Krylon

Solid Snake

Folks,

Just wondering are there any other shops that sell the stuff as one that I normally visit;) doesn't have green and to be honest it's main colour I'm looking for.

Any help is greatly appreciated.:)

Masada

you can get a paint in B&Q thats used for flower pots and stuff, comes in all the colours you'll need and it feels a lot nicer than krylon, its kinda stippled/gritty textured.

Moromaster

Masada wrote: »

you can get a paint in B&Q thats used for flower pots and stuff, comes in all the colours you'll need and it feels a lot nicer than krylon, its kinda stippled/gritty textured.

Is it as crazy expensive as krylon?

Masada

10-12 quid a can and its made by a plasticote so its a reputable brand, ive bought a load of them over the last year or so and cant fault them.

Soberts

Solid Snake wrote: »

Folks,

Just wondering are there any other shops that sell the stuff as one that I normally visit;) doesn't have green and to be honest it's main colour I'm looking for.

Any help is greatly appreciated.:)

Main Irish Airsoft is the only place I have seen Krylon, they have it in a few different colours there, im pretty sure they have it on their website too.

Firekitten

tbh, plasticote paints tend to suck... ive used them on aegs... too runny and meh, and even the matt paints tend to be shiny in blobs and patches of the paint... Krylon is best or model paints if you like that battered look when it begins to wear (sooner than krylon) Tamya model paints are good for that.

MIA do have Krylon in stock iirc... its where I got some.

thermo

i got similar spraypaint at salute last year, it was for doing touch up jobs on vehicles but works well on aegs too and at only a couple of yoyo a can was cheap, they had flat od, brown, sand and black!

Masada

Firekitten wrote: »

tbh, plasticote paints tend to suck... ive used them on aegs... too runny and meh, and even the matt paints tend to be shiny in blobs and patches of the paint... Krylon is best or model paints if you like that battered look when it begins to wear (sooner than krylon) Tamya model paints are good for that.

MIA do have Krylon in stock iirc... its where I got some.

even something like 10% gloss (a proper mat as most people know them) will look shiney if not applied right. it shouldnt be applied thick enough to drip. the most important part of painting anything is prep work and to work in layers. even if it looks thin and crap it'll adhere better and flatter than puting it on thickly and allowing it to drip.

A lot of the paints ive used in the past were prefessional grade cellulose or water based paints used in the motor industry and using a gun and compressor, but i don't always have access to the equipment and have many a time used aerosols from plasticote and even halfords paints with great results. its 90% what and how you do it, 10% paint.

Masada

thermo wrote: »

i got similar spraypaint at salute last year, it was for doing touch up jobs on vehicles but works well on aegs too and at only a couple of yoyo a can was cheap, they had flat od, brown, sand and black!

Was that from the english suprlus shop guy? i got one of them, had a nice texture to it.

thermo

Masada wrote: »

Was that from the english suprlus shop guy? i got one of them, had a nice texture to it.

yep matt always has the good stuff,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Moromaster

Masada wrote: »

10-12 quid a can and its made by a plasticote so its a reputable brand, ive bought a load of them over the last year or so and cant fault them.

Yeah, but that's like 40 euro for a gun, and you'll have loads of useless paint left.

Masada

Moromaster wrote: »

Yeah, but that's like 40 euro for a gun, and you'll have loads of useless paint left.

what? were talking about an aerosol here? its between 10-12 quid.,

if your talking paint guns then you'll need a compressor too so its a lot more than 40 quid.

Stercus Accidit

At salute eh?

I'll be grabbing some OD I guess.


Must have a look at B&Q some time and all.

Troyad21

Masada wrote: »

you can get a paint in B&Q thats used for flower pots and stuff, comes in all the colours you'll need and it feels a lot nicer than krylon, its kinda stippled/gritty textured.

Nice one for that Masada i've been waiting on green for weeks now in MIA, really need to do the spray tan on my TM VSR project, haha.
Think i might take a trip up to B&Q and test it out.
Have to see if Krylon and that one mix ok before i put it near my rifle though.
Sure if not no harm in waiting a little bit longer for the good stuff.
Thanks again.

*DOBBY*

Troyad21 wrote: »

Nice one for that Masada i've been waiting on green for weeks now in MIA, really need to do the spray tan on my TM VSR project, haha.
Think i might take a trip up to B&Q and test it out.
Have to see if Krylon and that one mix ok before i put it near my rifle though.
Sure if not no harm in waiting a little bit longer for the good stuff.
Thanks again.

Hey Brian,
I have a small bit left in the can (green Krylon) in the shed I'll bring it with me at the weekend and you can have it, if you like.

Smokerkl

Army Surpus store out in Middleton has Krylon in stock and so does the Model shop in the Cork.. If your ever down this neck of the woods that is??
S..

Troyad21

*DOBBY* wrote: »

Hey Brian,
I have a small bit left in the can (green Krylon) in the shed I'll bring it with me at the weekend and you can have it, if you like.

Ahh Damo you legend...
I'll be defo up Saturday as usual.
With the newly upgraded beast that is the VSR haha...
I'll be starting the master piece Sunday now haha...
Thanks again man.

Solid Snake

Thanks a mill guys....and gal

Have 3 colours so far all matt. Black, dark brown and tan, just need the green to finish it off. Will definitely take a trip to B&Q to see what they have in stock.

Will post pics as soon as I'm done.

Cheers:)