Painting a stock

[TheGDog]

Looking at doing a sponge paint job on mine. Once you guys get the camo done do you put anything over the top like a clear coat or just rock with it? I did a spray job on my ar and it rubs off easy but idc about that gun nearly as much as my manners stock.

Multiple coats of Matte Clear coat.

 

[crgchck]

Looking at doing a sponge paint job on mine. Once you guys get the camo done do you put anything over the top like a clear coat or just rock with it? I did a spray job on my ar and it rubs off easy but idc about that gun nearly as much as my manners stock.

Krylon matte clear does wonders
This stock has seen really hard use and has not one chip or rub mark

 

[North of 60]

Below is a duracoated G20. Duracoat will last essentially forever on long guns...on pistols holsters will show wear over time. I've also used toothpicks and sponges on others to achieve different looks.

 

[K9kodi]

I’m trying to find the pics, but I had a stock sprayed with line-x black, then my dad camo painted a stock and I had line-x clear sprayed on it.

 

[PanhandlePilgrim]

I used duracoat and mixture of OCP and Kuiu Vias stencils from Freedom Stencils on a stock I picked up in the classifieds for cheap. I added marine-tex on the pistol grip for texture and used air curing cerekote on the barrel and action.

 

[North of 60]

@PanhandlePilgrim...great job on the duracoat/grip and curious, what make/model of stock is that?

 

[PanhandlePilgrim]

It's a Bell and Carlson, not sure what model.

 

[gpkhill2]

I have ZERO artistic ability. But even I can make sponge camo look good. It’s super easy.

 

[timbernomad]

I ended up being really pleased with this color combo.

 

[LandSeig]

Krylon matte clear does wonders
This stock seem hard use and has not one chip or rub mark
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Did you web paint overlay your sponge paint? It looks really good, can you post some more pics in better light?

 

[FaaSamoa]

I find painting sticks really fun to do. I went ahead and painted my whole rifle, including scope until I ended up putting a different one one . I don’t do a clear coat since I like the way it wears in

Tan, green, brown, and black

 

[FaaSamoa]

 

[crgchck]

Did you web paint overlay your sponge paint? It looks really good, can you post some more pics in better light?

I did, with black and white. I’ll post better pics when I get back in town.. and thank you

 

[5811]

I decided to go full @mxgsfmdpx

 

[Conman243]

To those that have used both, what’s the difference between the Rustoleum textured and the Rustoleum stone?

 

[North of 60]

Here is a duracoated SFAR...painted the scope also as i don't intend to put it on another rifle.

 

[5811]

Okay, so I didn't quite go full orange. The lines do make for a nice textured grip on the fore end. Still needs matte clear and the tape pulled and bottom metal replaced.

What you see stenciled is a full set (two sheets). I had another set but decided to leave the action area mono. Not sure if that was the right call or not, but I'm just messing around. It was a stockys bare carbon blem, so I needed to do something. I've never painted a stock before and it's just going to get beat up anyway.

 

[crgchck]

Did you web paint overlay your sponge paint? It looks really good, can you post some more pics in better light?

 

[crgchck]

And just for reference, here’s one I sponged after another pattern and webbing.. wish I had webbed after everything.. going to web it again as I’m not so happy with this look.. seems the webbing goes well with everything, ads some grip, and seems to bring everything together…

 

[crgchck]

To those that have used both, what’s the difference between the Rustoleum textured and the Rustoleum stone?

My experience.. the textured didn’t like the clear..was more like a wrinkle paint.. didn’t seem to want to bond well to fiberglass, and remained sorta too soft for a stock.. my experience..
the stone again my experience..
First rifle stock I did..when initially applied I didn’t think it was ever going to cure hard enough to work.. while still softish, I coated it with krylon triple thick glaze.. I don’t know what that did but holy shit it became insanely hard and durable.. it was like the clear soaked in and acted as a catalyst.. after years of running it that way, I later wire brushed it and coated with a matte clear.. the stone paint absorbed the triple thick enough that it didn’t have a gloss finish but it did have a little sheen in certain light. I’ve since recoated the first rifle I did with a different system but did do an xp100 with the stone paint a couple years ago..I did it the same way with the triple thick but never hit it with the matte.. I’ll post a pic of it later today.