Spray painting your guns

Rob2593

Hey, just wondering is it a good idea to spray paint your guns camo? I went to young guns day and i was supprised no1 had there guns painted. or does it cause problems? also whats the best way of doing it? thanks, rob

The Master

There's no problem with painting them at all if you take a look through the pics thread you'll see lots of examples of painted airsoft gear.

Rob2593

i see, where is that thread?

StevieGriff

Reviews section.

The Master

Airsoft Pics Thread

Stercus Accidit

Loads a different techniques you can use, layering, stencils etc.

I'd love to do a camo job on a gun soon, must get one it would suit.

Zero19, find that stock!

zero19

Yes sir i think its still at home, will be back there soon enough and will forward it then! Planning a hello kitty paint job for my girlfriend haha now where to find pink krylon.......

NakedDex

Montana Gold (brand name) do a some great sprays in just about every colour (including pink), they're a bit easier to get over here too. I have about a dozen cans in various colours that I've used for both airsoft gear painting and doing prop work.

Stercus Accidit

Krylon is only known as they do green, brown, and magnolia.

What other easy brands to get are there?

Its a fiver for the various motor sprays I get in motorfactors, clear laquers, matt blacks etc. but the black and I imagine any colours aren't great.

Are there any properly hard wearing easy(ish) to get paints worth using?

Or a spray on matt hard coat if there is such a thing.

NakedDex

That one I mentioned above, I've found that to be pretty good. It was recommended to me by a graffiti artist in Canada and I found it to be just as hard wearing as he said. They do matt colours as well, and several shades of each colour so doing a multi-tone green or brown wouldn't be hard.

kdouglas

Spray painting AEGs can turn out very good, but from my minor experience with spray painting various things, the best advise I can give is have patience. Several light coats give an infinitely better finish than one heavy coat.

The key thing is preparation, make sure the surface is smooth, clean and use an appropriate primer coat before doing the main colour.

NakedDex wrote: »

Montana Gold (brand name) do a some great sprays in just about every colour (including pink), they're a bit easier to get over here too. I have about a dozen cans in various colours that I've used for both airsoft gear painting and doing prop work.

any recommendations on where to buy some cans of it? Been meaning to paint my xm8 for a while.

Masada

B&Q and Woodies do a whole range of aerosols, theres some great mat finish colours in there that are intended for painting flower pots too.
halfords will make pretty much any colour you want too, they have sample books in there.,

NakedDex

kdouglas wrote: »

any recommendations on where to buy some cans of it? Been meaning to paint my xm8 for a while.

Inspiring Ideas in Blanch has recently gotten a good portion of the range in, until they got them I was getting them from a place in the UK.

Busta Hyman

i used plasitcote from woodies for this one and its stood up to regular skirmishing well i feeland i kno youve all seen me whoring my paintjob all over the place but im properly proud of it and i still get a warm feeling when ppl comment on it. also its for good or bad reasons the only gun ive seen painted in this style.

seamus-2k7

There is a shop somewhere near temple bar that you can get the graffiti cans, its call 'all city'.

Dread-Lock

seamus-2k7 wrote: »

There is a shop somewhere near temple bar that you can get the graffiti cans, its call 'all city'.

Its on Crow street in Temple Bar.
http://shop.all-cityrecords.com/

Most of the paint in All City is gloss paint so I don't know how that would work out on your AEG.

MacAonghusa

Rob2593 wrote: »

Hey, just wondering is it a good idea to spray paint your guns camo?

Two alternatives worth considering:

1. Camo tape, there are many types available
http://cgi.ebay.ie/ARMY-DPM-CAMO-FABRIC-TAPE-IDEAL-FOR-WEBBING-REPAIRS_W0QQitemZ140294490931QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Collectables_Militaria_LE?hash=item140294490931&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Jack-Pyke-STEALTH-CAMO-SNIPER-TAPE-WRAP-Rifle-LLCS_W0QQitemZ370151202285QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Collectables_Militaria_LE?hash=item370151202285&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

2. General tape which can be painted
http://cgi.ebay.ie/MATT-RECCE-TAPE-2-ROLLS-OG-CAMO-GENUINE-ARMY-ISSUE_W0QQitemZ200305059592QQihZ010QQcategoryZ67580QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

Easier to remove tape than paint IMO.

Rob2593

thanks guys, great feedback, but what would you suggest the best way of painting it woodland camo is? like stelsins etc?

StevieGriff

Use leaves and other foliage as stencils..

-PornStar-

StevieGriff wrote: »

Use leaves and other foliage as stencils..

QFT. Some of the best paint jobs I've seen use foliage.

Over on ArniesAirsoft they have a painted gun thread, some great examples in there.

johnboysligo

this set of videos pritty much covers everything and shows you how to get some decent results with some effort.

Rob2593

n1 thanks man ill take a look at em now thanks again

Naessens

That pixel paintjob is unreal!