Best paint to use to paint rifle

**lwoper** · 11-08-08, 21:24

I am considering painting my rifle after seeing all the pics of these rifles on here, just a few suggestions would be appriciated

**bkb0000** · 11-08-08, 22:30

all ive ever used is flat rustoleum. a lot of guys use hot paints- grill enamel, stove paint, etc. i think a lot of guys around here use regular ol krylon camo paint.

**George02** · 11-08-08, 22:35

I was going to use brownells oven paint, looks promising

**boltcatch** · 11-08-08, 23:16

If you're painting it for the purpose of making it "Not A Big Black Stick", a little attention with a roll of masking tape, a can of denatured alchohol, and a couple cans of Krylon extra flat Camo spraypaint will work just fine. Cheap, too.

It will hold up more than well enough to serve its purpose, and there is enough paint in a couple of spray cans to touch it up for a few years.

**natebick** · 11-08-08, 23:48

How well does the krylon hold up to solvents?

**George02** · 11-09-08, 00:25

Originally Posted by natebick

How well does the krylon hold up to solvents?

X2 and does it scratch peel easy?

**lwoper** · 11-09-08, 21:11

i would like to keep the black showin a little and just try to break it up a little. How about paintin the optic? any tips

**bkb0000** · 11-09-08, 21:36

Originally Posted by lwoper

i would like to keep the black showin a little and just try to break it up a little. How about paintin the optic? any tips

i've never actually painted an optic.. mine all seem paintable.. i'd make sure it's matte.. degrease and paint away. it'll probably chip off after a while, but that happens.

one thing people should consider a little is that painting ARs, or any gun, for that matter, is not really something you're doing to IMPROVE the look of the gun... it sure as shit does look cool, but the main purpose is for concealment. it always wears off to some degree- usually a large degree in spots, unless you do some kind of bake-on product- but there have been some people who've pointed out that baking your guns may do other things to them that may or may not be cool. like ****ing with the metal temper, and so forth. i have no idea. do research first, if you're gonna put your gat in an oven.

So really, just degrease the biatch, shake some cans up, and let 'er rip... you're gonna be repainting again soon enough anyway, if your weapon spends any time out of the safe. so no need to fret over doing a "good" job, in my opinion.