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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: saltydogbk on March 05, 2008, 08:19:33 AM
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Has anyone ever done a DuraCoat job on gun and just how hard is it?
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YES I HAVE, IT IS NOT HARD, JUST LIKE ANY PAINTING PROJECT, THE PIECE MUST BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAN AND LUBRICANT FREE. DO 3 EXTRA COATS ON THE SURFACES THAT GET A LOT OF USE, LIKE THE MUZZLE, FRONT OF THE GRIP FRAME ETC...
IF YOU WANT TO DO PATTERNS WITH THE TEMPLATES, IT CAN GET A LITTLE TRICKY. :-\ THINK ABOUT YOUR PATTERN, AND REMEMBER IT'S KIND OF REVERSE OF WHAT YOUR THINKING. YOU SHOOT YOUR BASE COLOR, OVERLAY YOUR PATTERN, DO THE NEXT COLOR, ADD MORE PATTERN AND SO ON. KEEP A BIG SHEET OF WAX PAPER CLOSE BY, AND AS YOU REMOVE YOUR TEMPLATES, PUT THEM ON THE WAX PAPER SO YOU CAN USE THEM AGAIN. AS YOU REMOVE YOUR TEMPLATES IT REVEALS THE COLOR UNDER IT. YOU CAN GET ABOUT 3 USES ON LONG GUNS, AND MAYBE 5 ON HANDGUNS. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS AND ALLOW TIME BETWEEN COLORS TO DRY. I REALLY LIKE THE TIGER STRIPE AND WINTER PATTERNS.
I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND PRACTICING ON SOME CARDBOARD FIRST, WITH SOME HAND CUT PATTERNS OR LEAVES YOU GATHER FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FIRST. ;D