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Posted: 2/12/2022 9:08:43 AM EDT
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Hopefully it warms up soon. This is my next victim.
 The G17 inside is already painted. 
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Posted: 3/9/2022 11:59:07 AM EDT
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Finally started in on a gun, I think I’ve had the paint for over a year.
I hit all the plastic parts with Duplicolor plastic adhesion promoter just to hopefully give it some longevity. Then a coat of Army Green as a base.  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/9/2022 5:55:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Finally started in on a gun, I think I’ve had the paint for over a year. I hit all the plastic parts with Duplicolor plastic adhesion promoter just to hopefully give it some longevity. Then a coat of Army Green as a base. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/54712/2627ED6B-551C-4D34-8168-D7C93A308C44_jpe-2307180.JPG Good luck! 
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Posted: 3/10/2022 1:46:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/13/2022 11:25:03 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/13/2022 5:46:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Done! I’m pretty happy with the results. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/54712/089A0B62-CCEC-466C-B754-6EA188008C43_jpe-2311797.JPG Cool! 
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Posted: 3/14/2022 11:37:43 AM EDT
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Nice!
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Posted: 3/20/2022 4:09:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Done! I’m pretty happy with the results. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/54712/089A0B62-CCEC-466C-B754-6EA188008C43_jpe-2311797.JPG  |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 5:00:36 AM EDT
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I just ordered 6 different colors of alumahyde and like 40 nozzles.
Gonna experiment and see what works in my AO here soon. Never painted anything before. Not gonna lie. A little nervous. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 8:33:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I just ordered 6 different colors of alumahyde and like 40 nozzles. Gonna experiment and see what works in my AO here soon. Never painted anything before. Not gonna lie. A little nervous. You will do fine. Practice on a piece of gear like a holster or something if you are that nervous. If you don't like the results, redo it. I rework areas on my rifles if i see something I'm not wild about. Think about the size and spacing of your marks when you start. You want randomness. It's hard to not start repeating a pattern with the same size and distances everywhere. You have to make conscious effort to keep from doing it. Students in class do it all the time when we are drawing or painting water. The space between the waves and reflections is almost exactly the same, and the waves/reflections are all the same thickness and length. It's just what we humans do. We can't help it, unless we focus on not doing it. I need to get out and paint some new optics. Hopefully over Easter Weekend. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 12:28:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I just ordered 6 different colors of alumahyde and like 40 nozzles. Gonna experiment and see what works in my AO here soon. Never painted anything before. Not gonna lie. A little nervous. The only thing you should be nervous about is ability to resist the temptation you will develop to paint every firearm you own, your vehicle, etc... |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 12:29:11 PM EDT
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@guns762
Ordered... 12 OZ MATTE OD GREEN AEROSOL 12 OZ MATTE EARTH BROWN AEROSOL 12 OZ MATTE COYOTE BROWN AEROSOL 12 OZ MATTE DESERT TAN AEROSOL 12 OZ MATTE MAGPUL FDE AEROSOL 12 OZ MATTE WOLF GRAY AEROSOL and 4X FAN-STYLE REPLACEMENT NOZZLES 12 PACK No black to be had (just the semi gloss). I was gonna try subbing the Wolf Gray in for black. If anyone has any experience painting in a more...."Appalachian" setting, I'd be interested to see what colors you used. Desert Tan is likely to be too light - I may use Magpul FDE as the "base"; as it's never that dry here. |
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Posted: 4/9/2022 3:33:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @guns762 Ordered... 12 OZ MATTE OD GREEN AEROSOL 12 OZ MATTE EARTH BROWN AEROSOL 12 OZ MATTE COYOTE BROWN AEROSOL 12 OZ MATTE DESERT TAN AEROSOL 12 OZ MATTE MAGPUL FDE AEROSOL 12 OZ MATTE WOLF GRAY AEROSOL and 4X FAN-STYLE REPLACEMENT NOZZLES 12 PACK No black to be had (just the semi gloss). I was gonna try subbing the Wolf Gray in for black. If anyone has any experience painting in a more...."Appalachian" setting, I'd be interested to see what colors you used. Desert Tan is likely to be too light - I may use Magpul FDE as the "base"; as it's never that dry here. |
