My daughter is a smallbore shooter. We just bought a used anschutz stock for her 3P rifle (54 match). Anyway, the stock is currently painted black. We took the rifle to have it re-worked to fit her hand and grip and to remove some unnecessary wood. We will need to re-paint the stock and she, being 15 and a typical teenage girl, wants to paint it either pink or lime greeen. (At least we wont have any trouble picking her out at the line at Camp Perry)

Does anyone have any recommendations on type of paint, application, wood preparation..etc. The paint would need to be very durable because the guns can take a lot of abuse, bumping, scratching..etc. when changing over between positions.

Thanks in advance.

use textured rustoleum sand the whole stock and leave it rougher than you would a varnish finish about 100 grit use a tack cloth be sure it is dust free paint in at least 3 light coats over about 30 minutes. the textured rustoleum leaves a nice matt finish that is easy to hold on to and feels good under hand also wont stick to your skin.


shake the poo out of this paint for at least 15 minutes and be sure it is nice and warm set it in the sun no air conditioning .
paint will be green for a few days leave it alone as long as you can stand it.


if that does not work you can always try it again

I don't know the answer to your question, but my advice would be that whatever you decide to use, try it first on an old stock. Then beat the hell out of it and see whether it holds up and whether your daughter is comfortable with the look and feel of it, and only after you have seen that everything is okay then use it on your project.

Provided you have some one or way too spray ,Use an Automotive type urethane with clear

coating over the top for maximum protection . Give her that glitter , pearl or even the Chameleon look

after all how long are they 15 !. Tough polyester urethane is the ticket on stocks .

Polane T is what is used on fiberglass stocks,

I'm not sure but I think it is nothing but another name for Duracoat, Wears like iron!

I'd get a duracoat kit or send it to CAS II
here on the forum.

http://www.riflestockpainting.com/paint.html

rattlecans respond real well to being warmed up in a pan of hot tap water for about 15 minutes before using them.
they spray a whole lot better( higher pressure) and the paint lays down much nicer.
the rustoleum will work great. a little trick is to first lay down a coat or two of unwaxed shellac like bullseye brand. it seals the wood and you get a more grain-filled finnish. common practice when finnishing furniture with laquers or pre-catalized urethanes.
between the shellac and warming the rattlecan, you can lay down a truely professional looking paintjob on small objects like a stock.

Use Duracoat. It's about the toughest thing out there. If you do a google search for it, Laur custom weaponry should show up. I mailed my beretta 686 wood stocks to them to be painted flat black and they did a terrific job!

You can fill the pores with bondo, sand smooth, and prime it.

Auto paint, several coats and then a clear coat. Talk to the guys at a custom car shop.

Sparkle and metalflakes, oh my!

A tip on painting stocks ; Using a durable primer such as polyester urethane type with several light

coats lightly sanding and leveling between coats will fill 99.9% of all voids and defects

without the need for fillers !. Think about what a ships or Aircraft's environment is like in

comparison to what your gunstock might encounter . For truly tough durable coatings think along those

lines . Commercial stock manufactures and painters do !. I have no affiliation with Sherwin-Williams

as I use other manufactures products . This was simply a readable source for your benefit !.



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I will let you in on a secret though ; ONE TOUGH PRIMER Interlux 404/414 and AwlGrip 545 Epoxy Primer

If you apply 404/414 too any clean surface be dam sure you want it there , because after it sets 24

hrs, it's own solvent won't remove it and after 48 hrs Methylene Chloride won't either !.

Requirement for removal BURNING !!!!!!.

If you have a little time, click on the following link.

GunKote

I had an old muzzleloader GunKoted. They cleaned all the rust from the outside and sprayed the entire gun in a matte black/gray kind of shadow camo.

The finish is very durable, scratch resistant, corrosion resistant and you can custom order any color you want.

The cool thing is that GunKote will work on metal or wood. I was there once and they were finishing up a woman's competition .45 ACP pistol. It was pink with purple flames and while I wouldn't necessarily like to own that particular handgun, it was pretty cool looking!

Thanks for the input guys. I have a few weeks to think about it and decide if it is something that I can or want to do, or if I should have the pros do it.