Before I camo paint my 870 again I was wondering if anybody has ever tried sponge painting directly to the guns factory finish. I found a pic of an AR that has had it done to the upper receiver and tube.
(http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd66/houser52/carnimore073.jpg)
It breaks up some of the black. Anybody on here tried it on their shotguns?
That looks awesome.
Quote from: Squirrel Hunter on February 15, 2012, 11:55:58 PM
That looks awesome.
Yea, I thought so too. I don't see why that camo wouldn't work on the whole gun.
If I remember right I have a buddy that had his Aluminum duck boat camoed with the sponge. It looked good. Chief.
Looks good!!
Looks great
yup, did the one below over the factory finish. I have gotten much better at it since this one but it has lasted 4+ years with no issues
(http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww207/reynolds243/7967381a.jpg)
At the behest of my wife, I did the walls of a bathroom utilizing the "sponge technique" and it looked great. I like the effect on guns even
better.
Quote from: reynolds243 on February 16, 2012, 10:32:26 AM
yup, did the one below over the factory finish. I have gotten much better at it since this one but it has lasted 4+ years with no issues
(http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww207/reynolds243/7967381a.jpg)
That looks great. Did you sponge directly to the gun's finish or spray a base coat on first?
I found that same pic when I was wanting to paint my black stock / forearm. I practiced on an old piece of 2x4. Never could get the look I wanted w/ a sponge, so just used grass and twigs as a mask. Turned out pretty good in the end.
I like that, definately looks cool :icon_thumright:
Quote from: houser52 on February 16, 2012, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: reynolds243 on February 16, 2012, 10:32:26 AM
yup, did the one below over the factory finish. I have gotten much better at it since this one but it has lasted 4+ years with no issues
That looks great. Did you sponge directly to the gun's finish or spray a base coat on first?
I put a base coat on first, just plan tan. I didnt do much of any prep to the gun before that minus wiping off the oil areas. The part I like is all sponges are different so you can find tons of different patterns to use buy just using a different sponge.
All the paint other then the base coat i just got samples from Lowes in different shades of green and brown. as I said above after a few times you can really get much better at it and they can turn out very cool IMO.
Quote from: reynolds243 on February 16, 2012, 01:53:05 PM
Quote from: houser52 on February 16, 2012, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: reynolds243 on February 16, 2012, 10:32:26 AM
yup, did the one below over the factory finish. I have gotten much better at it since this one but it has lasted 4+ years with no issues
That looks great. Did you sponge directly to the gun's finish or spray a base coat on first?
I put a base coat on first, just plan tan. I didnt do much of any prep to the gun before that minus wiping off the oil areas. The part I like is all sponges are different so you can find tons of different patterns to use buy just using a different sponge.
All the paint other then the base coat i just got samples from Lowes in different shades of green and brown. as I said above after a few times you can really get much better at it and they can turn out very cool IMO.
That's how I painted my 870 the first time, base coat then sponged on different colors.
(http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd66/houser52/DSC00166.jpg)
I figured I'd try sponging on colors without the base coat just to see how it looks.
ive done a few using different base colors for different areas like the Barrel being black, stock being tan and scope being green then just mixed up different patterns on each. Then you can go back over certain spots with a fine brush to highlight different areas. Its really not hard once you get going.
The one i posted was easy because I have had the gun since i was 12 and it was in pretty bad shape anyways so i would try something and if i didnt like it i would just wipe it off and start over or paint over it.
Yea, the painting part is not hard but removing the paint is a challenge. :(
If you look at the picture of the AR, you can see the heavy black lines which add depth to the pattern. Black is one of the most important shades to add to any camo pattern to create depth and break-up. Birchwood makes a flat black touch-up pen which is designed to cover scratches/blemishes on matte firearms, scopes, etc. and works great as a flat permanent black addition on camo patterns.
Thanks for the tip.
I decided to go ahead and sponge paint my 870 without first spraying a base coat first. I used Krylon camo brown, camo tan and camo light green. I added a little more green since it will be used in the spring. I'll paint my barrel to match in a few days when the weather warms a little.
(http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd66/houser52/IMG_0513.jpg)
Looking good!! :drool:
Those are awesome!!!!
Thats way sweet
VERY nice!
Thanks guys. I just hope the barrels turns out good.
You did a great job. Did you spray the tan on as a base color?
You might do a step by step (with pictures) when you do your barrel.
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Yea, I'll try to take some pics whenever I paint the barrel. :)
Finished painting the barrel this evening and wanted to show the end result.
(http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd66/houser52/IMG_0521.jpg)
That 870 looks really nice. I'd like to see a how to post about it.
Wanna do mine? Good job
Nice Job !
Quote from: swamppirate on February 28, 2012, 07:55:28 PM
Wanna do mine? Good job
Mine too!
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looks good
I appreciate all the kind words.
I'll have to take it out in the woods and see how it blends in.
Dang thats sharpe!! Good job!!
:drool:
A feather duster works, too......
I painted a whole Jeep for a guy once.....used Krylon Tan for the base, Brown on a sponge for the bigger spots, then used Black on a feather duster as the last step. The feather duster will lay down a different "pattern" every time you smack the object with it. You could back off a few feet from the Jeep & it looked just like MossyOak Bottomland.