Painting a stock

[CapnKM]

Some fine looking paint jobs on here. Really digging the sponge paint jobs and looking at doing one on my new carbon stock while leaving a good bit of the carbon exposed so I can still nerd out on it. Should prob try it out on my plastic stock 10/22 first though.

 

[Jason Snyder]

Thank you. I'm guessing that would work for a polymer stock as well. I might give it a try.

I just redid one where the paint was wearing very fast. I sanded it down because of that prior to repainting.

Self etching primer
Krylon Bisque sand texture paint
Krylon black marbleizing paint
Krylon matte clear coat

 

[FrankieP1988]

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[jonpall]

I just redid one where the paint was wearing very fast. I sanded it down because of that prior to repainting.

Self etching primer
Krylon Bisque sand texture paint
Krylon black marbleizing paint
Krylon matte clear coat

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Looks great. Pretty much what I'm hoping mine turns out like.

 

[AZsniper]

Just painted my coyote gun. Saw a video of a guy using a mesh laundry bag to create some texture. This is the first gun I have pained but I like the way it came out and it was super easy/fast.

 

[waspocrew]

I wanted to introduce my 10 year old son and 7 year old daughter to shooting, so I purchased a Savage Rascal target. They loved it, so of course, had to buy another so they had their “own”. Black was boring so I had to spice them up a bit.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Has anyone painted one, had it not turn out, and then painted over it?

Its spray paint. Douche it down with brake clean, scrape the paint off an give it another go.

 

[Steve300xcw]

I learned that after I sprayed out the action on an 870 and watched the paint fall off

 

[Tuck_]

I just bought a can of Krylon marbalizing that should be here tomorrow to copy that same style. https://www.ebay.com/itm/362913817585

I also got a can of matte tan to use as a base

I used this on one of my guns. While it faithfully recreates the pattern in OP's pic, it has a slight sheen to it which persists even under several coats of Krylon Matte Finish. Because of the slight 3d nature of the paint, which has to have some thickness in order to string together, this slight glossy finish can easily get caught in the light once dried. I painted over it for this reason with a sponge pattern, which turned out great. One thing for that is that remember that the less paint is on your sponge the less saturation will be transferred, so you can blend as much as you want.

 

[Dezurtrat]

I wanted to introduce my 10 year old son and 7 year old daughter to shooting, so I purchased a Savage Rascal target. They loved it, so of course, had to buy another so they had their “own”. Black was boring so I had to spice them up a bit.

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Those look amazing! What sponge are you using for that pattern? I've researched sea sponges but there are so many to chose from.

 

[RaggedHunter]

Here is a Duracoat job I did on my shotgun last year. Wanted an old school duck hunter camo, but there aren't many factory options in this pattern. I'm really happy with how it turned out. I used a set of vinyl stencils that I ordered on line for the pattern.

I used a really cheap airbrush off amazon. A little more pricey than krylon, but holds up quite a bit better as well. I am very impressed with the durability of the duracoat, not quite as durable as the ceracote I have on a couple of rifles, but for a product that doesn't need an oven to cure, it is very tough. The dirty greasy shop trash can I used to clean out my airbrush has some drips of duracoat along the sides, I've used these drips to try and scrape, scratch etc., they don't budge. Duracoat bonds extremely well to plastic. Excellent choice for painting stocks if you are looking for something that hold ups better than krylon.

 

[waspocrew]

Those look amazing! What sponge are you using for that pattern? I've researched sea sponges but there are so many to chose from.

Thanks!

I just grabbed some natural sea sponges from Michael’s. There were 3 or so in a pack for $6.

 

[Dezurtrat]

Thanks!

I just grabbed some natural sea sponges from Michael’s. There were 3 or so in a pack for $6.

What kind of paint did you use if you don't mind me asking?

 

[waspocrew]

What kind of paint did you use if you don't mind me asking?

No prob, Rustoleum and Krylon. I also use a couple of coats of matte clear coat afterwards as well.

 

[ORhunter74]

Its spray paint. Douche it down with brake clean, scrape the paint off an give it another go.

I painted this Tikka stock using stencils and hated the results. I just sanded it down, re-primed and used different stencils. The old pattern’s stencil indentations telegraphed through a little, but it actually created some subtle texture. Much happier with the final result. For clear coat this is the second stock I’ve used Spray Max 2k and it is insanely durable and seems impervious to cleaning chemicals. Nasty to work with but I think the results were worth it.

 

[Jason Snyder]

Because of the slight 3d nature of the paint, which has to have some thickness in order to string together, this slight glossy finish can easily get caught in the light once dried

Do you find this to be a concern while hunting?

 

[83cj-7]

One of my latest. Been wanting to try to replicate M81 without stencils.