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Posted: 5/25/2008 11:39:56 AM EDT

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How long does the Testor's paint have to dry before removing excess?

Like 5 minutes.

Posted: 5/25/2008 11:41:50 AM EDT

[#2]

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my Rock River Arms text is very shallow on some parts so it looked horrible. So I just removed everything.

Guess I need to start looking for another lower. hahhaha

Yeah, the rollmarks can be shallow, but not so shallow that they are almost the same height as the receiver surface. I tried to do the rollmarks on my Sig P229R slide, but had the same shallow issue as you did with your RRA.

Posted: 5/25/2008 12:11:39 PM EDT

[#3]

Thanks.

Posted: 5/25/2008 3:00:40 PM EDT

[#4]

+1 for Testor's.

Posted: 5/25/2008 11:12:52 PM EDT

[#5]

Good job! Nice and clean. Wasn't it easy?

Posted: 5/26/2008 3:16:29 AM EDT

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+1 for Testor's.

i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk210/CelticDragon1972/testors.jpg

That looks great

Posted: 5/26/2008 4:45:02 AM EDT

[#7]

I've also got Testor's in flat tan for my FDE target rifle.

ETA - Just finished this morning...

Posted: 6/8/2008 10:28:38 AM EDT

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yeah...the testor's looks like a good idea. what do you use to apply it? just a toothpic?

Toothpicks wouldn't give me a big enough droplet, and the drop wouldn't stay on the tip very long without falling off early. I ended up using "microbrushes", which will hold a drop of paint all day until you touch the drop to the receiver. Works perfectly!

www.imageviper.com/displayimage/99412/0/testors8.JPG

Do you thin the paint or straight from the bottle?

Posted: 6/8/2008 10:31:11 AM EDT

[#9]

Straight from the bottle.

Posted: 6/8/2008 10:35:28 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:
yeah...the testor's looks like a good idea. what do you use to apply it? just a toothpic?

Toothpicks wouldn't give me a big enough droplet, and the drop wouldn't stay on the tip very long without falling off early. I ended up using "microbrushes", which will hold a drop of paint all day until you touch the drop to the receiver. Works perfectly!

www.imageviper.com/displayimage/99412/0/testors8.JPG

Do you thin the paint or straight from the bottle?

depends. The white I had was thin enough but the red had to be thinned out

Posted: 6/8/2008 11:47:33 AM EDT

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The white I had was thin enough but the red had to be thinned out

Agreed. White is always pretty thin. The colored paint is thicker.

Removed my white paint and went with tan to better match the FDE furniture. The tan looks too orangeish for me, so I am going to try to find a better paint color or mix my own...

Posted: 6/8/2008 12:34:26 PM EDT

[#12]

Anyone done any GREEN?

I'd like to do something a little different.

Posted: 6/8/2008 12:37:25 PM EDT

[#13]

Only color I have painted an engraving was black

Posted: 6/8/2008 2:07:30 PM EDT

[#14]

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Anyone done any GREEN?

Yep. I have another Mega upper/lower combo in green. I did one in gray, too.

Here's the green upper...

Posted: 6/14/2008 2:23:04 PM EDT

[#15]

sooo fyrarms or someone... what did you use to complete remove the testor's paint? im not familiar with what a "shotgun patch" or "CLP" is either. if you could help me with that, that would be cool.

Posted: 6/14/2008 2:35:00 PM EDT

[#16]

Cleaning patch, like the ones uses to clean bores.

I used a cleaning patch dampened with Testor's Thinner to wipe off the excess paint...but be sure to allow the paint to dry for at least 10 minutes before using the thinner.

I found out that if you do it before the 10 minutes, it will "pull" the paint out of the rollmarks and leave "tracks".

Also, I've noticed a slight discolorization on the receivers finish due to using the thinner, but nothing that a good rubdown with gun oil won't cure.

Quoted:
sooo fyrarms or someone... what did you use to complete remove the testor's paint? im not familiar with what a "shotgun patch" or "CLP" is either. if you could help me with that, that would be cool.

