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I am trying to balance cost, protection, durability and appearance for the paint job for a bolt gun which I want to use for hunting someday. It would probably only be in the field for 1 week or so a year. The current finish on the metal parts is very bad, and missing in some places.
The cheapest route would be to go with all store bought camo spray paint.
I am contemplating stepping up a little, and giving it a base coat in duracoat, and then using store bought camo paint on top of that. Will the spray paint stick to duracoat?
I would try to finish either one of those options with as many coats as were in a can of store bought flat clear coat.
This got me thinking, could I do a camo spray paint job with regular spray paint, and then hit it with a clear duracoat? This seems very scary as it may be rather difficult to remove the paint job if I totally mess it up, or have to change it for some other reason. Will the duracoat stick to spray paint? Would having it as the last coat offer superior durability, protection and apperance?
Also I have been reading about people using spray truck bed liner...Would this be a cost effective for a base coat compared to duracoat, it looks to be about half the price, would it be at least half as durable as duracoat? I am pretty sure spray paint will stick to this.
I have seen juju151's holy grail of cam jobs (viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20486) and will try to do something similar.
I would appreciate hearing anybody's experience with regular spray paint jobs and their durability, or any answers/opinions to my above questions, or anything else.
Thanks.
The cheapest route would be to go with all store bought camo spray paint.
I am contemplating stepping up a little, and giving it a base coat in duracoat, and then using store bought camo paint on top of that. Will the spray paint stick to duracoat?
I would try to finish either one of those options with as many coats as were in a can of store bought flat clear coat.
This got me thinking, could I do a camo spray paint job with regular spray paint, and then hit it with a clear duracoat? This seems very scary as it may be rather difficult to remove the paint job if I totally mess it up, or have to change it for some other reason. Will the duracoat stick to spray paint? Would having it as the last coat offer superior durability, protection and apperance?
Also I have been reading about people using spray truck bed liner...Would this be a cost effective for a base coat compared to duracoat, it looks to be about half the price, would it be at least half as durable as duracoat? I am pretty sure spray paint will stick to this.
I have seen juju151's holy grail of cam jobs (viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20486) and will try to do something similar.
I would appreciate hearing anybody's experience with regular spray paint jobs and their durability, or any answers/opinions to my above questions, or anything else.
Thanks.