spray paint

shane_rafferty

hey all
just wanted to know how much and were to buy it ?
thanks

Inari

What type and what colours? A lot of airsoft stores will stock Krylon's Camouflage range, or SEAirsoft.net tend to stock Begadi's answer to Krylon paint.

If you have access to spraying equipment you can pick up some good colours for cheap enough in the likes of B&Q etc

Floodric

Yeah MIA do various colours of Krylon spray. Probably your neck of the woods

shane_rafferty

Floodric wrote: »

Yeah MIA do various colours of Krylon spray. Probably your neck of the woods

yeah i might just try b&g as i just want some black spray as my guns paint is all chip and it looks kinda bad so just wanted to give it a fresher look

Inari

If the paint is flaking/chipping, and you want to paint it well/right, you're going to have to do some serious preparation on it - take off all of the old paint, prep the body, use a primer, and then apply a couple of coats. Not to mention that you'll have to completely strip the gun to avoid getting paint where paint is not meant to go.

You probably are aware of this already, but I just said I'd post in case you weren't.

The lads down in QAS (they have a thread in Retailers Section) do paint jobs for a fee, so if you don't feel up to the work load, drop them a line!

shane_rafferty

Inari wrote: »

If the paint is flaking/chipping, and you want to paint it well/right, you're going to have to do some serious preparation on it - take off all of the old paint, prep the body, use a primer, and then apply a couple of coats. Not to mention that you'll have to completely strip the gun to avoid getting paint where paint is not meant to go.

You probably are aware of this already, but I just said I'd post in case you weren't.

The lads down in QAS (they have a thread in Retailers Section) do paint jobs for a fee, so if you don't feel up to the work load, drop them a line!

i didn't know id have to prime it
think i'll drop it down to them

shane_rafferty

just noticed their in carlow think ill save myself some bob and have a mess with it :L

shane_rafferty

just found this link hope it helps anyone who may be think about spraying their gun aswel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q6D7Njvedo&feature=related

UnkieKev

Krylon paint is quite expensive for what its meant to do, it's just super flat paint.

Go to any shop like woodies / BNQ etc and get some garden furniture paint (make sure its mat, NOT gloss).

I painted my G36c OD / Brown / Tan / Black tiger stripe and it came out looking insane, it's not shiny at all and it looks beastly

shane_rafferty

i was planing to go down to b&q
was just wondering did you put tape over the safety , semi , semi auto or did you go over it very lite ?
i shall put pics of befor, during and after if anyone wants to cheak it out :P

richieffff

Yeah sure put up some before and after pictures, love to see how it turns out

UnkieKev

shane_rafferty wrote: »

i was planing to go down to b&q
was just wondering did you put tape over the safety , semi , semi auto or did you go over it very lite ?
i shall put pics of befor, during and after if anyone wants to cheak it out :P

I completely dis assembled my gun, what you need to do is mask off (yes with masking tape) all the bits you don't want painted such as fire selector, screws, screw holes, anything that moves, your mag well.

If you decide to disassemble your gun and paint it that way make sure you dont paint of of the parts that slide together, if you do the gun will be very hard to get back together, even with a like layer of paint.

I attached an image of my gun for you to have a look at (yes show boating hehe)

If you want a pattern like mine its quite easy, just print off a stencil from the internet and cut it out with a hobby blade, drape if over the gun and spray away.

IMPORTANT!!!: make sure you hold the spray can a good distance from the gun and spray the coats LIGHTYLY, if you cake it on it will run and drip and be very messy looking

shane_rafferty

ah thats sweet looking
ah ok i just seen a video on youtube were the lad doing it just didnt cover any thing and sprayed but it seem to work out i wouldnt wana try it haits an m4 so i might just cover the parts
yeah i thought that how many coats did you do ?

shane_rafferty

richieffff wrote: »

Yeah sure put up some before and after pictures, love to see how it turns out

no boder should have all the paint of next weekend so ill put a pic up than

richieffff

shane_rafferty wrote: »

no boder should have all the paint of next weekend so ill put a pic up than

If yours goes well, there might just be a few pictures of a gold mini uzi up soon

Inari

The most effective, and aesthetically pleasing way, would be to strip the gun entirely. It will allow you to A) paint only what needs painting, Protect what needs protecting (gearbox and other valuables where paint shouldn't be), C) give you more room to work in order to prepare the piece for painting.

UnkieKev

shane_rafferty wrote: »

ah thats sweet looking
ah ok i just seen a video on youtube were the lad doing it just didnt cover any thing and sprayed but it seem to work out i wouldnt wana try it haits an m4 so i might just cover the parts
yeah i thought that how many coats did you do ?

just the one coat is enough, it doesn't need to be caked on though.

