Texturing a slick carbin fiber stock—method options?

[Laelkhunter]

In my case, when I repainted my stock, I just used flat or matte finish paint on my stock and it came out great. Avoid the gloss finish paint and you might find the matte finish will be enough.

 

[RockAndSage]

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.

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That is a great tip about the pinstriping tape, thank you. I'd never heard of it, and haven't ever seen a car done, but it would have been really helpful on a silicon carbide texturing job I just did on a handgun's front-strap. Will definitely pick some up.