Show off your "rattle-can" paint jobs!!

skizzums · April 24, 2015, 11:32 AM

my wife did something very cruel and unusual to me, she quit smoking.....

I have always told her, "well....when you quit, i'll quit". well, she quit like 5 months ago, I ran out of excuses. yesterday was day three, and it was my first day off work since quitting. I have no prob not smoking at work, but at home, by myself at that, it's darn near impossible. so after mowing an acre of grass, cleaning the house, organizing the "gun room", I had idle hands. and this is what happened.......

base of just krylon dual "pearl"

then just random hit with this aluminum color

this is where it got interesting

now, I should of stopped here, it lookd pretty good after this. but I wanted to kind of tome down the pattern a little, so I just kinda of oversprayed with the aluminum color again. out in the sun, the aluminum did not seem very shiny and almost translucent. but after drying, it looks like a robo-cop snakeskin kinda......it's a little much. maybe it'll grow on me or i'll just start over.

but hey, I could have the last laugh.....you never know when you'll have to go "ghost" in a cannery or a recycling center......monster truck rally maybe?

interested in your "rattle-can" backyard paint jobs.

Mosin-Marauder · April 24, 2015, 11:54 AM

Wow.

That looks awesome, especially the parts on the Upper.

Mosin-Marauder · April 24, 2015, 12:09 PM

Double post

johnwilliamson062 · April 26, 2015, 02:08 AM

I'm not a huge fan of such patternd paint jobs, but I have to say this looks as good or better than a few "professional" options I have seen advertised. Wondering how it will hold up though.

Skadoosh · April 26, 2015, 08:50 AM

Aervoe OD green. No camouflage pattern needed. OD green works surprisingly well in all North American terrains. Very tough paint too.

FrankenMauser · April 26, 2015, 08:56 AM

Not a bad look.

You've probably seen this on the forum before, but it's always a classic....

Beer + time + trying to get the wife to hunt + some more beer ...gets you:

That which we lovingly called "The Flamer"

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(The shots with the wood stock are AFTER the camo paint jobs were stripped [there was an 'arctic camo' paint job under the pink, from a previous owner].)

My wife hated the rifle, and hated the paint job even more. So, since no one else would hunt with it... I did. I know I have a picture of that rifle (in pink) on top of a field-dressed antelope, posted here on TFL, but I'll be darned if I can find it.

AK103K · April 26, 2015, 03:24 PM

Multicam!

cdizzle223 · April 26, 2015, 04:14 PM

wow!

skizzums · April 26, 2015, 04:45 PM

trust, I understand what it takes to get the wife to wanna shoot guns.....I love the pink-purple barrel fade, pretty cool

this paint job has held up great for two years now surprisingly. did put several clear-coats on it though

WWWJD · May 6, 2015, 09:41 AM

Remington 700 SPS, wearing a B&C Medalist, Vortex Viper PST and CDI Precision bottom metal. I got a little carried away with this rifle.

doofus47 · May 6, 2015, 09:50 AM

You sure you guys don't do graffiti for a hobby? That's some pretty nice work for a spray can....
I'm jealous, I also know that I'd lose my rifle if I painted it camo. I'm going to enjoy from a distance.
I did spray black my old Marlin biathlon rifle barrel/action using Brownell's gun black. I'd post a pic, except a) I sold the rifle and b) solid, flat black is pretty mundane. Thinking about it now; I should have gone for the flame camo.

CajunBass · May 6, 2015, 01:45 PM

I don't have any rifles, but will a shotgun do?

Did that about 35 years or so ago...the picture is probably 8 years old or so. Finish got worn. I had some stuff called "Bowdull"...it worked.

April 24, 2015, 11:32 AM	#1
skizzums Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2013 Location: Douglasville, Ga Posts: 4,615	Show off your "rattle-can" paint jobs!! my wife did something very cruel and unusual to me, she quit smoking..... I have always told her, "well....when you quit, i'll quit". well, she quit like 5 months ago, I ran out of excuses. yesterday was day three, and it was my first day off work since quitting. I have no prob not smoking at work, but at home, by myself at that, it's darn near impossible. so after mowing an acre of grass, cleaning the house, organizing the "gun room", I had idle hands. and this is what happened....... base of just krylon dual "pearl" then just random hit with this aluminum color this is where it got interesting now, I should of stopped here, it lookd pretty good after this. but I wanted to kind of tome down the pattern a little, so I just kinda of oversprayed with the aluminum color again. out in the sun, the aluminum did not seem very shiny and almost translucent. but after drying, it looks like a robo-cop snakeskin kinda......it's a little much. maybe it'll grow on me or i'll just start over. but hey, I could have the last laugh.....you never know when you'll have to go "ghost" in a cannery or a recycling center......monster truck rally maybe? interested in your "rattle-can" backyard paint jobs. __________________ My head is bloody, but unbowed

