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Offline wormbobskey

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Painting synthetic stocks?
« on: March 12, 2005, 05:32:49 PM »
I just bought a Mossberg 100 ATR bolt gun. It has a black synthetic stock and I was wanting to paint it a camo pattern. Can anyone tell me a good type of paint to use that won't flake or peel off? Thanks, Worm.
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« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2005, 01:58:49 AM »
I once air brushed a Bell and Carlson stock and it came out better than the work they did. I used Rustoleum and mixed the colors to get leaf and twig colors. I cut stencils from cardboard consistant with cereal boxes and layered the leaves. I used a black base coat, gray twigs and browns and tans for the leaves. The leaf size was varied and the twigs were layered with the leaves for depth.I used black, white, brown and red for mixing and had a wide spectrum of colors. For air brushing I recomend one part paint to three parts thinner/acetone. The care you put into cutting the stencils and air brushing the leaf veins will make a lot of difference.
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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2005, 08:42:22 AM »
Krylon extra flat camo paint.

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« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2005, 04:30:53 AM »
Last year, I painted a Remington tupperware stock... A few times!  :oops: Nothing would stick. Finally I cleaned it up and used Krylon Fusion paint. It dries to the touch fairly quickly, but takes 7DAYS! :eek:  to completely harden. It has held up well to hard use. After the base coat of green, just about any paint seems to stick well. Also, a judicious rubdown with 4/0 steel wool removed the gloss. It worked for me. :D
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« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2005, 05:13:16 AM »
Thanks fellas. Worm
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