I've never had much success with the pens. Have two above my bench. One flat, one gloss. The black will just not stay on longer than a day for me. Sharpies work better in my opinion also.
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I've never had much success with the pens. Have two above my bench. One flat, one gloss. The black will just not stay on longer than a day for me. Sharpies work better in my opinion also.
I just leave it. . .![]()
Krylon Camo tan and green should cover it nicely.
The Birchwood Casey stuff works; make sure to get the bottle, not the pen, and follow directions. It just sorta magically turns it black, it's sort of cool.
I don't care about dings or wear, but I did have a rail that I tried to notch for KAC panels that didn't seem to work, so I just blacked over the cuts.
My rifle build is halfway through its two week Duracoat curing process, it was an interesting learning experience. Duracoat, Guncote, Krylon, whatever; I say get thee to Bulldog Arms and get some stencils!
Hell dude, now that you got that first scratch out of the way the others come much easier.
i cant stand a nice, stratch free rifle... I just repainted my rifle and its all pretty and shit... I think im gonna go throw it across some gravel at the range tomorrow.
I agree, as long as it's honest wear and tear. I once inherited a Colt AR-15A HBAR (department-owned) and it had a scratch on the right side of the lower receiver that bugged me until I finally traded for an AR-15A3 (LE6721). Just to look at it reminded me of the kind of morons that abuse their equipment.
Of course, honest wear builds character.
Last edited by ThirdWatcher; 09-27-09 at 02:46.
All my scratches on my blasters are each like little reminders of where I was and who I was with. Like when I dinged up the barrel of one of my blasters by throwing my AR into the back of my buddy's 4-wheeler during a hog hunt, or when I got lots of brass scratches all over the magazine well of my brand new $2,200 KAC SR-15 E3 during my first ever carbine course by using the left front corner of the mag well to "strip" loose any damaged brass casings from out of my PMAGs when going through malfunction drills.
I look at that ding in the barrel of that AR, and I look at those brass scratches on my SR-15 (which I haven't even tried to buff out or wipe them off, and never will either), I remember where I was when those things happened, and how much fun I had when I was abusing my rifle with some great friends of mine.
I'm not concerned about those scratches and dings on all my different ARs simply because that's my history right there! And I'm proud of my history, and I carry my scarred-up carbines with my head held high and say, "Yup, I run my shit hard."
Because in the end, I bought all of my firearms to shoot the shit out of and make some damn good memories in the process!
If nothing else though, I feel that all those scratches and dings give a rifle some much needed "character."
But that's JM2CW... and when it really comes down to it, what the hell do I know, and who the hell am I to tell you not to buff out or touch up with some paint? If that's what you'd prefer to do with your blaster, then go for it, brother!
Semper Fi',
Paul
Last edited by RetreatHell; 09-27-09 at 16:38.
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