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Title: DIY camo discovery
Post by: sawtoothscream on September 19, 2011, 02:40:21 PM
well i got bored and started looking at how to camo my disco. after  looking at a few deisgns i ran down to walmart and bought kaki, camo brown and camo olive green and clear coat.  i used the plastic cover of a binder and designed my pattern i want to use.  i took off the trigger, taped  all openings i didnt want painted, pluged the barrel and the scope lens.

next i hung the gun and sprayed a coat of kaki and let dry for 15 minutes, then i did a second coat and let it dry.  next take it off the hanger and lay it on the ground,  put the stencil over the gun and i sprayed it with the olive all up and down the gun, next i layed the stencil the opposite direction and added the brown. when down i did the coat fallowing the same steps.  hung the gun up again after it dried and figured i wanted it a little darker so i misted it with the olive until it with the shade i wanted. Then i did 2 coats of clear coat and let it dry and re assembled the gun.  took about 2 hrs total and i think it came out ok for my first try at a DIY camo job.  
(http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g464/sawtoothscream/2011-09-19_13-22-45_843.jpg)
(http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g464/sawtoothscream/2011-09-19_13-22-32_786.jpg)
Title: Re: DIY camo discovery
Post by: joe k on September 19, 2011, 02:50:28 PM
looking good.
joe
Title: Re: DIY camo discovery
Post by: dpricenator on September 19, 2011, 02:53:49 PM
That looks sweet
Title: Re: DIY camo discovery
Post by: dk1677 on September 19, 2011, 03:18:20 PM
Nice work there Mark!
Title: Re: DIY camo discovery
Post by: amb5500c on September 19, 2011, 03:25:58 PM
What gun? Was there supposed to be a gun in the pictures? Maybe you did a little bit too good of a job.
Richard
Title: Re: DIY camo discovery
Post by: sawtoothscream on September 19, 2011, 03:48:04 PM
thanks. looks much better where i hunt. now that things are starting to get more brown and dark it blends in pretty nice.    good learning experience and i know what to do better next time. for one need thicker stencil material and i might space the pattern out more and make the lines them selves a little thicker to really break up the out line.   like predator camo
Title: Re: DIY camo discovery
Post by: VINNY on September 20, 2011, 02:24:20 AM
Nice work!