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I used white automotive engine paint on a pistol slide, and the first time I used an aerosol cleaner (Gun Scrubber) the paint came right out.
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Testors' enamel markers (modeling aisle at wal-mart) work well. I like many prefer plain receivers, but my wife and daughter both NEED the Fire and SAFE color coded. So our 22lr AR's are now colored up for them. The enamel paint has held up great to cleaners, but some did find intself into fine machine pores upon application. Not a big deal, but I notice it, but Im just picky.
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+1 on the china markers! i did mine yesterday with great results. try going to your local art supply store before going to office supply stores. you can pick up individual sticks for cheaper at the art stores. a red and white stick cost me grand total of $1.40 which included tax
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I use white China pencil for Garand receiver markings, ie serial number, rear sight hashed. Never tried it on an AR.
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+1 on the lacquer sticks. made specifically for it. works great.
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Good info.
Nice tip, but where do you get the syringe with such a fine tip?
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you can get a syringe with a fine tip at an auto body supply store. they make them for touch up on cars. the one i am thinking of comes with a tiny brush on the end of it. as you push out the material, it coats the brush so you can add just a little at a time.
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I have my own way for my garand. I have to remove the whole rear sight, Testor's white model paint is the only thing I have ever used,you do have to have a plan,Pete
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Grease pens or Pastels
I didnt see it anywhere on this thread but I used oil pastels similar to grease pencils on mine. They worked perfectly. I found they worked better than Crayons because they did not leave any residue. Crayons left a bit of a haze especially with white. The grease pencils are also less prone to melting if they heat up. You can get this stuff at any art or craft store. Sorry about the bad pics.
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Lacquer Stik here
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=7...QUER_STIK_reg_ The last 3 digits of the serial number are intentionally smudged in MSpaint, not on the gun.
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Very nice. It's just yellow enough to look really classy.
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Blue or red.
To much white looks tacky on an AR lower.
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This is the Method I used:
I bought some Acrylic paint from Micheal's Arts and Crafts for 5 bucks, or you can use one of their "50% of coupons on any item" that they come out with every week (Join the mailing list). First things first, clean the area with a degreaser to remove any wax or dirt from the are, and let it air dry. I then used some paper masking tape to quickly cover the areas that I didn't want to paint, and to minimize clean up afterwords. I squeezed out a tiny bit of the paint onto a toothpick. Instead of using the tip of the toothpick, I actually used the side of it to fill in the lines. To make it even, you should go over it a couple times. You will be able to see what areas need more paint. Let it sit for a couple minutes, its fine if the paint is on other parts of the lower, it cleans off easily with any house hold cleaner. With your clean finger, gently smear any paint that's still not dry. Then take a paper towel and spray the cleaner onto in, and wipe any excess paint off. Remove the paper tape, and clean anything that still needs to be cleaned...That's pretty much it! I still cant believe how well they came out with minimal time and effort. Pics coming shortly...
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Sorry I didn't take pics during, but I did not think I would have something worthy of posting on CG!!
This is the paint I used This is what it looked like after: And here are both of my girls If you have any addt questions feel free to shoot me a PM!
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I have seen this done before, and it left an odd film that would not come off. Did you have this same problem??
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as for it "would not come off" - I find that hard to believe, I just not have tried harder than rubbing with a rag.. I suppose some sort of cleaner would work if I tried.
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see 2 links in my signature.. you can kind of see it on both. I did it on my new AR pistol and will post pictures after I receive the final piece I need to complete the build next week
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Using the thinning method with a small brush/toothpick? I've been debating doing that for something more permanent on my AR. I just used oil pastels because it was what I had available.
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No, just slap on the paint thick on the lettering, let it sit for 20 seconds, then take a folded flat paper towel, apply Rem-oil on it, then wipe off the excess.
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+1 on Testors paint. I drip the paint in with a toothpick and let it run over the edges. Then let it dry overnight (that way the thicker paint in the grooves can dry) THEN I take a flat napkin (don't want anything fuzzy/nappy) and using Testors Thinner on the napkin, and CAREFULLY wipe across the whole image in one direction only. Keep doing that with a clean piece of the napkin until all the excess paint is gone and only the filled in image remains.
See the picture in post #75 above for a good example... |
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