Painting a stock

[Sponxx]

I found a picture of my sponge camo over stone paint.
Factory tupperware Savage stock that I modified. I chopped a few inches up front, raised the comb with a piece of wood and Bondo, as well as created a vertical grip and palmswell with more Bondo a latex glove.
When I bought th gun used, it had grey stone paint, fairly grippy, but I added the sponge camo with Rustoleum paints

 

[5811]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but I did: Less is more with sponge painting.

I just kept adding colors because I had them. Now I'm getting messed up Christmas or Joker vibes

I'd probably like it if I quit after gray and orange. But I added 6 more colors.

 

[TheGDog]

First... lightest base coat color.

Second? ... spray angled stripes w/ your darkest color... thru the lighter base. Only like no more than 3 stripes thru the stock and one thru barrel.

Third. Using your randomized sponge piece... on edges of dark stripes... dither-in blips of lighter color to breakup/diffuse the hard edge of that stripe thru the base color. Bkurring where the dark-edge meets the light edge.

Fourth... in the in-between areas of lighter base color... dither-in... some... amt of darker blips of sponge-dabbing to sorta break-up that wide light-colored area.

And like homeboy here just found out.. "Less is More!" Don't go overboard.. and on the "palette" piece you're holding for doing the sponge-dabbing from.. to pickUP the paint from... dab it a few times on your palette piece so it's NOT wet and gloppy with too much paint on it. You want it tacky-looking when you dab it on. That part is important. You'll see.

Also... like if you try making use of an ash-grey type color... be ready to custom-blend in a drop of a darker color into that light-colored ash-grey... often they come in too light/bright of a shade and stick-out like a sore-thumb when you dab that color on.. so you can tone-it-down by adding like dark earth into it. little-by-little... testing after mixing by blipping the sponge onto a test surface to verify shade you've reached.

Matte Clear Coat. Minimum 2 coats.

 

[huntsman22]

blip that.......

 

[TheGDog]

Actually a phrase I use a lot is "Bump That Noise!" as a more PC replacement for EFF that isht.

 

[WyoWild]

Just finished up a Stockys Carbon VG. Rustoleum camo and Vinyl Stencil. Will let it cure for a week them add a V2K matte clear coat.

 

[TheGDog]

Found a pic that I posted on the hide of the two as a pair. this was pre matte on the rifle. View attachment 937723

Came back thru the posts in here today when my eyes caught this!

Is that a Remington XP100? My StepDad had one of those. Was thinking I want to find one at some point.

What's it chambered in?

 

[crgchck]

Came back thru the posts in here today when my eyes caught this!

Is that a Remington XP100? My StepDad had one of those. Was thinking I want to find one at some point.

What's it chambered in?

Yes.. that one is now a .308 I also have a 7br both are incredibly accurate and I have taken many whitetail with the .308… I’ve only punched paper with the 7br
They are getting hard to find but the center grip single shots are by far better balanced than the rear grip.

 

[Badger 5]

Just painted up the new home Stockys VG Carbon Hunter.

 

[RancherJohn]

@ztc92

Quick rundown of how to easily paint a stock with what you may already have on hand.

Supplies needed:
Paint
Shredded cardboard shipping filler material
Blue tape (for scope/action/etc)



I hit this stock with 2 different tan/sand colors, and let it dry for 15 minutes.



Pick a general orientation to follow, I tend to angle it towards the front of the gun.



Pick a color to start with, spraying very quick/light. Your paint will fill any voids, so fast movement in the orientation of your cardboard will yield results like this.



Get another color, reset your cardboard with a slightly different angle and section to spray through, try to find big patches of the background color (tan in this case) and line them up in your gaps.



Repeat as desired, you can add more of the other colors in additional layers as needed. Move the spray paint to different angles/distances to obtain crisper lines or more of the 'overspray' appearance as desired.



Final result after about 15 minutes of work.

 

[grfox92]

Just finished up a Stockys Carbon VG. Rustoleum camo and Vinyl Stencil. Will let it cure for a week them add a V2K matte clear coat.

What stencil and from where?

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[jdubb1977]

Disclaimer...I didn't read all 14 pages. But, for an incredibly solid clear coat, I've used Spraymax 2K matte on guns, a motorcycle, bikes, etc. It's basically an automotive hardened clear coat in a spray can. Super durable and easy to use. Once you pop the can, it's a one time use so I usually wait until I have a few things to paint, I have a Tikka stock that has been heavily hunted and has held up great with it.

 

[slm9s]

I'm old-school and just don't think you can do better than GAP camo. Blue painters tape to mask off sections after the base coat. Matte clear on top when you're done. Not too difficult either.

 

[bblanchard]

Out of the types of DIY paint jobs I’ve done the sponge seems to be the most durable and I like the looks of it also. I also like to mix matte and satin finishes make it look not so plain.

 

[Hans_Grimsgaard]

Thanks for the inspiration everyone. I just finished a bit of fiberglass work on my Sako A7 in 6 creedmoor. Didn't like the grip and couldn’t find a stock here in Chinada. Added some palm swell, textured the grip, removed the cheek piece and put a bit of rise on the comb. Went with a grey primer, charcoal base coat, spackled some bed liner, filled up some bottle caps with paint and spackled the stock with the three other colors for a lichen look.

 

[bblanchard]

Thanks for the inspiration everyone. I just finished a bit of fiberglass work on my Sako A7 in 6 creedmoor. Didn't like the grip and couldn’t find a stock here in Chinada. Added some palm swell, textured the grip, removed the cheek piece and put a bit of rise on the comb. Went with a grey primer, charcoal base coat, spackled some bed liner, filled up some bottle caps with paint and spackled the stock with the three other colors for a lichen look.
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That’s awesome love when people aren’t afraid to make something work without shipping it off somewhere. Nothing more custom than that!

 

[Hans_Grimsgaard]

That’s awesome love when people aren’t afraid to make something work without shipping it off somewhere. Nothing more custom than that!

Thanks! I think I’ll add an adjustable cheek riser as well. Maybe even glass the bottom of the stock flat so it rides on a bag better. Shoots well!

 

[onlybrowning]

These look great. Have any of you done DIY Cerakote? I have experience with automotive body work and paint, so I thought the C series air dry stuff might be worth a try. I’ve got a Stocky’s cf sporter I need to refinish and thought I’d see if anyone has experience with it.

 

[K9kodi]

I don’t think the air dry stuff is nearly as durable as finish

 

[Traskie]

I want to try changing the look of my factory t3x stock but I’m not creative whatsoever and need to visualize things. I want to paint my stock similar to this B&C. I’ve seen a few posts about doing a kuiu type pattern in different colors but how would I make a spiderweb pattern like this? Doesn’t have to be these specific colors.

Any help is appreciated.

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I’ve done an effect similar to to this in the past by laying down my base coat, then adding the the detail by using small paint brushes and flicking the paint brush at the stock.

It’s like a little Jackson Pollock camo stock, and it looked pretty cool.

Rust oleum has a line of camo colors that are in a dead matte as well