Fashion Colors?

ThePatriot · Post by **ThePatriot** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:14 pm

My ex boss will get a kick out of the John Deere gun. I worked at a John Deere dealership for four years.

DCloudy777 · Post by **DCloudy777** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:43 pm

Brownells sells "Camoflauge Spray Paint" that is cheap and excellent. 12 colors I think, dries fast, holds up way, way better than I thought it would. When the paint starts to look rough, just spray it again!

DanO

Hellrazor · Post by **Hellrazor** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:38 pm

2manygunz wrote:You forgot the disclaimer: Guns shown above not recommended for homes with kids. (i.e., they look like toys!)

They are toys

just grown-up toys.

Gonefission · Post by **Gonefission** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:00 pm

I don't mind the standard cammo paint jobs, but I am not a fan of the crazy colors. I don't care what people do to their own firearms, but I wouldn't go crazy with paints.

2manygunz · Post by **2manygunz** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:52 pm

Man, I hadn't thought about going completely custom. That opens up a whole new creative avenue. Grab some spray paint and it's Gun-fiti!

Twinsen · Post by **Twinsen** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:59 am

Dweezil wrote:Krylon baby Krylon. Can change the color to suit my mood.

I thought that was a good idea. I had 6 Hi Power magazines that were rusted up. I took 3 and hit them with naval jelly and then degreased. I put Krylon on them, 3 coats on all sides. I let them dry for a few days in an insanely dry room. I put them in my range bag and headed off to the range. I get there, and I have scrapes to bare metal on all 3. The finish lasted 0 minutes and 0 seconds of use. I'm gonna have to strip all 3 back down, degrease, and paint with something that isn't completely worthless. I guess if you're not painting bare steel, the stuff is worthwhile. But if you want rust protection, screw Krylon.

st33ve0 · Post by **st33ve0** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:34 pm

None of these are as ugly as the atrocity that someone did with water transfer printing on an AR to look like brick peeking through plaster with graffiti names of all the boroughs of NYC

ETA: or this...

rob_s · Post by **rob_s** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 4:48 am

Twinsen wrote:
Dweezil wrote:Krylon baby Krylon. Can change the color to suit my mood.
I thought that was a good idea. I had 6 Hi Power magazines that were rusted up. I took 3 and hit them with naval jelly and then degreased. I put Krylon on them, 3 coats on all sides. I let them dry for a few days in an insanely dry room. I put them in my range bag and headed off to the range. I get there, and I have scrapes to bare metal on all 3. The finish lasted 0 minutes and 0 seconds of use. I'm gonna have to strip all 3 back down, degrease, and paint with something that isn't completely worthless. I guess if you're not painting bare steel, the stuff is worthwhile. But if you want rust protection, screw Krylon.

Painting magazines seems like a bad idea no matter what you're using. I wouldn't put anything on a magazine that made it thicker, even by the thickness of paint, inside the magwell. The Pmags I painted all have the upper portion left bare for that reason.

Twinsen · Post by **Twinsen** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:06 am

Well crap, man. I gotta put something on them for rust protection. There's a shitton of snow on the ground and Rem oil failed me. The 2 stock mags were parkerized, I had 2 aftermarket blued ones, and 2 aftermarket black painted ones. I might just end up doing a blue on all of them and redoing it every time they rust. I dunno. This crap is annoying.

2manygunz · Post by **2manygunz** » Fri Feb 26, 2010 7:39 pm

st33ve0 wrote:
ETA: or this...

Ohh man. I want this one...

... to crush in a press, then melt in a furnace!

Hermit · Post by **Hermit** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:11 am

Artful wrote:It's an individual preference - most of mine are Blued and wood
When I got my HK it was my first plastic stocked rifle and then I got AR's and now I have some guns with Coyote, Green, etc plastic.

I have friends with some outlandish colors - camo blaze orange - Hot pink - Green apple - It's the difference between those of us that drive white, black, silver, beige cars and the cadnium Yellow, Red, green cars and guns

Those are great. I love that JD themed one. There is a JD theme Harley up around Presque Isle, very sharp. I saw it at a HOG rally. He wanted to enter it in the show and he wasn't a HOG "member", just a visitor so they wouldn't let him compete.
When I had my 07/class2 I varied patterns and colors. I did a few AK's with orange, red engine paint and some black, fern stencils etc. Many OD green and black camo. Was pretty cool and very well received. I called that model "Hell Gun" and if you were to stick it in a bed of embers you wouldn't see it! My ex has one and sn# is 666. I was blown away how fast the colors went. Couldn't keep one in stock for 5 days and auctions went first shot.
Oh yea, I voted why not. Have some fun. Hermit

2manygunz · Post by **2manygunz** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:10 am

Hermit wrote:Oh yea, I voted why not. Have some fun. Hermit

I agree, and so do many others. This opinion is the current leader.

Fashion Colors?

Are fashion colors for you?