Painting ar -15 Camoflage colors

[Paul]

Has any body done this to their own gun?

What kind of paint would you recommend?

what are the do's and don't s for this kind of project?

Thank you for your Input.

[Paul]

No one has any input....really....come on now..

[kidicarus13]

Type "Painting" in the search engine for titles only and you'll come up with at least what kinds of paint people use. I don't paint so I don't know.

[Paul]

ok thanks for that....will do.

[SA Friday]

Has any body done this to their own gun? Yes, lots have done this. The search will even point out a few here that are subject matter experts in this area

What kind of paint would you recommend? Most use Duracoat or Keracoat and stencils.

what are the do's and don't s for this kind of project? Don't do an AR for your first paint job, don't do it without the right equipment, don't do it without careful planning and practicing on material you don't mind screwing up a little.

Thank you for your Input.

[spleify]

Not camo but I did paint it FDE

http://www.ar-15.co/threads/41372-Did-some-shootin-today!!?highlight=paint

[hatidua]

Aervoe
Krylon
Rustoleum
Etc.

Degrease it (Simple Green works well), and have at it. Don't like how it turned out? -strip the paint off and go again.

[ray1970]

Practice on other things until you get a technique you like the results of. Ammo cans work quite well.

[paddywagon]

I personally am a big advocate of Lauer Duracoat. Have done many for people and they look awesome!

[jhirsh5280]

I did some research on this not too long ago. Head over to YouTube and type in tri-cam or digital camo paint, something to that effect. There are a few decent videos on there that are pretty informative to the process, most are crap.

[lead_magnet]

I posted a little how-to for a quick and easy camo job. Keep in mind, with camo you generally want a macro (large) and a micro (small) pattern. The problem with the army's new digital stuff is that from a distance all the colors bleed together and it looks like solid sage green so it doesn't blend into much. Just something to think about when selecting a camo.

Now I've painted/coated several guns in the past and I would like to share a lesson I've learned. A: Don't waste your money or time on some super-fancy bullshit. For what? The purpose is to hide the gun, not make it fancy looking. If you want it fancy looking glue some glitter and sequence to it and call it good. B: Don't do it unless you plan on keeping the gun forever, as it is very difficult to sell a firearm that you painted. C: USE KRYLON!!! Gun-kote and all that other crap works great but guess what, YOU CAN'T GET IT OFF, so if you want to change designs, you're hosed. With krylon, you go get some citristip from wally world for 10 bucks and you can literally make your gun look brand new. I bought a camo'ed gun from a guy and took it home and stripped the paint and it looked brand new, literally. I'm a strict krylon only guy from now on, done messing with the other bs.

Here is a linky to a quick and easy way to do it.

http://www.ar-15.co/threads/67801-Camo-Tutorial

[Birddog1911]

Just a quick note on Lead_magnet's post. Technically, you can strip of Duracoat, and some of the others. However, it is a bit of a bitch, and if it's on plastic parts, you run serious risk of damaging the part. About the only thing that I've used, without completely ruining plastics, is lacquer thinner. Though, I did ruin a weapon light bezel. Acetone would work on metal, but is even far more destructive to plastics.

I've done many rifles in Krylon and Duracoat, and L_M makes good points about the camo. My personal favorite is what I call my grass pattern. Simple, yet very effective.

A final note on Krylon; depending on your skin and body oils, the oils can cause the Krylon to come off. I recommend a couple of coats of clear Duracoat to seal it.