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Posted: 4/10/2022 4:40:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Shades that you think are too light...aren't. Avoid medium to dark shades of any color. Past 15-20 yards, they basically become black to the eye. And black is exactly what you want to avoid. my intent was to move one shade to the "right" (darker) if that makes sense. Most of the people refinishing things in this thread seem to be from the West, where climates are more Arid, was my rationale. We have desert camo, we had woodland, and we now have multi cam. It made more sense to pick a slightly "darker" color palate than those living in the drier parts of the country. Are you saying I should stick with Desert as my base light? |
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Posted: 4/11/2022 1:41:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Shades that you think are too light...aren't. Avoid medium to dark shades of any color. Past 15-20 yards, they basically become black to the eye. And black is exactly what you want to avoid. I feel this, but I always have trouble adding more than khaki highlights to my guns. My local area here in Alaska is black spruce on top of black spruce, lighter colors stand out to me. But then walk 2mi away and I'm in tall grass fields that dark colors stand out in 
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Posted: 4/12/2022 6:36:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You will do fine. Practice on a piece of gear like a holster or something if you are that nervous. If you don't like the results, redo it. I rework areas on my rifles if i see something I'm not wild about. Think about the size and spacing of your marks when you start. You want randomness. It's hard to not start repeating a pattern with the same size and distances everywhere. You have to make conscious effort to keep from doing it. Students in class do it all the time when we are drawing or painting water. The space between the waves and reflections is almost exactly the same, and the waves/reflections are all the same thickness and length. It's just what we humans do. We can't help it, unless we focus on not doing it. I need to get out and paint some new optics. Hopefully over Easter Weekend. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I just ordered 6 different colors of alumahyde and like 40 nozzles. Gonna experiment and see what works in my AO here soon. Never painted anything before. Not gonna lie. A little nervous. You will do fine. Practice on a piece of gear like a holster or something if you are that nervous. If you don't like the results, redo it. I rework areas on my rifles if i see something I'm not wild about. Think about the size and spacing of your marks when you start. You want randomness. It's hard to not start repeating a pattern with the same size and distances everywhere. You have to make conscious effort to keep from doing it. Students in class do it all the time when we are drawing or painting water. The space between the waves and reflections is almost exactly the same, and the waves/reflections are all the same thickness and length. It's just what we humans do. We can't help it, unless we focus on not doing it. I need to get out and paint some new optics. Hopefully over Easter Weekend. I have such a hard time doing things in random. I figured that out years ago when I was putting stone on the walls in my kitchen. It seems totally backwards that you have to concentrate even harder in order to do things less organized and orderly but it's the truth. |
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Posted: 4/20/2022 9:29:47 PM EDT
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Thanks to this thread, I did this today
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Posted: 4/20/2022 9:39:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks to this thread, I did this today https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/171443/D24243DC-515B-47F8-A7B8-88FFDBB0FC3A_jpe-2356181.JPG  More pictures please!! |
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Posted: 4/20/2022 10:06:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks to this thread, I did this today https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/171443/D24243DC-515B-47F8-A7B8-88FFDBB0FC3A_jpe-2356181.JPG  Perfect! Fantastic job! |
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Posted: 4/20/2022 10:15:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks to this thread, I did this today https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/171443/D24243DC-515B-47F8-A7B8-88FFDBB0FC3A_jpe-2356181.JPG That looks amazing! |
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Posted: 4/21/2022 4:03:37 AM EDT
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Thanks guys. Now I wanna do a couple more
ETA: I’m going to add more around the mag release button area, the black is too squared looking.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/22/2022 8:46:18 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/22/2022 10:30:42 AM EDT
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I've been following this great thread for a long time and I'm finally motivated to try it out.
