Latest Paint Job

A member brought me a DPMS Panther in .308. It had previously been done in what I was told was a Brownells product. I'd never seen such a poorly done job before. It looked as if it had been applied with a brush. This is the result of my work. This rifle was done in Krylon, as the owner was planning to sell it anyway.
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Wow looks really nice. Great work

Looks great. Krylon? The paint you get at the store? Will hold up?

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Originally Posted by ronaldrwl

Looks great. Krylon? The paint you get at the store? Will hold up?

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The Krlyon Camo is pretty tough stuff. You can't throw it down your driveway and expect it to hold up, but it does a pretty good job.

Edited to add: When you see pictures of troops and contractors overseas with painted rifles, it is often Krylon. That should give you an idea of it's durability.

You amaze me Birddog, good job. I'm still waiting on mine to get back before I can give her to you. Can't wait!

Looks really nice. Some day I'm going to do this to one or two of my guns. Can you do poly pistols as well?

H.

Great work!

I have to agree with Krylon being good and durable. I flat black all of my weight equipment/weight plates. These are constantly being banged around, dropped and it has held up very well for two years now.

great looking work!

I still have to bring myself to let one of my guns be painted! maybe some day

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Originally Posted by Hoosier

Looks really nice. Some day I'm going to do this to one or two of my guns. Can you do poly pistols as well?

H.

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Poly pistols really need to be done in Duracoat. The punishment on handguns tends to be more, and I don't believe that the Krylon would work well. Also, handguns would do better with an airbrush.

So yes, I could do a poly pistol, it just needs to not be Krylon.

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Originally Posted by Birddog1911

Poly pistols really need to be done in Duracoat. The punishment on handguns tends to be more, and I don't believe that the Krylon would work well. Also, handguns would do better with an airbrush.

So yes, I could do a poly pistol, it just needs to not be Krylon.

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Any guestimate on a OD or FDE Duracoat on something like a Glock 23? Total cost from you, assuming I drop it off and pick it up.

H.

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