painting a synthetic stock

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czeger

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i just bought a stevens 200 in 22-250 i want to paint the stock black instead of the gray it comes in what does everyone use and any tips would be appreciated
 
Degrease/oil it with acetone or something similar and sand it lightly.

The best inexpensive paint for this type of application is Krylon Fusion. I've used it with excellent success on several synthetic stocks and the best part is there's no priming necessary.

What also works nice is to apply Rustoleum Texture paints on top of the Fusion to give a better grip than the factory finish.
 
ive used Fusion as well with great success and Love it, its a cheap make over for sure, and with a little time and patience you can make a nice, custom looking stock
 
I've fusion'd a few.
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Best advice I have, if there's parts you want to leave black and you plan on doing a matte coatting, leave the black masked off. Don't matte the stock itself, turns milky.
 
The gloss paints will hold up better, and be tougher than the flat. The flat will have the least amount of reflection. It all depends on what you're going to do with your rifle. I just painted my pred rifle white since there's snow on the ground. When the snows gone, I'll paint it camo. Since I'm going to be changing the color in a few months, I'm not going to clear coat it. If I were going to leave it one color, for the most rugged paint job, I would use a primer, then a quick pass over with some steel wool, then gloss for the camo, since it will be the toughest, and then a matte urethane for the last coat or two. Rustoleum has a matte clear coat, I have a can but I haven't used it on a rifle yet. I usually just stick with straight flat camo, then if it gets scratched or if I need to change colors overnight, i just go right over it.
 
I just did my new Stevens 200 in 223. I used the Krylon "camouflage" line of flat paint with great results and it is a bit cheaper than Fusion and includeds plastic as a surface you can use it on. I sealed the whole thing wih Krylon flat/clear sealer, looks superb!!!
 
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