Posted: 6/14/2008 8:43:45 PM EDT

[#17]

Done in Testors. Piece of cake

Posted: 6/15/2008 1:45:13 PM EDT

[#18]

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Done in Testors. Piece of cake

i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn315/DJGrisham/11.jpg

Sweet!

Posted: 7/29/2008 7:05:56 PM EDT

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Posted: 7/29/2008 9:07:32 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Cleaning patch, like the ones uses to clean bores.

I used a cleaning patch dampened with Testor's Thinner to wipe off the excess paint...but be sure to allow the paint to dry for at least 10 minutes before using the thinner.

I found out that if you do it before the 10 minutes, it will "pull" the paint out of the rollmarks and leave "tracks".

Also, I've noticed a slight discolorization on the receivers finish due to using the thinner, but nothing that a good rubdown with gun oil won't cure.

Quoted:
sooo fyrarms or someone... what did you use to complete remove the testor's paint? im not familiar with what a "shotgun patch" or "CLP" is either. if you could help me with that, that would be cool.

Yup. Here's proof:

Posted: 8/29/2008 7:15:02 AM EDT

[#21]

I gave the Testors paint a try last night and found that I can't get the paint to 'flow' through my engravings with one dab of paint.

Here's how I did it:
I ended up just painting over top of the engraving
Wiped off the bulk of the excess using scrap fabric
Waited at least 10 minutes
Then tried cleaning off the smudges using lighter fluid and some scrap fabric

I suppose it worked out ... ok. I'm pretty proud of how my Spike's Tactical lower turned out, but that's easy considering how deep their engravings are.

My Rock River lower was a bitch. My RR engravings were very shallow because they were mostly filled with their black finish coating.

I have to hand it to you Bushmaster owners who did such a good job on that engraving! I wiped mine completely off and will give it a try another day.

My Remington 870 engraving did turn out nice. I'll be sure to post some pics.

I did have an idea though that might help. What do ya guys think about making a run to the local drug store and picking up a few syringes? I'm thinking I'll suck up a bit of paint and using the needle to simply flood the fine engravings without making ANY mess to clean up.

Ya think that would work?

Posted: 8/29/2008 5:48:44 PM EDT

[#22]

Posted: 8/29/2008 6:28:29 PM EDT

[#23]

Syring would work only if the paint is thinned out enough. The next problem is some drug stores don't like selling syring's to regular folk.

All of the markings look great!

Posted: 8/29/2008 8:20:00 PM EDT

[#24]

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Syring would work only if the paint is thinned out enough. The next problem is some drug stores don't like selling syring's to regular folk.

All of the markings look great!

My wife mentioned the same thing ... must thin the paint. After looking at the shallow engravings on my RR ... I kinda doubt that a syringe would work too.

Whatever happened to Nancy Reagan’s quote “Say No To Drugs”? I thought all drug stores hand out free syringes to ANYONE that request them (part of the whole clean needle deal). Oh well … probably a bad idea anyway.

Posted: 9/18/2008 1:47:49 PM EDT

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Posted: 9/19/2008 3:00:29 PM EDT

[#26]

I tried blue, looks good but I'm going to try some different colors.

Posted: 9/19/2008 6:04:05 PM EDT

[#27]

here's what i did for the Crayola crayon method:

rubbed the sharpened end of crayon over the engravings creating lots of shavings on the surface all over the indented text

smeared it around and crammed it into the grooves of the logo and lettering

wiped off excess with a cleaning patch soaked with hoppe's #9 solvent (clp works too)

heated with hair dryer to even out depth

here's the results:

Posted: 10/20/2008 9:35:21 PM EDT

[#28]

What about a greyscale insted of the white. Syringes can be easily obtained from a farm & home store, like Tractor Supply, Feldmans, Orscheln's etc....

Posted: 12/12/2008 5:27:52 PM EDT

[#29]

How do you get the crayon out if you don't like the look?

