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All Springer/NP/PCP Air Gun Discussion General => Machine Shop Talk & AG Parts Machining => Wood Chop Shop (Working with wood) => Topic started by: SpiralGroove on November 09, 2017, 05:07:48 PM
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Hey Guys,
Refinished my Diana Stormrider using Varathane one-step - Peacan color. The stock looks very good, except the forearm grip which was somewhat sanded off with just 220 paper. Because the forearm grip has partially disappeared on the left, I was going to try masking off the stock and spraying the forearm/pistol grips with Plasti Dip spray.
I was hoping this would 1) give me better grip on the gun and 2) cover up the fact that the forearm grip looks a little funky. The basic problem with the stock is for $200, Diana doesn't do much more than a superficial checkering job. The stock is a pretty decent piece of beech that looks good with the butter orange, Peacon coloration and black grips would be a great contrast.
Has anyone tried using Plasti Dip on a gun stock?
I'm hoping it will look good, but maybe this is a mistake :-\.
Any comments are appreciated 8).
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Never tried Plasti-Dip but I have used the Duplicolor clear truck bed liner and it works very nicely. Gives you a nice grip and helps hide minor imperfections as it gives a rippled finish. Should work just as well on wood as it has the synthetic stock I used it on.
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Thanks Steve,
I just don't want the Plasti Grip to react negatively with my Varathane one-step finish and bubble it up .
I'm hoping the new grip highlights the stock similar to the HW98.
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I sprayed it over Krylon satin black and the grey sections are Testors Flat enamel done with a brush. You might try the Varathane on a piece of scrap wood first then spray the bedliner and see how it reacts but I'd think it should work just fine.
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The Plasti Dip looked great, but when I pulled off my blue masking tape, all the rubber covering my grips just pealed off with the tape. Definitely, a harmless, but time consuming disaster :P.
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when I pulled off my blue masking tape, all the rubber covering my grips just pealed off with the tape.
its designed to come off fairly easy..... my first thought was to scuff the finish for some adhesion, but IIRC youve just redone it.....
TBL would be better (and FlexSeal--yes Phil Swift just got invoked--comes in colors...)