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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Picture Gallery » Just painted my gun    View previous topic :: View next topic  Just painted my gun   Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:39 pm dedpool Veteran Member Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 244 Location: Hokie Nation just painted my 66 powermaster. it used to look kinda like this except all beaten up and crappy now it looks like this....   Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:13 pm StevieLaner7777 Moderator Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 1060 Location: Herefordshire, UK Hey Dedpool Nice!!! Definitely looks more tactical looking now! Did you apply it on thin with a brush or did you spray it? Also on the 66 Powermaster, Is the butt and forearm real wood, Laminate or plastic? If you know that is of course. The Skull art Wrocks!!! Stevie _________________ "Who Dares Wins" - SAS 22nd Regiment Hereford.   Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:27 pm dedpool Veteran Member Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 244 Location: Hokie Nation Thanks Stevie, I sprayed it on with krylon spray paint. The butt and forearm are made of cheap looking brown plastic   Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:34 pm StevieLaner7777 Moderator Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 1060 Location: Herefordshire, UK Cheers Dedpool I just like to know the things that Crosman don't directly specify! Hopefully the spray paint won't get as chiped or as worn as what it is covering! Stevie _________________ "Who Dares Wins" - SAS 22nd Regiment Hereford.   Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:20 pm AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6908 Location: "Out There" Very interesting. Looks good- hopefully it will after using it for awhile too! Is that grey, or a very light green (carpet color is confusing my perception)? I'm also curious how the paint holds up. Did you use a 'regular' Krylon or their newer plastic-specific spray paint? They were generally the best for sticking to plastic before that plastic-specific paint came out 3 or 4 years ago ("Fusion" they call it), excluding the specialty paint manufacturers available at auto body supply and interior shops (SEM makes the best paints for plastic adhesion- at least in automobile plastics anyways). I've rarely had good luck getting paint to stick well to plastics and am wondering if the formulations of the paint have gotten any better? _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:45 pm dedpool Veteran Member Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 244 Location: Hokie Nation thats OD green. I used regular krylon. I'll let you know in about a week how the paint is holding up   Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:45 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Heh, it kinda looks like something from Mad Max. You should cut of the but and put a pistol grip on it or something. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:15 pm dedpool Veteran Member Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 244 Location: Hokie Nation So I've been using my airgun pretty heavily the past week and the paint is holding up great. Theres a couple scratches on the barrel because I keep propping it up against brick walls but everything else is just like new   Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:22 pm StevieLaner7777 Moderator Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 1060 Location: Herefordshire, UK Hi Dedpool Nice to here the paint is holding up! Maybe it might be a good idea to use a Bi-pod or put sand bags in the places that you use to shoot from, Just an idea! Stevie _________________ "Who Dares Wins" - SAS 22nd Regiment Hereford.   Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:40 pm AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6908 Location: "Out There" Good to hear the paint is still "stuck". I'm wondering how long it will take before handling it wears through the paint- it's bound to happen eventually I would think. Is it still shooting A-Ok?   Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:55 pm broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Well, maybe I should use Krylon too. I don't know what the hell it is in Dutch, but I'll find out. Still, I'll probably be using "Tamiya" miniature kit spray-paint. A few white coats and then for the finishing touch black spots. Winter Camo. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:01 pm Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND I use Auto spray paint on everything and never have any problems, if you use it on plastics it burns into the surface and lasts forever. AL   Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:22 pm AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6908 Location: "Out There" Alstone wrote: I use Auto spray paint on everything and never have any problems, if you use it on plastics it burns into the surface and lasts forever. Hmm- I've never actually tried automotive body paint on plastics- every other sort of paint you can think of- rust preventative paint (i.e. for metal), floor paint, household lacquers and alkyds, you name it- I've tried it- but never common auto paint (laquers and enamels) in a spray can. Not sure why that never occurred to me-? I had found that the Krylon-in-a-can worked better than anything else. I have a bunch of automotive plastics painted with the Krylon "Fusion" plastic paint as well- but all those parts are in bags waiting to be installed whenever I get around to re-constructing the car they belong with- so I have no idea how they will hold up.   Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:04 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands I want to go for the Matt-effect and see how it looks with the good quality blueing on the Umarex. I'll post a pic when I got it done. _________________ BIG GAP Just painted my gun     Air Gun Home Forum Index » Picture Gallery You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum All times are GMT - 5 Hours   Page 1 of 1   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First  Select a forum Main Forums----------------AirGunHome Q&AGeneral Air Gun Questions and TopicsPicture GalleryTarget Shooting: Casual, Fun and CompetitionHunting, Pest Control, Varminting People/Events/Airgun Issue Discussion----------------Introduce YourselfThe BS TopicClubs/Events/Regional/Political Airgun Issues Maintenance, Modification and Reviews----------------RiflesPistolsAntique, Collector and Novelty AirgunsBB GunsPellets/AmmoOpticsAccessoriesAirgun Smithing Buy, Sell or Trade Forums----------------For SaleWant to Buy   Note: If you are seeing "Please enter your username and password to log in." 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