Painting or coating your gas tube.

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Painting or coating your gas tube.

Posted: 1/27/2009 6:27:01 AM EDT

has anyone done this and how did you do it?

Posted: 1/26/2009 4:56:56 PM EDT

[#1]

cleaned it good and shot it with yellow engine paint

a touch discolored around the front sight, but otherwise OK so far.

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:00:21 PM EDT

[#2]

krylon, I wiped it down but didnt even bother really cleaning it.
My FF covers it so I dont know how well its holding up, but after
a couple hundred rounds I can't see any shiny metal

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:07:25 PM EDT

[#3]

To what end?

Posted: 1/26/2009 5:10:05 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
To what end?

ETA:

Posted: 1/26/2009 11:44:17 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
To what end?

I shaved my FSB down to make it a lo pro gas block, since I was spraying the gas block I just hit the tube too.

Posted: 1/27/2009 6:42:24 AM EDT

[#6]

I have a yhm ff tube which makes the gas tube very visable so i wanted to paint up the gas tube.

Posted: 1/27/2009 8:10:09 AM EDT

[#7]

Posted: 1/27/2009 12:47:06 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
I have a yhm ff tube which makes the gas tube very visable so i wanted to paint up the gas tube.

That makes sense I guess. Probably help to rough it up a bit with some emery paper before spraying, but since it is subject to exactly zero wear, I wouldn't be afraid to hit it with some black hi-temp BBQ paint, personally.

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