DIY camo jobs - rifle chassis

[garandman]

Building a bolt gun in 2 2 4 Valkyrie and got the barreled action done in flat dark Earth

Thinking about how to paint the chassis

my cerakote guy said it would be $300 for him to paint it.

Anyone do a DIY multi Cam type camo job? Any tips or Web links? Pics for inspiration Thanks

 

[dolek]

Camo is for clothes, not guns . This guy proves it .

 

[dickn52]

It's all about the cost of labor I think.

 

[garandman]

@daleboy ... Multi cam cat, tho...

 

[garandman]

It's all about the cost of labor I think.

My googling seems to suggest It's all about vinyl stickers applied to the surface that then you spray paint over to create the color blobs.

With paint , stickers and a cheap spray gun I'll probably spend half as much as just having the work done. But it's fun to do it myself to

 

[DngBat7]

Depending on your abilities, I use cerakote C (airdry). You buy the 4oz testers from them or eBay. You don’t need much to paint a gun. Works great and honestly, so durable you won’t notice a lot of difference from their bake on h series. Then I get my vinyl stencils off ebay. They sell all different camo patterns for cerakote. And they work really well. You can use a airbrush to apply or you can use the fill up spray paint cans from Home Depot to apply. If you google cerakote patterns, you will get all kinds of ideas and colors, and patterns. I really enjoy doing my own paint jobs. Let me know if you need help to know how to do the layering.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Theres what you can do in a few minutes with a stencil kit and some camo krylon if you have a truck gun needing some character. Easy to touch up later if needed

 

[garandman]

Depending on your abilities, I use cerakote C (airdry). You buy the 4oz testers from them or eBay. You don’t need much to paint a gun. Works great and honestly, so durable you won’t notice a lot of difference from their bake Then I get my vinyl stencils off ebay. They sell all different camo patterns for cerakote. And they work really well. You can use a airbrush to apply or you can use the fill up spray paint cans from Home Depot to apply. If you google cerakote patterns on google, you will get all kinds of ideas and colors, and patterns. I really enjoy doing my own paint jobs. Let me know if you need help to know how to do the layering.

Thank you! Awesome. Let me google-foo a bit and then IM you... again... thx.

 

[garandman]

@Dusty Stevens .... nice work, sir...

 

[GaryL1959]

For something akin to digital camo, look into the "sponge painting" technique. Cheap krylon spray paint and a 2 dollar sponge from dollar general....

 

[hogpatrol]

How about a hydrodip job? It's considerably cheaper than cerakote.

 

[garandman]

How about a hydrodip job? It's considerably cheaper than cerakote.

Im open to ideas, but know nothing about hydrodip.

 

[jrm850]

My googling seems to suggest It's all about vinyl stickers applied to the surface that then you spray paint over to create the color blobs.

With paint , stickers and a cheap spray gun I'll probably spend half as much as just having the work done. But it's fun to do it myself to

If you are comfortable with a spray gun, you'll do great with cerakote. It's pretty forgiving and sprays acceptably well out of air brushes or cheap spray gear. Siphon guns will waste a heck of a lot though so definitely get a gravity feed. It's harder to mix the appropriate amount of hardener repeatedly than it is to spray in my opinion. The amount of hardener changes gloss.
Cleanliness is really important. If it won't pass a water break test, it needs to be cleaned and degreased again. I've always blasted with fine aluminum oxide before spraying. Even the abrasives need to be particularly clean. Use a dryer on your air line.
You can cure in a cheap propane cabinet smoker, your wife's oven etc. I've even used one of my old bluing tanks to cure a particularly long barreled action. Worked fine.



https://www.cerakote.com/resources/...LITE_H-Series_Training_Manual_WEB_1-17-17.pdf

 

[riflewoman]

Lots of stuff on you tube

 

[hogpatrol]

Im open to ideas, but know nothing about hydrodip.

Do a search on here for hydrodip. You can do it yourself with a kit from ebay. Degrease, spray a primer coat and then dip. Follow up with flat or clear clear coat. Best to do some practice runs before the real thing. Youtube videos will help learn the process.
Here's a smokeless muzzleloader DIY job in tree bark snow camo.

 

[STOMP442]

I've done a few Cerakote pattern jobs and some are a little harder/ more time consuming than others. It takes time and proper prep and that's where the cost comes in. Actually doing it is the easy part. These were all done with stencil kits from freedom stencils. The hardest of these to do was the digital camo, there are just so many stencils and multi-cam would be similar.

 

[P1ZombieKiller]

Here is one I did many years ago..... as they say.... It certianly gets better the more you do it.

 

[garandman]

Something like this would be cool.... it looks like a fairly easy sponge technique... ???

 

[TimS]

 

[TimS]

Hydrographics dip