How to Camo your gun

[adymorris]

May or may not be of use to anyone but here is a step by step guide of how I applied a camo pattern my gun & scope


Using Krylon tinnies



first rubbed off all the varnish with various grades of sand paper then wire wooled it to remove all the dust etc






next was the prime, spray on and rub down a couple of times to get a flat finish followed by a couple of layers of basecoat of krylon Kharki




next, spray the striping with dark brown




Then shadow the dark with a medium brown - this gives a more subtle transition from light to dark




Next off to find a few bits of straw, I found some that was in my nets from a previous hunting session, taped it up ready for the Olive green & black coats



Next using the straw mask add some green



same method used for adding black - vary the angles for a more dispersed pattern - your choice really



Scope & Mounts next

used the same method Kharki base coat followed by dark then medium brown, finally green then black













Mounts









Apply a few coats of ultra flat matt lacquer to finish, then jobs a good un !


Finished items

[Titchgamer]

Not my cup of tea but a tidy job there mate

[Tadpole]

Nice job & thanks for sharing the 'How 2' .....................................

[tatsumi]

Great examples there, been thinking about it for a while now for the stealth but never had the b@lls and its £270 for a full job at hydrographics. how many cans did you use and roughly how much did it cost you?

[cbrdave]

Nice job, you should do it as a side line, nice money earner

[Oilysean]

dave may be onto something, you have done a great job mate. Looks tidy.

[adymorris]

Great examples there, been thinking about it for a while now for the stealth but never had the b@lls and its £270 for a full job at hydrographics. how many cans did you use and roughly how much did it cost you?

I got several colours which were about £7 a tin iirc, used about a quarter (or less) of a can - the Kharki used more as it was the base coat - I ended up buying £40 worth of paint - I did mine and I also reconditioned a Cometa 5 for my mates lad then sprayed that too - still got loads left

Krylon changed the paint options last year and renamed them to Krylon Fusion (I have both types in the picture) - they done away with two or three of the colours iirc

[tatsumi]

Do you need 7 colours for it to be effective or is there a suggested set?

[adymorris]

Do you need 7 colours for it to be effective or is there a suggested set?

Plasticoat primer
Khaki for base coat
Dark Brown
Medium Brown
Green
Black
Lacquer

So 6 colours plus your Lacquer - should do 3 to 4 guns & scopes

You may need more Khaki or just give it a few coats of plasticote primer then a single layer of Khaki

[Eagle]

Sweet job mate well done!

Tatsumi...You could use your own colours mate, and wouldn't need to be Krylon either. Just because the plasticote can next to it doesnt say "camouflage" on the tin...The colours could still be more or less identical. Obv make sure the paint isn't gloss.

You could perhaps save yourself some cash aswell, buying 250ml cans insteasd of the 500ml jobbies as Ady didnt use much