Camo on Synthetic Stocks?

backwoodsboy223

backwoodsboy223

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This one goes out to all of you brave souls who have camouflaged your rifles by yourself. If you are going to camouflauge a synthetic stock, is it ok to put the paint directly on it without sanding first? This may be a "duh" question, so I apologize, but if I'm going to do it, I want to do it right. Thanks.
bwb
 
No, I'd definately rough it up first with some 400 grit sandpaper and then prime it with the color of your choice. Also be sure to degrease it with some rubbing alcohol or other mild solvent before you sand it to remove any release agents that may be on it, otherwise you sand them down into the surface causing problems later.
 
backwoodsboy223--take a look at the article in the Tech Section on putting camo paint on your stock.

http://www.predatormastersforums.com/riflecamo.html

TWOTWENTYSWIFT has given you excellent advice. Besides roughing up the surface a wee bit and cleaning with rubbing alcohol (or acetone--be careful with this stuff as mentioned in the article), you will probably want to lay on some primer before you finish paint is applied.

Here's one photo of the rifle I did the camo job on. Since that picture I have sprayed areas of the stock with more of the Khaki Tan color to lighten up the overall color of the stock. I also sprayed some Testor's Model Master Lacquer Overcoat in the Lusterless (Flat Finish) to areas that begin to get polished from constant rubbing from gloves and clothing.

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Here is a Bell & Carlson stock that I did a little spray painting on to lighten up the nearly black color of the stock. I also sprayed the barrel and put bow camo tape on the scope.

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In the picture below you can see that I blasted the stock in the first picture at the top of this post with quite a bit more of the Khaki Tan from Krylon. I think the original camo job was too busy and actually didn't hide the profile of the rifle as well as the current version of camo I now have on the stock.

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Have fun with your camo job.
 
Silverfox,

For the record, it sure looks cold up there! Here in New Mexico we are experiencing an extremely mild winter (mid 50s today), but your photo sent a chill up my spine.

Nice tips and nice dog,

Eric
 
Eric--It's not always cold up here, as you probably know, it sometimes gets above freezing in the middle of July /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Heck, it got up to about 35 above today. The snow was melting a little bit. I hate that though, then it sounds like you are walking on broken glass when you try to sneak into your calling spot as you walk on top of that crusted over snow.

I have been in your fair state a number of times. On my first trip down there I remember staying at a Motel 6 in Raton, then heading over to Taos to look over the town, the pueblo and that huge gorge NW of Taos. We stayed in Santa Fe one night and did a little shopping in that town square area where all the merchants display their wares in outdoor areas. Then we headed for the Pueblo de Cochiti Golf Course. This was in early June now--when we got to the golf course the wind was blowing about 30 mph and the temperature was sitting at a very uncomfortable 106º!!! We opted to skip golfing that day!!!

We golfed at the University of New Mexico Course in Albuquerque--WOW, what a fabulous facility!!! We golfed in maybe 5 or 6 other cities around New Mexico, including the Santa Anna course in Bernalilo, the fabulous pulic course in Farmington called Pinon Hills. That is one of the nicest public golf courses we have ever played on. Another course we played on was just west of Grants, NM, but that was a real dog when we played it.

We enjoyed our visits and hope to be back there again soon. I think I remember Rio Rancho. Isn't that just NW of Albuquerque? Some friends we have, who live in Los Lunas, told us a little bit about Rio Rancho and some of the other places around Albuquerque.

Every time I have been down there I have wanted to try calling coyotes, but never had any rifles along and my wife doesn't really care to get involved with hunting of any kind--well, she does enjoy hunting for bargains in the shopping malls /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 


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