Never mind, figured it out.
Heat gun and a tooth brush removes unwanted crayon.

Posted: 12/12/2008 7:31:54 PM EDT

[#30]

I tried the laquerstik method with my XD40 and it didnt turn out very good. If I were to do it again I would go with the Testors route.

Posted: 12/15/2008 5:28:08 PM EDT

[#31]

Here is mine, done with grey and red crayon. I like the look.

Posted: 2/23/2009 11:26:50 AM EDT

[#32]

i have been wanting to do this to my Olympic arms for a while. i think ill do the lion in gold

but the rest ill just do white and red...damn yall for getting me more in the mood for going out to the hobby store and getting paint.

Posted: 2/23/2009 1:48:52 PM EDT

[#33]

ok, here it is
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa288/squid013/guns/IMG_1926.jpg
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa288/squid013/guns/IMG_1927.jpg

Posted: 2/23/2009 1:50:11 PM EDT

[#34]

Used testors model and is alot easier then what it sounds like.

Yes i know , Looking for a carry handle

Posted: 2/23/2009 1:57:01 PM EDT

[#35]

that bushy looks nice with the all white. here is the whole package

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa288/squid013/guns/IMG_1929.jpg

Posted: 3/1/2009 7:40:14 PM EDT

[#36]

Rustoleum enamel is the way to go....

Posted: 3/1/2009 8:45:08 PM EDT

[#37]

So, using the Testors method, did we ever establish what color matches FDE furniture? (If one were so hung up on aesthetics as to actually wonder such a thing.)

Posted: 3/1/2009 9:16:12 PM EDT

[#38]

Saw this thread and had to give Crayons a try. Really like how it came out and can be removed easily

http://i40.tinypic.com/5m9wup.jpg

Posted: 3/2/2009 5:54:58 AM EDT

[#39]

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So, using the Testors method, did we ever establish what color matches FDE furniture?

Testors Flat Tan will dry to a "coyote tan" type of color. The closest match to FDE is actually a color from Model Masters that I believe is actually called "Flat Dark Earth". It is the paint that guys use for painting military figures and vehicle models.

Posted: 3/2/2009 9:50:10 PM EDT

[#40]

I am going to my mom's house to get some models then I am going to the hobby shop tomorrow to buy Testor's Paint. Lets see what I can do with my rifles. Plus I have some model planes to put together for my office.

The_D

Posted: 3/3/2009 1:23:59 AM EDT

[#41]

Four pages on painting the markings........................ wow.

Posted: 3/3/2009 4:43:31 AM EDT

[#42]

here is mine that i did with testors. took about 10minutes. I used the toothpick method but found that i was getting paint outside of the roll marks and ended up just taking a paper towel with a little paint thinner and making a quick swipe after it dried for a minute. I did a couple layers of paint to get it to the brightness of my liking.
http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu117/ander254/101_1927_688328.jpg
http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu117/ander254/101_1928.jpg

Posted: 3/3/2009 7:02:30 AM EDT

[#43]

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Four pages on painting the markings........................ wow.

WTF is your point?

Posted: 3/3/2009 9:41:55 AM EDT

[#44]

i say keep the pics coming..... I am going to try it tonight.

Posted: 3/3/2009 9:59:50 AM EDT

[#45]

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Four pages on painting the markings........................ wow.

WTF is your point?

That its ridiculously silly.

Posted: 3/3/2009 9:59:54 AM EDT

[#46]

You know I do like that look. But when you guy's said crayons................... I thought yeah right, trying to pull a newbie's leg.. But your serious right !?!?!?

Posted: 3/3/2009 10:03:21 AM EDT

[#47]

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Four pages on painting the markings........................ wow.

WTF is your point?

That its ridiculously silly.

Why is it silly? Even if it IS silly, does it hurt or offend you in any way? Why do you care? You think it's silly for all those folks who like FDE furniture on their rifles? It's the same concept... making your rifle more visually appealing to the owner. If you think it's silly, don't watch the thread. Easy solution.