[ARCHIVED THREAD] - How to avoid that tacky feeling

Posted: 11/10/2013 10:40:44 AM EDT

Wanting to sponge camo my ar15 and wanting to avoid that tacky feeling and really long dry time.
Which one do I go with? Krylon or rustoleum ?

Posted: 11/10/2013 4:05:43 PM EDT

[#1]

All paints are tacky until cured

Posted: 11/17/2013 4:47:23 PM EDT

[#2]

Spray in a dry warm environment. Let paint cure. Krylon says dry in fifteen min, let cure a few days to a week before assembly.

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Posted: 11/17/2013 9:05:51 PM EDT

[#3]

I let mine dry for a day using both Krylon and Rusto.

After that I took a stainlees wire brush to it and the tackyness went away, and you could do it sooner but inspect your gun first befoe using the wire brush.

Posted: 11/18/2013 8:49:32 AM EDT

[#4]

Rustoleum is definitely stickier than Krylon after curing. Krylon is shinier though. Rustoleum wears away, where as Krylon seems to fall off instead. In short, Rustoleum is softer, and Krylon is harder.

Supposedly (have not tried it myself) Aervoe has none of those problems.

Posted: 11/29/2013 7:00:05 AM EDT

[#5]

Light coats won't take as long to dry and thus won't feel tacky. On metal magazines, I like to lightly wet sand with 000 steel wool to smooth out the grittiness.

Posted: 11/29/2013 7:42:48 PM EDT

[#6]

Heat the parts up before applying the paint and then heat them again after paint application. I use a hairdryer and hold it very close to the parts. They will get plenty hot and the paint dries almost instantly. I recently had some parts that stayed tacky over night even with the heat but the next morning all was good.

FWIW - the base coat was Rustoleum which gives some credence to the above poster's comments.

Posted: 12/4/2013 9:20:38 AM EDT

[#7]

Also, try using a clear coat to seal the paint after it has cured. In my experience it is not nearly as tacky after it is applied and protects the paint from rubbing off or chipping. Plus, clear coats comes in several different finishes now including matte.

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