April 24, 2015, 11:54 AM	#2
Mosin-Marauder Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2014 Location: North Carolina Posts: 2,320	Wow. That looks awesome, especially the parts on the Upper. __________________ Proud owner of three (four-ish) pieces of history! K-31, Mosin-Nagant M91/30, M24/47 Mauser, Norinco SKS. "You might as well appeal against a thunderstorm..." William Tecumseh Sherman

April 24, 2015, 12:09 PM	#3
Mosin-Marauder Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2014 Location: North Carolina Posts: 2,320	Double post __________________ Proud owner of three (four-ish) pieces of history! K-31, Mosin-Nagant M91/30, M24/47 Mauser, Norinco SKS. "You might as well appeal against a thunderstorm..." William Tecumseh Sherman

April 26, 2015, 08:50 AM	#5
Skadoosh Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2010 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,016	Aervoe OD green. No camouflage pattern needed. OD green works surprisingly well in all North American terrains. Very tough paint too. __________________ NRA Life Member USN Retired

April 26, 2015, 08:56 AM	#6
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	Not a bad look. You've probably seen this on the forum before, but it's always a classic.... Beer + time + trying to get the wife to hunt + some more beer ...gets you: That which we lovingly called "The Flamer" . (The shots with the wood stock are AFTER the camo paint jobs were stripped [there was an 'arctic camo' paint job under the pink, from a previous owner].) My wife hated the rifle, and hated the paint job even more. So, since no one else would hunt with it... I did. I know I have a picture of that rifle (in pink) on top of a field-dressed antelope, posted here on TFL, but I'll be darned if I can find it. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

April 26, 2015, 02:08 AM	#4
johnwilliamson062 Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 9,995	I'm not a huge fan of such patternd paint jobs, but I have to say this looks as good or better than a few "professional" options I have seen advertised. Wondering how it will hold up though.

April 26, 2015, 03:24 PM	#7
AK103K Senior Member Join Date: May 1, 2001 Posts: 10,223	Multicam!

April 26, 2015, 04:14 PM	#8
cdizzle223 Junior Member Join Date: April 25, 2015 Posts: 9	wow!

April 26, 2015, 04:45 PM	#9
skizzums Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2013 Location: Douglasville, Ga Posts: 4,615	trust, I understand what it takes to get the wife to wanna shoot guns.....I love the pink-purple barrel fade, pretty cool this paint job has held up great for two years now surprisingly. did put several clear-coats on it though __________________ My head is bloody, but unbowed

May 6, 2015, 09:41 AM	#10
WWWJD Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2011 Location: Central KY Posts: 552	Remington 700 SPS, wearing a B&C Medalist, Vortex Viper PST and CDI Precision bottom metal. I got a little carried away with this rifle. __________________ *~Mark* NRA Endowment FTW

May 6, 2015, 09:50 AM	#11
doofus47 Senior Member Join Date: June 9, 2010 Location: live in a in a house when i'm not in a tent Posts: 2,483	You sure you guys don't do graffiti for a hobby? That's some pretty nice work for a spray can.... I'm jealous, I also know that I'd lose my rifle if I painted it camo. I'm going to enjoy from a distance. I did spray black my old Marlin biathlon rifle barrel/action using Brownell's gun black. I'd post a pic, except a) I sold the rifle and b) solid, flat black is pretty mundane. Thinking about it now; I should have gone for the flame camo. __________________ I'm right about the metric system 3/4 of the time.

May 6, 2015, 01:45 PM	#12
CajunBass Senior Member Join Date: May 6, 2005 Location: North Chesterfield, Virginia Posts: 4,767	I don't have any rifles, but will a shotgun do? Did that about 35 years or so ago...the picture is probably 8 years old or so. Finish got worn. I had some stuff called "Bowdull"...it worked. __________________ For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (NKJV)

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