I haven't noted any special care for BUIS, turrets, mag releases, batter covers, etc. I take it the paint breaks free easily and doesn't bind anything? |
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Posted: 4/22/2022 3:57:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've been following this great thread for a long time and I'm finally motivated to try it out. I haven't noted any special care for BUIS, turrets, mag releases, batter covers, etc. I take it the paint breaks free easily and doesn't bind anything? I just tape off numbers on turrets. Other than that, spray away. |
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Posted: 4/22/2022 7:19:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've been following this great thread for a long time and I'm finally motivated to try it out. I haven't noted any special care for BUIS, turrets, mag releases, batter covers, etc. I take it the paint breaks free easily and doesn't bind anything? Turret or just their windage numbers and triggers is what I make sure to cover. I also cover the buffer tube now after having a stock get really gritty and bound up once as the paint wore off. |
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Posted: 5/3/2022 10:10:30 PM EDT
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@guns762
I went ahead and tried this on a magazine and a pistol grip I don't care about. The magazine didn't turn out very well, and I am not sure if I am applying the sponge too hard or too soft? Perhaps too much paint on it, or too little? Also, the sponges I got are clearly not the right ones, but just thought I would pick your brain a bit. I'm trying to do a pattern like your's, with DDC, FDE, two tones of gray and a bit of green. Let me know what you think, thanks! Amatuer Painting Photos |
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Posted: 5/3/2022 10:17:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @guns762 I went ahead and tried this on a magazine and a pistol grip I don't care about. The magazine didn't turn out very well, and I am not sure if I am applying the sponge too hard or too soft? Perhaps too much paint on it, or too little? Also, the sponges I got are clearly not the right ones, but just thought I would pick your brain a bit. I'm trying to do a pattern like your's, with DDC, FDE, two tones of gray and a bit of green. Let me know what you think, thanks! Amatuer Painting Photos I think that is turning out pretty good. My advice would be not to press so hard with he gray sponge, and make a few more sponge marks for each color. You are just a little shy of enough. The gray marks are also a bit too similar. Rotate the sponge so the mark isn't the same. I like your colors and it's a great start.
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Posted: 5/3/2022 10:57:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I think that is turning out pretty good. My advice would be not to press so hard with he gray sponge, and make a few more sponge marks for each color. You are just a little shy of enough. The gray marks are also a bit too similar. Rotate the sponge so the mark isn't the same. I like your colors and it's a great start. @guns762 Thank you for the advice. Yea the sponges I had didn't have enough texture when torn or pores so I think I need to get some better supplies. Once I feel comfortable on some magazines, my intention is to do my upper and quad rail, which I am nervous for especially the handguard having so many surface changes obviously. Also, I didn't get Brownell's paint as I just found some stuff at the store. It seems to rub off pretty easy on the pistol grip. Do you let them sit untouched for a day? Do you do anything to cure them? I appreciate this whole guide you've put together, cheers! |
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Posted: 5/4/2022 7:36:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @guns762 Thank you for the advice. Yea the sponges I had didn't have enough texture when torn or pores so I think I need to get some better supplies. Once I feel comfortable on some magazines, my intention is to do my upper and quad rail, which I am nervous for especially the handguard having so many surface changes obviously. Also, I didn't get Brownell's paint as I just found some stuff at the store. It seems to rub off pretty easy on the pistol grip. Do you let them sit untouched for a day? Do you do anything to cure them? I appreciate this whole guide you've put together, cheers! The Alumahyde is a much more durable paint, but it takes a week or so to fully cure depending on humidity, Temps, and thickness of the layers. The Krylon cures quicker, but yes, at least a day before real use. You can handle both within a few hours if it's warm outside, but it will not be durable at that time. On rubberized grips I've had the Alumahyde rub off over time. |
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Posted: 5/4/2022 3:17:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The Alumahyde is a much more durable paint, but it takes a week or so to fully cure depending on humidity, Temps, and thickness of the layers. The Krylon cures quicker, but yes, at least a day before real use. You can handle both within a few hours if it's warm outside, but it will not be durable at that time. On rubberized grips I've had the Alumahyde rub off over time. Thanks again, I will get some more practice in and take some pictures! |
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Posted: 5/13/2022 6:33:13 PM EDT
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I have a Beretta 391 that has synthetic stocks with the grippy areas molded in. Well the grippy material broke down and became gummy and would stick to your hands. Just made the gun not fun to handle. Finally scraped out the goo and isopropyl alcohol dissolved the remnants. While it’s not tacky feeling it was just ugly. So, this thread inspired me to paint. Turned out pretty fair for my first run at it. I decided to avoid the darker greens and just did an oregano to warm up the gray/ khakis. Little bit of dark walnut vs black to break it up a bit. Here is the progression and thanks for the thread info. ETA photo correction
   
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Posted: 5/13/2022 7:00:09 PM EDT
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Realized I over sponged my dark areas so I added dark and sponges a little bit on top.
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Posted: 5/14/2022 8:17:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Realized I over sponged my dark areas so I added dark and sponges a little bit on top. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/80996/A2E60720-39EA-4334-9A41-C44803A9F519-2382804.jpg Looks good!
