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    Rustoleum and a tiger stripe stencil from primary arms. I have a thing for tiger stripe. I mean, before I sold it.


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    Hinote

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    Used rust-oleum spray bed liner on the plastic and those three colors with some grass and twigs as blockers
     

    Murfpcola

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    Sprayed a little this afternoon. Just used some expanded metal I have. Sprayed solid green then sprayed the pattern with tan black and a little more green. I see some sponge painting in the next day or so
     
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    I've been thinking about using expanded metal to make patterns easier. Now I know that's the way to go on duck boats and whatnot. Instead of sponging I'd use fanned out pinestraw or fennel grass and dust it with the lighter color green that rust-oleum offers in the camo line to really break it up. After seeing that I'm rethinking everything I was taught on duck boats.
     

    Murfpcola

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    Started on my AR. Base coat of deep forest green then sponged earth brown. I like the sponge method more. Will update as other colors get added.
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    Check out Black Ice Coatings web page at http://blackicecoatings.com/ for some ideas. I’m sure there are lots of other places closer. They do water transfer, cerokote and Teflon coating.
     

    Murfpcola

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    Added khaki and black. May add some grey and/or lighter brown. After adding the black I noticed it is satin and not flat. It is no more shiny than the factory finish but is noticeable. May need to drag it around behind the lawn mower while cutting the grass. I did no masking on this one. Just sprayed with non chlorinated brake cleaner then started painting. I have about 20 minutes total in the whole process.
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    pete repete

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    picked up a camoflage pen at the px once when i was a tactics instructor at SOI, camp geiger. dropped it while grading an ambush class. never found that thing. :rolleyes:
     

    stage20

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    Yep, I had to strip a lower. Orange ? something worked good. Had to use a toothpick to get all the cracks. Bride's gonna paint my lightweight someday. Not my deal either.
    Why would you paint a lightweight build?
    Weigh the can of paint before you paint it. Don't add too many ounces.
     
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