• Enamel Spray Paint?
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Because of where I live, Spray Paint is hard to but online, it's either really expensive to post ot just won't deliver. I don't have a big choice of shops and the only Spray Paint I'm sure I can get is Enamel Spray paint. Is this stuff okay to use on a plastic Airsoft rifle? Would I be better getting Matte or Gloss? [B]UPDATE[/B] After hunting around I found some Plasti-Kot and Hycote (Car Spray) The Plasti-Kote was pretty horrible to use and looks pretty horrible on the gun, however the Hycote works brilliantly and only cost me £3.75! Not many colours that would suit a gun, the shelves were pretty empty so the only colour I could use was Matte Black. IT works brilliantly though! It has a sorta metal look to it, but the Plasti-Kote is really shiny and plasticy looking.
In my opinion, matte looks better on a gun than gloss. I can't really help you with the enamel thing, but I suggest you ask in the questions thread, you'll get a quicker (and less aggravated) response.
Enamels are okay to use, I guess. Just be sure to let one coat settle and dry before adding on another. Real guns actually have a "semi-gloss" finish, not a flat matte, but if matte and gloss are the only choices you have, go with matte.
OKay thanks guys! Could there be any complications/risks with using Enamel Paint?
Just don't let it get into the mechanisms/working parts of the gun, since it's going to be thicker than water-based paint. If possible, strip the weapon so you're only painting the shell. If not, mask the spaces where paint could accidentally get into the gun. Here's a good guide that I've referred people to even when they're painting their real guns. It works wonders: [url]http://facepunch.com/threads/1073081[/url]
Enamel will work, just keep it light, since multiple light coats are better than one thick, heavy one by far. Always use matte paint, real guns always have a matte finish, it's exposure to the elements that gives it a slight sheen. And as said, be sure to keep it out of all of the mechanism, preferably by fully disassembling before painting.
Do you recommend painting the whole thing over? What about any parts that are metal like the barrel.
[QUOTE=TaiwanesePrick;35784182]Here's a good guide that I've referred people to even when they're painting their real guns. It works wonders: [url]http://facepunch.com/threads/1073081[/url][/QUOTE] Daww, thanks c:
[QUOTE=Wickerman123;35786405]Do you recommend painting the whole thing over? What about any parts that are metal like the barrel.[/QUOTE] Technically you could paint everything, but to be realistic keep paint off of all moving parts (bolt, charging handle, selector switch, etc) as well as all parts that get hot on the real gun (barrel, flash hider). What gun are you painting?
Oh it's only plinkers I'm painting, got a Shotgun, an AK47, Sa80 and a G36 - Then a berreta, a cheap £4 glock and another pistol. Spraying them so I can use them is Props for vfx tests and stuff. [editline]2nd May 2012[/editline] [IMG]http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz68/TheHappyTroll/IMG_1388.jpg[/IMG]
orange two tone makes me cry i remember when it was just green and blue...
looks like g36 with wood furniture next to that AK, lol.
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