Crusade
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Post by Crusade on Feb 14, 2015 22:54:17 GMT -5
This is the finished product of my M4A1 paintjob.
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Post by Mosin on Feb 15, 2015 0:04:30 GMT -5
Blurry... But I did it to my Specter DR. Acetone is your best bet with steel wool, sandpaper is going to eat away a lot of the metal itself, and a low grit paper is what you want to use anyways to make bold wear marks. Just hold the weapon, imagine where your hands would be during different stances, and wear away those spots. Also spots that stick out, or are likely to rub off against something are worth sanding off, it is a pet peeve of mine to see a gun with wear marks in a spot where it shouldn't be, so just be smart about it.
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Post by cqbr on Feb 15, 2015 1:12:01 GMT -5
Just get some nail polish remover from your mom or some rubbing alcohol out of the medicine cabinet. Either will be better than sandpaper as it'll tear up your receiver. As mentioned, make sure to wear it in the high traffic areas only as nothing is cornier than the guys who pre-wear their guns in the wrong places.
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Post by M.S.-ARC on Feb 15, 2015 8:48:23 GMT -5
Sandpaper is a bad idea. That being said i know most people tend to learn the hard way so go ahead and use it and see what happens.
When painting, don't go heavy with the spray paint. Apply it in light layers until you get your desired result. Take it slow.
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Post by Bishop (Task-Force Nightmare) on Feb 15, 2015 9:07:39 GMT -5
I use a bit of gasoline and a toothbrush and that works. Ive used sandpaper in the past and the finished product was a lot of tan "sandy" look and some silver from removing the actual reciever paint.
Wouldn't recommend the use of sandpaper.
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Post by Crusade on Feb 15, 2015 10:37:11 GMT -5
Ok I do have nail polish remover available, not for me hehe but my moms. So I am going to go for a tan and lighter brown for an A-TACS look and not be corny and wear it with the polish in the right places. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqHf1uWbXtQThat's the video I am following.
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Post by voodoo on Feb 15, 2015 11:26:46 GMT -5
Along with what everyone else is saying, I've used brake clean. You can get it at any auto parts store and it works like a charm! It pulls the paint off with less elbow grease than nail polish remover. Also I'd say try random "not super abrasive" items to remove the paint. I've used several items from a piece of motorized floor scrubber brush, to an automotive moldable sanding block.
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Post by cqbr on Feb 16, 2015 0:52:08 GMT -5
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Post by voodoo on Feb 16, 2015 9:08:50 GMT -5
^^^ Seconded ^^^
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Post by Crusade on Feb 16, 2015 9:14:30 GMT -5
Yeah my phone sucks pretty bad but long story short it worked out well, and that was half the pictures the other ones didn't come out good at all.
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Post by Stinger on Feb 16, 2015 9:35:54 GMT -5
It looks like a spotted leopard from what I can see.
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Post by Crusade on Feb 16, 2015 9:53:13 GMT -5
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Post by Coldwave on Feb 16, 2015 10:12:47 GMT -5
Take one of the gun as a whole, the pictures aren't really showing anything. Some of it looks good, some of it...eh.
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Post by Crusade on Feb 16, 2015 10:22:52 GMT -5
Here is a whole gun picture.
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