Posted: 1/22/2010 1:05:29 PM EDT
I knew I wanted to color the GA15 but didn't know how it would turn out. Looks pretty good I think! The pic doesn't do it justice. It came out pretty clear, although the top of the GA emblem was a bit shallow. I had to build up layers slowly to get a good image.
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That sure if a DAMN FINE sling plate you have there. 
Now buy some Krylon and paint it.  That IS a damn fine sling plate on there. I prefer yours to Magpul's HANDS DOWN! No Krylon, but it might get a camo job done on it at some point...it is my huntin rifle... |
| ARP 6.8x43 (SPC II DMR Chamber, http://www.ar15performance.com/home) Carries thier I.T.S. Superbolt as well. Sweet shooter. |
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The lettering and safe/fire were pretty easy. Very small brush and a bottle of Testor's Enamel in the proper color, as well as shop rags, thinner and very flat edged and stiff scrapper is all that is needed
. I painted it in, making sure there was plenty of paint in the well of the letters/shape. I let that sit for a few minutes then ran a shop rag with some enamel thinner on over the lettering/shape very lightly so the thinner would touch into the well of paint. I did that until the side of the receiver was clean of paint, but the well of paint in the letters/shape was still full. If I took out to much, I added more paint and repeated the process until I was happy with the results. The State Seal was a whole other matter. I tried the above process several times but was happy with the results. Since the cut is fairly shallow, the shop rag would draw out to much paint in the wider and shallower areas. I ended up adding the paint with more in the crest than was needed. Then, after waiting 30 minutes or so, I took a wood scrapper (it is metal, thin, and VERY flat on the edge) and used that to level the paint. Of course, the details looked nice, but there was still a thin layer of paint on the high points. I waiting about an hour until the paint has set up well and used a shop rag again, like above, only VERY carefully attacked the high detail. It still took about three coats to finish it off. You can’t really see it in the photo, but the “rope” detail and letters all came out very nicely. You can even read the “Justice” in the center (not as clear, but that is a function of the cut, not the paint). |