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Posted: 2/3/2007 9:00:19 AM EDT
I have a RRA 6.8SPC rifle I am customizing and I want to "highlight" the receiver markings/stamped info. such as the safe/fire markings and RRA logo I'm thinking of ordering some red & white laquer sticks from Brownells to do this. Anyone have any experience using this method or any other method for that matter ?
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http://ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=4&t=308820 http://ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=4&t=308306 http://ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=12&t=305147 http://ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=4&t=305918 BTW, Mine was done with crayon. Once complete, run a hair dryer over it. This helps it to settle into the cracks a little better and adheres much stronger. Use rubbing alcohol instead of acetone to clean up excess. 
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I have had no problems with it at all. Once you "set" the wax into the stamping, you should have no issue at all. I'd just say careful on what you clean it with, but I think that would hold true for the lacquer sticks as well. I have not had any luck in locating the china markers from a local source yet so I havent tried that method. But, I did go and grab 4 syringes with the 20ga needles from my local CVX Rx, some testors model paint to try sometime and I have also ordered the Laq-Sticks from Brownells. Even went to Micheals Crafts and picked up a set of fine tipped paint markers I did try a little bit of. Honestly, for the work involved, the crayola crayon was the simplest and easiest to work with for the methods I have tried. If any part of the lettering falls out, I can cram some more crayola in, rub with a q-tip of alcohol and reheat... but I havent had to yet. Here is a message I sent to someone regarding using the crayon method and how I did mine if it helps any. Step by Step operation Okay. here is what I used: Crayola Crayon (White & Scarlet Red) Isopropyl Alcohol Masking tape Cotton Cloth Wooden Toothpick Hair Dryer 1. Wipe down all areas to be lettered with a clean cotten cloth and the alcohol. 2. Using the masking tape, tape off the areas to be colored. 3. Rub the crayon around the area in a circular/up/down/left/right motion. Apply slight pressure here so that you pack the crayon into the lettering crevice. You'll have alot of chipped crayon i just kept pushing it into the lettering. The tighter you pack this in the better it will settle. 4. Using a clean section of cloth soaked in alcohol, lightly rub around the lettering in a circular motion again. Dont press hard. Kep rubbing until the areas around the lettering is clean and the lettering itself is crisp and sharp. This is the hardest part of doing this... Just takes a little time since your not applying any pressure to get the residue out of the rough areas. I also used a wooden fingernail scraper soaked in alcohol to cleanup the bigger residue. A toothpick will suffice fine for this. And it wont scratch the finish. Once its cleaned up to your liking, wipe it all down one last time wiht a clean cloth and alcohol again. 5. Using the hi setting, run the hair dryer over the lettering. Move it around. Dont hold it directly on the crayon or it will melt and run out of the crevices. Try to warm up the metal more than the crayon. It will slightly melt and sink into the crevices really nice and solify more uniformly. Check over the lettering to make sure that everything is the way you like it. 6. I run over the entire reciever with Rem Oil and then wiped off the excess. 7. Last step. Run over the entire reciever with a silicone gun cloth. The rem oil and silicone help to blend the finish back even from the alcohol rubbing. This is really a very quick process... Doesnt take muchtime at all. But the key is... TAKE YOUR TIME! If it doesnt work out the way you like it, just dig the crayon out with the toothpick, run over it with a cloth soaked with acetone and it will take it all right out. I used a tooth brush to really get down into the lettering that I removed. I have been messing with some of the different methods that are listed on here and this one so far has been the easiest on to complet. You can do it with Lacquer-Stik's instead of the crayon for a more permenant lettering. I purchased the Red and White sticks from Brownells for I think $2.65 a stick. Hope that helps. If you have any problems just yell. Maybe I should post this up on the forums! |
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Well, I just finished my lower using the crayon method. Took about 1 hour.It came out FANTASTIC ! very easy indeed. I'll see how it wears over time. The nice thing is that it should be a piece of cake to touch up if needed and if I want to try a different method, it will be simple to remove. Thanks for the great tip ! 
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