Respraying 2 tones different 2 tone colors.

[isabella]

Is it illegal for me to respray a IF to another color because rainbow, pink or neon green are not realistic colors like black, tan, dark green etc.

 

 

rainbow is a color i don't care what you say about it, its a color.

[Sacarathe]

If its still an IF then really you've not done anything at all. In the VCRA they use the words "bright" and "principal colour", generally taken to mean 51% of the surface area. On page 2 of the appropriate regulation they state the colours, take note of how the word "bright" is used.

[isabella]

thank you,

time to make a very colorful IF

so in theory i can really do what i want with those colors as long as i use those colors?

[TheGrover]

Aye, if its still unrealistically coloured then you're fine within the letter of the law

[Sacarathe]

thank you,

time to make a very colorful IF

so in theory i can really do what i want with those colors as long as i use those colors?

 

The act does not refer to the use of multiple colours, I would suspect that at least one colour must still cover 51% of the item.

 

For example, painting an IF completely yellow with red spots, but the spots covered more than half the yellow, that item would be a RIF (?). As absurd as that sounds.

[isabella]

oh ok also i talked to someone on a airsoft retailer site and they said if i do so it will void the warranty on the IF,so cant i just buy the tools and parts i need to repair said IF if i break it?

[proffrink]

Yeh. The warranty on airsoft guns doesn't tend to last very long except with certain manufacturers anyway.

 

Most problems reveal themselves in the first month or so, so if you've not had it that long then you may want to hold off on the respray until then.

[isabella]

but with the colors on page two of the document i could make tiger stripes on a IF because its still using the colors just arranging them differently still is like bright green and pink but it has tiger stripes with one of those colors or a pink flame on a green IF

[Sacarathe]

Don't forget you can still have 49% realistic, as least that's how people interpret it.

 

I believe this regulation is untested so if you take it literally as I have - ie principal means "a single colour". It's unlikely you'll ever run into a problem if the principal colour (covering 51% of the gun) is from that list above. No matter what you do with the other 49%.

[isabella]

I want to make a rainbow L96 do you think i care about my IFs looking realistic XD

[Sacarathe]

I want to make a rainbow L96 do you think i care about my IFs looking realistic XD

It's not about realistic, it's about range of colour, after you have the law taken care of you ought to be able to do whatever you like.

[isabella]

ok because on the document you gave me it said bright red, orange, yellow, green, pink, purple and blue....so rainbows can be made just take away pink and you got the colors of the rainbow...well to a extent but it still will look like a rainbow.

[Sacarathe]

If one takes the act and regulation literally then 51% of the gun must be one of the colours from that list, the remaining 49% can be anything.

 

I'm hoping someone will offer an alternative interpretation - as literal sucks.

[isabella]

i know i get it, i know 51% has to be one of those colors.

[ImTriggerHappy]

Is it illegal for me to respray a IF to another color because rainbow, pink or neon green are not realistic colors like black, tan, dark green etc.

 

 

rainbow is a color i don't care what you say about it, its a color.

Go for it.

I read the above posts and its crap. If it is a bright multi coloured gun no one in their right mind is going to accuse you of manufacturing a rif.

Paint it and post a pic I look forward to seeing it.

[isabella]

ok once i got it painted ill post it here or ill just put it where ever its relevant and i might give i pic of me in the costume i decided to use. im the type of person who will go out of there way to mess with people for example play boy bunny hostess with a rainbow lmg or something idk ill figure it out in time

[ImTriggerHappy]

ok once i got it painted ill post it here or ill just put it where ever its relevant and i might give i pic of me in the costume i decided to use. im the type of person who will go out of there way to mess with people for example play boy bunny hostess with a rainbow lmg or something idk ill figure it out in time

Dont put a pic on here of you in a bunny costume someone will have a stroke.

Remember a fair proportion of airsofters have only handled a woman when hugging their Mum good night.

[Sacarathe]

I read the above posts and its crap.

You don't do your own credibility any favours by failing to explain.

[isabella]

heh fair enough maybe something less reveling and pg? i need to dive into my wardrobe

[isabella]

how about a mp5k riot shield m240 and a bikini XD

[ImTriggerHappy]

how about a mp5k riot shield m240 and a bikini XD

Lose the riot shield and send it private 😉

[isabella]

maybe and triggerhappy has a point what judge will start something about someone owning a airsoft gun covered in rainbows what RIF is covered in rainbows

[isabella]

ok i searched it and i found a rainbow aa-12 and m4

[ImTriggerHappy]

Walter Mitty in other words.

It means someone who fantasises about being important. In airsoft a Walt is someone who takes things a bit too seriously and acts like its real life.

 

At the end of the day if its a brightly painted gun that could never be called a rif. Only the most pretentious jobs worth pratt would ever have an issue with it.

It would be fine.

[isabella]

...this all started from me asking if i could make a rainbow rifle i cause to much chaos