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.

 

[jdubb1977]

I've just done sponge with krylon matte paint which has added some ok texture (not on CF though). Use Spraymax 2k Matte clear....it's a hardened clear coat and will hold up to just about anything. I've done a motorcycle, bike, rifle stocks, etc and it's great.

 

[RockAndSage]

@RancherJohn put up a great post about this earlier today:

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Thread 'Adding Texture to Rokstok ala Rokstok Lite'

Yesterday at 12:15 PM

@ztc92 @RockAndSage

This is a quick rundown of how to add a textured pad on a Rokstok similar to how the new Rokstok Lites will come. I believe the regular Rokstok will be getting the same treatment whenever they refresh the line. This has improved grip with the support hand when shooting with gloves.

Tools needed:
Blue Painters Tape
Ruler/square edge
Pencil
20 ga shotgun shell (or similar)
Razor blade
Textured Paint



First tape off the stock, try to get single layers with no creases or overlap in the area you want the texture to go. This will make cutting...

• RancherJohn
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• Forum: DIY Gear Modifications

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[slm9s]

I've tried spray cans of clear or black rubber, like flex seal, on taped off sections that provided nice grip. And you can peel it off if you don't like it or when it becomes worn.

 

[Macintosh]

@RancherJohn put up a great post about this earlier today:

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Thread 'Adding Texture to Rokstok ala Rokstok Lite'

Yesterday at 12:15 PM

@ztc92 @RockAndSage

This is a quick rundown of how to add a textured pad on a Rokstok similar to how the new Rokstok Lites will come. I believe the regular Rokstok will be getting the same treatment whenever they refresh the line. This has improved grip with the support hand when shooting with gloves.

Tools needed:
Blue Painters Tape
Ruler/square edge
Pencil
20 ga shotgun shell (or similar)
Razor blade
Textured Paint



First tape off the stock, try to get single layers with no creases or overlap in the area you want the texture to go. This will make cutting...

• RancherJohn
• Replies: 4
• Forum: DIY Gear Modifications

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This is exactly what I ended up doing. The only thing to add is a trick Ive used in checkering wood stocks. Auto pinstriping tape is basically very narrow electrical tape. You can get 1/8” and 1/4” widths. Its slightly stretchy, which allows you to lay it down on a curve—masking tape being non-stretchy is good for straight lines but not so good on curves. Use the pinstriping tape to lay out curves like on a grip, as well as to set even borders along an edge. Then cover outside it with the masking tape.

 

[Wrench]

Fleckstone paint (sometimes called make it stone) with a coat of matte clear will do also. I've used 10110 devcon and belzona also. It's stiffer than jb and will not sag.. but not worth the money for a small job if you don't have any on the shelf.