Blacking a wood riflestock

[PHOBUS]

As above really - has anyone had a go at doing one themselves . I did a Search but found the threads going off at tangents about motorbikes and cars and metalflake / Two-pac ( thought he was a dead rapper ! ) finishes.

I just want to make my rifle look more tactical , like a US Marines Remington 700 bolt action rifle . I know that probably uses a plastic stock but you get the picture . A dull none reflective matt black finish .

How do you get a decent hard wearing finish that stands up to weather and knocks etc ?

Many thanks for any .. sensible .. response .:p

Carl.

[Darren Petts]

Hammerite Stone Chip Guard. About £8 for a huge aerosol at Halfords. Very tough. Excellent coverage and "grippery" when wet too due to the rubberised properties of it. I have it on both my guns stocks.

[Nealsey]

As above really - has anyone had a go at doing one themselves . I did a Search but found the threads going off at tangents about motorbikes and cars and metalflake / Two-pac ( thought he was a dead rapper ! ) finishes.

I just want to make my rifle look more tactical , like a US Marines Remington 700 bolt action rifle . I know that probably uses a plastic stock but you get the picture . A dull none reflective matt black finish .

How do you get a decent hard wearing finish that stands up to weather and knocks etc ?

Many thanks for any .. sensible .. response .:p

Carl.


As I remember Lash on here had a really nice S10 which had been sprayed black and
looked the business.

PM him and see what he did?

Nealsey

[EddieP]

A dull none reflective matt black finish .

How do you get a decent hard wearing finish that stands up to weather and knocks etc ?

.

An alternative might be to dye it black, that would be more durable than an applied finish, but it depends on what finish the stock has already, as you might have to strip it?

John Boddy's sell a black stain for 'ebonising' wood, which should do the trick;

http://www.john-boddy-timber.ltd.uk/news.htm

[Darren Petts]

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1153/s200e2lp.jpg

[Murphy]

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1153/s200e2lp.jpg

Did you sand it between coats??
Stone chip is normaly rough?? :confused:

[Slacker24seven]

As I remember Lash on here had a really nice S10 which had been sprayed black and
looked the business.

PM him and see what he did?

Nealsey

Yeah lash's S10 really looked the dogs danglies:cool:

[PHOBUS]

Thanks for the response guys .

Darren , your S 200 looks fantastic . Is that a none standard air -cylinder you have fitted ? If so where did you get it ??

Also, the finish you have there looks very professional and very smooth . Any tips on how you got such a good finish ?? How did you prepare the wood ?

The rifle I want to paint is an S 200 .

tHANKS Carl.:)

[Darren Petts]

This stuff goes on smooth not rough. I did nothing more than lightly sand down the varnish to get a key for the paint. No snading between coats and only applied three coats as it'd fully covered the woodwork by the second coat as it has excellent coverage properties. The cylinder is longer than std. The previous owner paid a fiver for some 5000psi tubing and paid Hydrographics £70 to thread it, fit the ends and paint in their polyurethane paint. One can will do at least two stocks and probably more.

[Kingplinker]

Its easy mate honestly !

Get the surface smooth as possible , use two or three coats of hi build or normal primer and top coat with satin black from halfords ......... easy ! :D

Here one I made earlier http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL1134/3985027/8263965/125628927.jpg

Dave

[Murphy]

Its easy mate honestly !

Get the surface smooth as possible , use two or three coats of hi build or normal primer and top coat with satin black from halfords ......... easy ! :D

Here one I made earlier http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL1134/3985027/8263965/125628927.jpg

Dave
Do you not sand the primer??

[Kingplinker]

Do you not sand the primer??

Yep , wet and dry matey :D

[greyrider]

I did a QB79 stock on advice from Kingplinker....me, light sand the stock, just enough to break the wood finish, and spray with a can of Satin Black, car enamel - I used "Multi Surface Enamel, Quick Dry", a couple of quid from Wilkinsons and treated it with wax furniture polish afterwards, looks fine - although he never told me to use primer, honest!

[Kingplinker]

I did a QB79 stock on advice from Kingplinker....me, light sand the stock, just enough to break the wood finish, and spray with a can of Satin Black, car enamel - I used "Multi Surface Enamel, Quick Dry", a couple of quid from Wilkinsons and treated it with wax furniture polish afterwards, looks fine - although he never told me to use primer, honest!

' Turncoat ' :p

[greyrider]

More a blackcoat really :p
And it was still Good Advice.