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Posted: 8/21/2009 6:52:51 PM EDT
| I recently got a first anniversary GSG, the one that is partially silver. Can anyone recommend a reputable person/business to have it painted black? I'd like it to match the rest of the black parts. |
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you can do it yourself with even moderate skill level.
If you can field strip the firearm, just take the receiver halves and scuff them up with a piece of scotchbrite, get a can of krylon bbq paint, dust on a few light layers until you have good coverage, then when it's good and dry lay the to halves on an old cookie sheet and bake them for 20 min @ 250 degrees f. That paint will cure quite hard and if you take care of it, will be very durable and have a similar sheen to the original paint. 
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You may want to take the original finish off first. I soaked the stripped receiver in a pan with Citristrip paint remover gel, and the paint just melted off (citristip is nasty stuff, wear paint stripper gloves and do it outside).
Wash off the residue and scuff the bare metal with steel wool. Spray down the bare parts with degreaser solvent too before painting. In my case, I used Brownell's Alumahyde II in matte black. It does not need an oven to dry but takes a couple of weeks to fully cure. 
This is why I had to re-paint my receiver. Used the wrong bore cleaner 
ETA: It was Birchwood casey's gun scrubber spray that messed up the finish. I've used it to flush out the gunk inside my rimfire AR receiver without any problem, but not on this one. |
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you can do it yourself with even moderate skill level. If you can field strip the firearm, just take the receiver halves and scuff them up with a piece of scotchbrite, get a can of krylon bbq paint, dust on a few light layers until you have good coverage, then when it's good and dry lay the to halves on an old cookie sheet and bake them for 20 min @ 250 degrees f. That paint will cure quite hard and if you take care of it, will be very durable and have a similar sheen to the original paint. Ooh that sounds pretty good. Have any photos of the final product? |
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Silley, that came out great, nice job. thanks! 
I firmly believe that anyone can practice a bit and paint their own. I do bodywork/restoration as a side job, so I naturally wanted to refinish my own firearms rather than pay someone to do it. Painting is 90% preparation/10% skill...... I would encourage everyone to at least try it! And if you screw it up, aircraft stripper or easyoff(oven cleaner) will take almost ANY paint off metal without harming what is underneath. Just remember to do it in a well ventilated area(outside). There's actually a lot less chance of something landing on your new paint outside, than in your garage or basement(dust..) ok, I'm done preaching 
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Great thread, and timely.
I buy a new GSG5 SD a week ago. First outing I sight it in and put about 100 rounds through it. I clean it by swabbing out the bore and wiping down the breech. Second outing I put about 500 rounds of assorted ammo through it. Being that it was really dirty, I hosed the barrel and receiver with carb cleaner. Well, that led me to here. Which was one good thing. The other good thing was that I was planning to do something about that ugly pewter paint scheme eventually. |
| Really stupid question time. I'm ready to paint, have it split in half and everything. How should I go about doing this? Should I reassembly the two halves and paint the outside while hanging, or should I do the outside of each half while laying flat, or should I do the inside and outside of both halves while hanging? |
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I would avoid painting the insides at all. try to just cover to the edge and leave the halves split. if you put them together, you might have visible unpainted areas when the guts are in there...
then again, I'm used to painting cars, and the rule of thumb is "the more you dismantle, the fewer tape lines and overspray you'll have"
post pics when you're done!! |
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Really stupid question time. I'm ready to paint, have it split in half and everything. How should I go about doing this? Should I reassembly the two halves and paint the outside while hanging, or should I do the outside of each half while laying flat, or should I do the inside and outside of both halves while hanging? I just refinished mine. While I did not make the Gun Scrubber/brake/card cleaner mistake, mine was chipped up pretty good. I stripped the paint and used lacquer thinner to degrease and clean it after I hosed off the old paint and rubbed some steal wool over it. I used thin wire and hung mine to paint. I did do the insides. I used Norrell's Moly-resin, which goes on thin. 
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All done. I ended up just painting the halves laid flat, then baking them as suggested. I did 5 or 6 real light coats to get it even. One thing I noticed, it was nice and flat black after painting, but after baking it got more glossy. I liked it better before the baking, not sure what happened there. Maybe I should have let it dry fully before baking? Here's one picture, ran out of daylight, I'll try to get some better ones soon. Overall I am quite happy with it though and anything is better than that awful pewter color.
http://www.rent-a-tech.org/IMG_3832.jpg Edit: here's one more I took trying to show the finish: http://www.rent-a-tech.org/IMG_3834.jpg |
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