[Arkansas countryboy]

Wondering if anyone ever painted there turkey gin by there self? What are the steps to doing it? Thanks for the help.

 

[Hobbshunter]

I spray painted my 870 several years ago. I'd call my paint job a "quick and dirty" version, but it is very servicable, it seems to help with rust, and it's easy to touch up. I bet I painted it at least 6 years ago, and it's held up fairly well.
I just cleaned the gun well, got a few cans of Rustoleum Camo paint, field stripped the gun, taped off the moving parts, and went to town. It's important to get the right paint. Dont use the glossy stuff.

 

[ArkArcher]

Did mine a year or two ago. Has help up well. Was all black before.

Just make sure you clean ALL the oil off or of course the paint won't stick. Then I lightly scuffed (plastic stock and bluing) mine up with some steel wool and then put a light coat of good primer on it all and let it dry. Then I sprayed it all tan. Then got some grass of different thicknesses and used OD green, brown and very little black (black will go a LONG way so be easy with it!). Anyway, it turned out pretty good for my first time. Best picture I have of it here on my computer though. There was an area on the pistol grip and on the forearm that I left black....just for looks. ha

 

[Houdini]

Clean all the metal good....

Put a couple coats of primer....

And then do the camo in layers....I got some little cheap plactic stensils from Wal-mart sprayed leaves on mine....

And then took the end of a pine branch and did some stripes....

Just depends on if you want to get artsey fartsey with it or not.....

P.S. I've lost my gun twice....but I've never beeen accused of being observant or smart.....

 

[dwight]

i painted mine OD green

 

[Juice]

Good tips from all. Use flat paints, no gloss. I painted mine 10+ years ago and used black as the base and wished afterwards I had used grey or olive color, to make it a bit lighter.

 

[Hobbshunter]

Good tips from all. Use flat paints, no gloss. I painted mine 10+ years ago and used black as the base and wished afterwards I had used grey or olive color, to make it a bit lighter.

Good call. I started with the darker green for a base, and it's too dark. The tan I had was really light. If I was gonna re-do it, I'd put on a base layer of light tan, and then lightly spray a speckled layer of dark brown.

 

[Carr.45]

Whatever you do do NOT paint over the serial number. Its a felony...

 

[Mr. Chitlin]

I have painted several firearms over the years and painted over the SN. People paint guns all the time. When a gun is dipped the SN is dipped with the rest of the gun. It's a felony to remove the SN but it is not a felony to paint over it.

If your paint is so thick as to fill the SN to obscurity it's too thick to put on the gun anyway.

 

[Hobbshunter]

If your paint is so thick as to fill the SN to obscurity it's too thick to put on the gun anyway.

My spray paint job sure wasnt that thick.

 

[ArkArcher]

My spray paint job sure wasnt that thick.

x2. Mine either.

 

[Arkansas countryboy]

Thanks for the help and tips!

 

[Carr.45]

I have painted several firearms over the years and painted over the SN. People paint guns all the time. When a gun is dipped the SN is dipped with the rest of the gun. It's a felony to remove the SN but it is not a felony to paint over it.

If your paint is so thick as to fill the SN to obscurity it's too thick to put on the gun anyway.

I wasgonna informed by the ATF that if you cover it in any way it is a felony. All the dipped guns o have ever had the SN was not dipped, if they were factory dipped

 

[1cam]

I have painted several firearms over the years and painted over the SN. People paint guns all the time. When a gun is dipped the SN is dipped with the rest of the gun. It's a felony to remove the SN but it is not a felony to paint over it.

If your paint is so thick as to fill the SN to obscurity it's too thick to put on the gun anyway.

I wasgonna informed by the ATF that if you cover it in any way it is a felony. All the dipped guns o have ever had the SN was not dipped, if they were factory dipped

The factory covers the sn at the factory whether they have blued, parkerized, painted or dipped a gun. The sn isn't bare steel when it leaves the factory. It has some kind of covering on it.