Painting a stock

[zpooch]

Sponged the other day

 

[jruff002]

I wrapped mine with a woman stocking then painted, looks lot better in person but gives it a reptile look and something diff than everyone else and also blends in phenomenal

 

[lintond]

I dressed up my T3x with some krylon paint. I ended up finding a roller brush that had a “weave” pattern to it. Cut it into small pieces and used it similar to the sponge method.

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[Marbles]

Some good ideas here. I may have to paint my Montana now.

 

[jruff002]

Some good ideas here. I may have to paint my Montana now.

Made a hydro dip and dipped my tikka stock and then added orange,

 

[ShootOkHuntWorse]

How did you do the hydro dip?

 

[jruff002]

How did you do the hydro dip?

theres videos that show how on youtube to hydro stuff. As far as mine i used green, black, and white paint for the hydro. Then i sponged on the orange

 

[Blaw]

A few days ago I sponge painted a stock on the rifle I just picked up.View attachment 181942

what paint make/colors did you use?
btw good choice on the 783, action as smooth as a tikka........flame on haters lol

 

[huntineveryday]

I painted my shotgun before turkey season this year. It really wasn't hard at all. Put down a good base coat, let it dry, assembled the gun and added some depth with some green, let that dry, then went to work with a few different colors using
sponges. I didn't get any pictures of it hunting, but it did its job and blended well into a lot of different backgrounds. I'm not worried about weight, so if it wears or I need to change it to fit a different area I can just sponge a little more. I will probably paint any synthetic guns I get in the future this way.

 

[OneShot]

what paint make/colors did you use?
btw good choice on the 783, action as smooth as a tikka........flame on haters lol

You are correct on the 783. The action is smooth and shoots extremely well for the price. Picked it up in a 223 for a new varmint killer, plus a great kids gun with a suppressor on it.

As for the paint. I used a Rust-Oleum flat black bonding Primer for the base color. Then sponged on the Krylon satin Italian olive and Krylon satin khaki. Finished off with a handful of coats of the Satin clear

 

[deziner75]

Lots of matte clear will make it last.

This +10

 

[MidStatesBwhntr]

Lots of inspiration here. I'm going to have to give this a try myself.

 

[Mule34]

Just dug this thread up, I am sponging a few of my guns I think...lol

 

[TheGDog]

Do the sponge-dabbing method.

 

[Mule34]

Do the sponge-dabbing method.
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did you just put a light tan base on and then dab the sponge in the other colors?

 

[TheGDog]

did you just put a light tan base on and then dab the sponge in the other colors?

The "Sand" color on first as base.
Goto Halloween store and buy the stretchy camo netting.
Lay the camo netting over it, stretching it a little sometimes to customize the pattern it makes.
Spray your stripes of the darkest color.
Cut up some small-ish sponge pieces. (Like, let's say 1" square surfaces.)
Use finger nails to tear-out pieces of surface of sponge you intend to dab with so that there are no discernable straight edges to the stamp pattern it will then have.
Spray paint onto something disposable you will use as a palette for dipping the sponge into. Like an aluminum baking tray.
Make the sponge amount of paint be tacky, not all wet and gloppy.
On dark areas you *lightly* dither-in lighter colors to breakup the outline of the darker region.
On lighter area you *lightly* dither-in darker colors to breakup the outline of the lighter region.
Then randomly, you may elect to blip-it here-and-there with a few dabs of an even lighter color, like maybe an ash grey.

Big thing is have a good mental image in your mind about the area you're trying to make this paint job look like. Maybe even snap some cellphone pics there next time you're out there.

 

[WannabeHunter]

One thing I did that I highly suggest:
If you go with the sponge method, right after applying a color, take a completely dry sponge and go over the areas again. It flattens any high points and keeps the texture very even. Also, after all the paint is dry, take a rag (tshirt or microfiber) and with moderate pressure, rub the gun down. Basically lightly buff the gun to again knock down any high spots. Then clear it with at least 3 coats of clear. I chose an acrylic matte clear sealer. Worked awesome. The gun looks more like the first 2 pics. Lighting wasn't as good in the last two.

 

[blacktail sniper]

If it’s krylon fusion you don’t need a primer. Anything else yes I would prime.
Just finished this one today.
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I have done webbing but how did you get this pattern thats awesome

 

[silasbowhunter]

I just refinished my Proof TAC II to the updated fashion. It had the old style finish, always hated it.

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What did you use for the pattern?


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[ShootOkHuntWorse]

The painted stock got my first elk!