know I could get the paint myself and just do it myself but I don't want the hassle on this.

Any suggestions? Someone/place nearish the tech center or farther south would be ideal.

[palepainter]

What kind of gun and what parts?

[dwalker460]

Candies require several coats and clearcoat, might be a little too thick to work on a firearm. I have some custom paints I use that give the look of liquid copper or liquid gunmetal, and even though they go on very thin I think between primer, base, mid, effect, and clear coats your going to have issues.. Just my .02

[asmo]

What kind of gun and what parts?Benelli Cordoba w/ Comfortech.. Looking to just do the metal parts so I'm not worried about paint thickness to much here.

[asmo]

http://caliban.dreamscope.com/chance/picts/silo_4000_cordoba_12_syn_ct_field.jpg

[alxone]

your gonna have to use a plastic paint for the first coat or else you might get some flaking . also id try to find another stock set just in case you hate it after the fact .

[BPTactical]

What kind of gun and what parts?


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[palepainter]

Barrel and receiver? They make a single stage candy base coat that gets the color pretty fast, but because the candy is an analine alcohol based dye, you need a catalized urethane clear to lock it down and give you uv protection. I am up north in Latayette. You can see my work at www.mikelearn.com (http://www.mikelearn.com).

One concern is not being an FFL holder which makes it illegal for me to take possession of your receiver.

[asmo]

your gonna have to use a plastic paint for the first coat or else you might get some flaking . also id try to find another stock set just in case you hate it after the fact .

Not painting the stock. Just the metal - and no internal parts (leaving the bolt black).

[palepainter]

I might recommend powder coating to you for durability and heat resistance. Just tape it off appropriately.

[dwalker460]

I agree, the powder I used last had a really nice candy red colour...