Texturing a slick carbin fiber stock—method options?

[Macintosh]

I have seen folks using marine tex for this. Also my brother did one using self-etching primer > Rustoleum Textured spray paint > Brownells Alumahyde II clear. Curious what you have personally used, how it lasted, etc.
For example, anyone ever try the spray-on bed liner stuff that comes in a spray-paint can? I have a stock here for a new rifle build that needs some texture, so interested in what folks have had best success with. In this case I DONT want to build up the grip so Im looking for texture without adding much thickness.

Also apparently I cant spell.”Carbin”

 

[eLightfoot]

JB weld applied with a sponge works great. Mask off a pattern where you want texture. Press and pull away with the sponge will leave little peaks of texture. You can control how much texture you want by how much JB weld you have on the sponge.

 

[Caseknife]

JB weld applied with a sponge works great. Mask off a pattern where you want texture. Press and pull away with the sponge will leave little peaks of texture. You can control how much texture you want by how much JB weld you have on the sponge.

Wow, great idea, may have to try that.

 

[MallardSX2]

JB weld applied with a sponge works great. Mask off a pattern where you want texture. Press and pull away with the sponge will leave little peaks of texture. You can control how much texture you want by how much JB weld you have on the sponge.

This might be the answer for that paint peeling issue on that stockys stock.

 

[rharbaugh]

I redid my CVA buttstock and for texture I mixed sand into a two part epoxy. Masked off the area I wanted it on, applied liberally, then let it cure for 24 hours. I really like it.

 

[Macintosh]

JB weld applied with a sponge works great. Mask off a pattern where you want texture. Press and pull away with the sponge will leave little peaks of texture. You can control how much texture you want by how much JB weld you have on the sponge.

Got a pic of this you could post?

 

[JFK]

Here’s one I recently did with JB weld. Came out good but took a lot of babysitting to get it right. Because JB is pretty thin stuff it wanted to level out some had to watch it
for probably 2+ hours and re-texture areas than smoothed out. If I did it over I’d probably let it setup for 30-40 minutes before applying or use a thicker epoxy.

 

[eLightfoot]

On a Boyd’s laminate

 

[eLightfoot]

After paint

 

[eLightfoot]

Here’s one I recently did with JB weld. Came out good but took a lot of babysitting to get it right. Because JB is pretty thin stuff it wanted to level out some had to watch it
for probably 2+ hours and re-texture areas than smoothed out. If I did it over I’d probably let it setup for 30-40 minutes before applying or use a thicker epoxy.

Good points here. If you want more aggressive texture wait until the JB weld begins to harden a little. A fresh mix the peaks will begin to fall an level out. You can come back and dab the sponge again to pull the peaks back up when it starts to harden also.

 

[Macintosh]

Thanks guys, good food for thought.

Anyone else who’s had good success love to hear/see what you’ve used.

 

[Tanner]

I redid my CVA buttstock and for texture I mixed sand into a two part epoxy. Masked off the area I wanted it on, applied liberally, then let it cure for 24 hours. I really like it.

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That’s sweet, I like that.