And if you don't wanna wait till the next day to spray the second colour, use a hair dryer to dry it

UnkieKev

richieffff wrote: »

If yours goes well, there might just be a few pictures of a gold mini uzi up soon

haha that'll be the most bad ass gun in a game dude, gotta get some pictures up if you do it XD

richieffff

UnkieKev wrote: »

haha that'll be the most bad ass gun in a game dude, gotta get some pictures up if you do it XD

Its one of those electric mini shot guns, so if I get metallic gold spray paint I'll be blingin up the airsoft field :pac:

shane_rafferty

Inari wrote: »

The most effective, and aesthetically pleasing way, would be to strip the gun entirely. It will allow you to A) paint only what needs painting, Protect what needs protecting (gearbox and other valuables where paint shouldn't be), C) give you more room to work in order to prepare the piece for painting.

ah yeah i may this do that as the safety switch is badly marked and that would look bad if the gun was fine than silver were the tape was :pac:
love uzi ah that sounds sweet
sure put pics up when its all done

UnkieKev

tempted to buy a crappy springer pistol and get some metalic gold spray now haha bling it up meself haha

shane_rafferty

UnkieKev wrote: »

tempted to buy a crappy springer pistol and get some metalic gold spray now haha bling it up meself haha

ha sure why not ha :P

UnkieKev

jst for the laugh lol

shane_rafferty

UnkieKev wrote: »

jst for the laugh lol

yeah
get one for like a 5er :L

UnkieKev

It'll be my "talkin' pistol" i'll wave it about in peoples faces when i'm talkin' to them, just like i'm from the hood hahah

shane_rafferty

UnkieKev wrote: »

It'll be my "talkin' pistol" i'll wave it about in peoples faces when i'm talkin' to them, just like i'm from the hood hahah

gangster :pac:

just checked MIA and kyron black is 12 euro
pretty good price

UnkieKev

shane_rafferty wrote: »

gangster :pac:

just checked MIA and kyron black is 12 euro
pretty good price

Yeah get the Krylon off them if its only €12 that's pretty good

shane_rafferty

UnkieKev wrote: »

Yeah get the Krylon off them if its only €12 that's pretty good

yeah think ill look in b&g than pick

before and during pics to follow

http://s1176.photobucket.com/albums/x328/bobmarleysbrother/

UnkieKev

Here's an M4 example a friend of mine did using the same paint and method i used

richieffff

UnkieKev wrote: »

Here's an M4 example a friend of mine did using the same paint and method i used

Oh that is nice, did he use a primer or was it a ''sure lob it on'' job?

shane_rafferty

UnkieKev wrote: »

Here's an M4 example a friend of mine did using the same paint and method i used

thats pretty :L
did he paint the body ? i'v bad eyesight :L

UnkieKev

richieffff wrote: »

Oh that is nice, did he use a primer or was it a ''sure lob it on'' job?

Sure lob it on job lol but you dont really need primer, it ads way too much of a layer when you paint the camo

UnkieKev

shane_rafferty wrote: »

thats pretty :L
did he paint the body ? i'v bad eyesight :L

nahh he left the metal on the body alone, so all the trademarks are still there so if he decides to sell it he just needs to swap the handgaurd and stock out

shane_rafferty

UnkieKev wrote: »

nahh he left the metal on the body alone, so all the trademarks are still there so if he decides to sell it he just needs to swap the handgaurd and stock out

ah that was a good idea
to bd i rushed in and sanded the paint off ha

was talking to my mate today and he pointed that snake skin (black and od green not tan and i think thats what ill do :]

UnkieKev

shane_rafferty wrote: »

ah that was a good idea
to bd i rushed in and sanded the paint off ha

was talking to my mate today and he pointed that snake skin (black and od green not tan and i think thats what ill do :]

yeah that'd be pretty awesome alright, now hurry up and paint it im dyin to see it hahaha

Malone1994

Hey, would any Mat spray paint work?

I'm planning on pimpin' out my M4 with some rather unusual colors.

UnkieKev

Malone1994 wrote: »

Hey, would any Mat spray paint work?

I'm planning on pimpin' out my M4 with some rather unusual colors.

Long as its mat yeah, mat garden furniture paint is the best

shane_rafferty

UnkieKev wrote: »

Long as its mat yeah, mat garden furniture paint is the best

it'll be done during the midterm as i havent had time with all these fecking exams ha

UnkieKev

shane_rafferty wrote: »

it'll be done during the midterm as i havent had time with all these fecking exams ha

hate that XD lol dont forget to price out stencils of the pattern you want, dont free hand it with a spray can lol