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Posted: 5/20/2022 9:30:10 PM EDT
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 Made a few changes/ additions. Like it better now. 
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Posted: 5/20/2022 10:13:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/80996/72775FB5-B2CF-4440-B10C-5E3FFBABFEA7-2391184.jpg Made a few changes/ additions. Like it better now.https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/80996/3727C09A-7596-4A6B-8100-17BF4EEC6CD5-2391189.jpg Yup, it looks more natural now. Good work. 
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Posted: 5/26/2022 6:36:56 PM EDT
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New Benelli M1 on the left, 2 year old paint job on the old Benelli M1 on the right
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Posted: 5/26/2022 8:06:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: New Benelli M1 on the left, 2 year old paint job on the old Benelli M1 on the right https://i.imgur.com/0ZkWDDR.jpg Sexy!!! Great job! |
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Posted: 5/28/2022 9:28:29 PM EDT
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Ok. I’m on a roll. For the SBR we have a lot of green in my AO.
Looking for suggestions. I like it but feel like it’s missing something  ETA. Criticism is wanted. |
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Posted: 5/28/2022 11:57:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ok. I’m on a roll. For the SBR we have a lot of green in my AO. Looking for suggestions. I like it but feel like it’s missing something https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/80996/AED9FC8A-D725-46E2-A115-4F8B1B293F16-2400334.jpg ETA. Criticism is wanted. Love the colors there.... maybe a little black sponged on? |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 8:50:39 AM EDT
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 Black was a good idea. Added a little more sponge. It’s pretty disruptive and should blend well. |
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Posted: 6/6/2022 7:46:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/80996/2E468088-0E7E-4220-8AFE-2F3978858426-2406968.jpg Black was a good idea. Added a little more sponge. It’s pretty disruptive and should blend well.
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Posted: 6/6/2022 4:37:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/80996/2E468088-0E7E-4220-8AFE-2F3978858426-2406968.jpg Black was a good idea. Added a little more sponge. It’s pretty disruptive and should blend well. That looks way better! Really good job! I would be thrilled with that! |
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Posted: 6/6/2022 10:25:21 PM EDT
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Thanks for the suggestions and ideas! Great thread OP!
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Posted: 7/2/2022 12:25:52 PM EDT
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My latest one, brand new super duty and aimpoint pro
 Attached FileGot a new magpul stock and painted it to match too.  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/2/2022 9:20:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My latest one, brand new super duty and aimpoint pro https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/498570/FDA16A70-0BCC-44FE-9D0E-178797DCD9BA_jpe-2438908.JPG Got a new magpul stock and painted it to match too. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/498570/F5DC3ECA-B44B-4644-95C9-E2839B3E59FA_jpe-2438909.JPG I f-in' love that scheme. What paints did you use? |
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Posted: 7/2/2022 11:03:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I f-in' love that scheme. What paints did you use? Aerovoe who doesn’t make their military colors anymore 
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Posted: 7/18/2022 7:38:51 PM EDT
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  My first try at painting a gun. |
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Posted: 7/18/2022 9:10:42 PM EDT
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Love the gun scheme! Took me a minute to see that’s tape on the optic.
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Posted: 7/18/2022 10:04:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Love the gun scheme! Took me a minute to see that’s tape on the optic. Thanks! The tape is that elastic bandage wrap. Easy to remove, doesn't leave a film behind. https://www.coastalcountry.com/products/pet-animal/livestock/health-wellness/4-in-easytear-bandage-wrap-in-woodland-camo-anco3840cm-018?_t_q=camo%20wrap&_t_hit.id=Luminos_Storefront_Core_Catalog_CommonProduct/CatalogContent_97fb4cb2-20fc-4493-8e7a-83d9e564085f_en |
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Posted: 7/19/2022 8:15:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks! The tape is that elastic bandage wrap. Easy to remove, doesn't leave a film behind. https://www.coastalcountry.com/products/pet-animal/livestock/health-wellness/4-in-easytear-bandage-wrap-in-woodland-camo-anco3840cm-018?_t_q=camo%20wrap&_t_hit.id=Luminos_Storefront_Core_Catalog_CommonProduct/CatalogContent_97fb4cb2-20fc-4493-8e7a-83d9e564085f_en Awesome paint work; now paint the optic! 
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