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Painting a gun


Karljohnmason
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I know all the rules and law on painting a gun, having read up on it.
My question is, what spray paint is best?

I've recently bought a sr-25. it has a pretty nifty faded tan paint job. i want to change it to similar Olive Drab paint job. So I'll have to restore it to black, then paint it OD.

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I've seen their name crop up :)
Any tips, experience, advice

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Get the tan paint off first, use fairy powerspray or similar to scrub it off then give all the parts a bloody good wash in cold water, that'll bring the gun back-to-black and give you a good starting off point.

 

After that, here's a decent guide:

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Although Krylon is best, I have had good results from poundworld car bumper matt black paint on a plastic gun. And would you believe its only a pound a can? :)

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Cheers guys :)
I'll give the video a proper watch when I get back from work.
My local Airsoft shop stocks Krylon at £8 a can, so I think I'll go with that :)

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