First paint job

[Nicholas909]

so I finally did my first paint job on my Ruger American. Overall I'm happy.
I'll be doing more, so hopefully I can improve.

 

[Gspman]

Looks good. I've been messing with hydro dipping myself lately. Anything custom is cool even if it's flawed a little.

 

[ilovesprig]

Looks good. I've been messing with hydro dipping myself lately. Anything custom is cool even if it's flawed a little.

I really want to learn to do this......Kits are only around 60 bucks.

 

[Bugsy71]

Looks great!! Nice job hydro dipping would be cool


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[Nicholas909]

I'm actually going to be taking my hydro dip off my shotgun and going to paint that also

 

[AV Enrique]

Looks good. Been seeing videos on YouTube and maybe at some point I'd take a chance on trying it out.

 

[Gspman]

Unless it's a secret I'd love a short write up of how you did it and what type of paint and what not.

 

[Nicholas909]

Nope no secret. So originally I wanted to hydro dip my rifles so I could have a custom look. After i talked to a few guys & saw what it would cost me to get it done, I just kept putting it off.
During last deer season in D-14 I was hunting in some foggy wet weather. I had tape on my barrel to keep the moisture out, I wiped my rifle down when I got back to the truck at the end of the day. When I got home and unloaded my truck, I noticed my rifle had a crazy amount of surface rust. So either Ruger did a bad job of bluing my rifle, or I'm a little aggressive when cleaning it. Either way I needed to get it re-blued or hydro dipped. I've blued a few other firearms with Birchwood Casey, and it was a pain in my ass trying to get the color I wanted. So I looked into getting my rifle Cerakote, but once again that was expensive. Then I came across an ad for DuraBlue. When I did a little research I decided to just do a custom paint job with the Duracoat from Lauer weaponry.

So here's the job from start to finish

 

[Nicholas909]

The colors I used were woodland green, woodland tan, woodland brown & matte Black

 

[Bugsy71]

Well done Sir!! When your bored I have coffee...


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[Nicholas909]

I still need to put a coat of matte clear on it as well, just to give it a little more protection. Also think I'm going to Drop a Timney trigger in it.

Here is a Remington 700 that I used the DuraBlue blue/black glossy on.

 

[Bugsy71]

I've parkarized, alumahyded, and Krylon/Rustoleum. Cerakote be Duracolir are next on my list

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[Nicholas909]

I've parkarized, alumahyded, and Krylon/Rustoleum. Cerakote be Duracolir are next on my list

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Nice

 

[Gspman]

Thanks for the write up.

I've always just used rustolium as well and just hand camoed but my wife wanted a custom blue on her 3 gun set up so I've started hydro dipping. It's cool and not expensive but not easy to get right

 

[Nicholas909]

Thanks for the write up.

I've always just used rustolium as well and just hand camoed but my wife wanted a custom blue on her 3 gun set up so I've started hydro dipping. It's cool and not expensive but not easy to get right

Do you have an actually dip tank or are you using something else?

 

[Gspman]

No special tank. Just a big plastic square tub I have.

 

[Gspman]

Wanted to share my wife's 3gun AR. Just re did it after it being pink for years. It's a dip and it has some flaws but she is happy. Next is the shotty and xd.

 

[Nicholas909]

I like it. That's looks awesome . I'm working on a 1911 right now. I'll post the picks in a few days.

 

[Gspman]

id love to see the 1911. Ill never do it to my service 1911. but my wife's Springfield XD (that i built for myself) will be done soon

 

[Nicholas909]

Here's the 1911