I used vht paint and a hair dryer to cure it.  i wonder how it will turn out?

Umm, okay...

I can only assume Scotty12 meant to post this in his thread below about refinishing a WASR.

Hairdryers are pretty good tools for drying paint to the touch. (sometimes force drying can effect certain finishes' sheen (how shiny it is))

But truly curing paint takes time. (sometimes even 30 days) Unless maybe you bake it.

Cured, means the paint is as dry as it will ever be. (and as hard and durable as it will get)

You can use a heatgun for this too, but it's much easier to mess something up, than a hairdryer.

We use fans alot to help dry finishes, at work.

Box fans, industrial floor fans, and even ones that look like they came off an old furnace. (sometimes they have)

I've used VHT high temp brake caliper paint to paint rifle parts, but never a whole rifle.  I've gotten very good results with it, the stuff is very durable if applied and cured correctly.

in for the pics

I recently spray painted my hog hunting AK(SGL21), turned out pretty good for a $20 paint job and doesn't stick out like a sore thumb like the black did.
Lesson learned: sometimes being a cheap bastard works out.

My rattle can job on my Galil. I've way overposted this pic, I should take more...







I've had pretty good results with shake n bake rattle can paint. The Galil above was ambient cure. I might have left it outside during summer day to give it a little post cure, but I don't remember.

For my Krink receiver and entire RPK, I used 2000 deg F engine paint. I put it through the whole cure cycle more or less. It comes out nice, but both have chipped relatively easy. I'd probably try their high temp primer as a base coat next time.

As with anything, all the real work is in the prep.

How high temperature was this paint? What do they recommend for a cure cycle?

If its much of anything, your hair dryer won't do very good.

The length of your cure  can make up for lower temps, but its not a linear thing.

Example: 2 hrs at 200 deg F  is not the same as 1 hr at 400 deg F.