hoohaa
04-22-2006, 09:55 PM
How to prep, spray, and bake a Rustoleum textured black finish.
This is written on a complete newbie level.
Go from this:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/table.jpg
To this*:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/refinishedRomanian.jpg
*for instructions on wood refinishing, see my how-to here: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5328185#post5328185
Items required:
1 Rustoleum textured spray paint. I used textured black, product number 7220. There are several colors you could use with this method. See this link to view all the colors offered in textured finish: www.rustoleum.com/Product.asp?ddf=197&frm_product_id=20&SBL=1
One can will paint two rifles, possibly three if you don't spray many coats.
2 2 14 oz. cans of generic brake cleaner
3 Retired toothbrush
3 Concentrated degreaser. Simple green, purple power, or generic brands all work. One gallon will be plenty to finish a few rifles.
4 Oven*
5 Stripped down rifle and rifle parts
*If this oven is one used by your wife or significant other for the purpose of baking actual food, permission should be obtained in advance, or the project should be kept under wraps. Baking the paint will cause an odor during the one hour period, but it WILL NOT cause a nasty taste in food cooked in the oven as long as you air the oven out after curing.
1. Before anything else, figure out a way to fit the rifle in your oven. This is important. In the average sized oven you will need to remove the racks and position the rifle horizontally. I used a punch that fit snugly in the barrel and a couple vise-grips rigged up to support the rifle in the oven. You don't want to just lay the rifle on a rack or on the bottom.
2. If you want to sandblast, sand, or wirebrush your rifle, do it now.
3. Soak the rifle in degreaser. It's nice to have a large container to do this in. I use a rubbermaid tub with a lid. Take the toothbrush and scrub the rifle all over, paying attention to clean under the gas tube lever, under the rear sight, between the receiver and the bottom of the front trunion, etc. Once you have scrubbed, rinse off the rifle with water. Before rinsing in water and for the rest of the process until the rifle is completely finished, handle the rifle only with latex or nitrile gloves.
4. (Optional) Boil the rifle in water for several minutes. This will draw cosmo and oil from all sorts of places you wouldn't expect.
5. (Only necessary if you boiled) Soak and scrub again in degreaser. Then rinse in water. Again, handle the rifle with gloves only after this step.
6. Hang the rifle and misc parts outside from wire of some sort. I used a metal clothes hanger. Spray down with brake cleaner. Work it from top to bottom. Plan to use at least one full 14 oz. can on the rifle and parts. Allow to fully dry.
7. Figure out where you want to hang your rifle for painting. Make it easy to get to. You will be carrying a hot rifle, so decide on a short route clear of obstructions. ;)
8. Preheat the clean, not handled with bare hands rifle in the oven to 150 degrees or so. You don't want to preheat it more than 200 degrees. To achieve 150 degrees, you will want to leave the rifle in the oven for 15 minutes or so after it is already up to 150. Some ovens are quick to heat, some are slow.
9. Hang the rifle and the parts up (don't forget any of the parts! I forgot the gas tube the first time around, then I realized I forgot the selector after that!) somewhere and spray them with a light first coat. Plug the chamber with something, but spray everything else, inside the receiver and out. I moved the gas tube lever to the locked position for this coat, if you want you can move it to spray underneath on the second coat. Be sure to remember the front of the FSB, the front and underneath of the gas block, etc.
Hold the warm can of Rustoleum (don't spray out of a cold can) back at least 14" to get a good textured finish. You might feel like your wasting paint. Get good coverage on this coat, but don't worry about laying it down thick.
10. After allowing the paint to dry a couple minutes until it's at least a little tacky, put it in the oven and bake it at 300 degrees for an hour.
11. Repeat step 9. Be sure to let the rifle cool down to approximately 150 degrees before you spray again.
12. Repeat step 10.
Let the rifle cool enough to handle with latex gloves and check out the finish. If you're happy with it, stop here; if you don't like the consistency of the finish, repeat 9 and 10.
Enjoy your finish! After the rifle has cooled after curing at 300 degrees for an hour, the finish will be tough and ready to handle.
scromer from ARFCOM recommends AVOIDING Gunscrubber or Powderblast aerosol cleaners, as they will dissolve the paint.
I don't know what solvents are safe to use. This is something I have asked about on the board, I will update when I find something that works well.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/refinishedRomania2.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/refinishedRomanian.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/folded1.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/underfolder1.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/receiverfinish3.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/receiverfinish2.jpg
This is written on a complete newbie level.
Go from this:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/table.jpg
To this*:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/refinishedRomanian.jpg
*for instructions on wood refinishing, see my how-to here: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5328185#post5328185
Items required:
1 Rustoleum textured spray paint. I used textured black, product number 7220. There are several colors you could use with this method. See this link to view all the colors offered in textured finish: www.rustoleum.com/Product.asp?ddf=197&frm_product_id=20&SBL=1
One can will paint two rifles, possibly three if you don't spray many coats.
2 2 14 oz. cans of generic brake cleaner
3 Retired toothbrush
3 Concentrated degreaser. Simple green, purple power, or generic brands all work. One gallon will be plenty to finish a few rifles.
4 Oven*
5 Stripped down rifle and rifle parts
*If this oven is one used by your wife or significant other for the purpose of baking actual food, permission should be obtained in advance, or the project should be kept under wraps. Baking the paint will cause an odor during the one hour period, but it WILL NOT cause a nasty taste in food cooked in the oven as long as you air the oven out after curing.
1. Before anything else, figure out a way to fit the rifle in your oven. This is important. In the average sized oven you will need to remove the racks and position the rifle horizontally. I used a punch that fit snugly in the barrel and a couple vise-grips rigged up to support the rifle in the oven. You don't want to just lay the rifle on a rack or on the bottom.
2. If you want to sandblast, sand, or wirebrush your rifle, do it now.
3. Soak the rifle in degreaser. It's nice to have a large container to do this in. I use a rubbermaid tub with a lid. Take the toothbrush and scrub the rifle all over, paying attention to clean under the gas tube lever, under the rear sight, between the receiver and the bottom of the front trunion, etc. Once you have scrubbed, rinse off the rifle with water. Before rinsing in water and for the rest of the process until the rifle is completely finished, handle the rifle only with latex or nitrile gloves.
4. (Optional) Boil the rifle in water for several minutes. This will draw cosmo and oil from all sorts of places you wouldn't expect.
5. (Only necessary if you boiled) Soak and scrub again in degreaser. Then rinse in water. Again, handle the rifle with gloves only after this step.
6. Hang the rifle and misc parts outside from wire of some sort. I used a metal clothes hanger. Spray down with brake cleaner. Work it from top to bottom. Plan to use at least one full 14 oz. can on the rifle and parts. Allow to fully dry.
7. Figure out where you want to hang your rifle for painting. Make it easy to get to. You will be carrying a hot rifle, so decide on a short route clear of obstructions. ;)
8. Preheat the clean, not handled with bare hands rifle in the oven to 150 degrees or so. You don't want to preheat it more than 200 degrees. To achieve 150 degrees, you will want to leave the rifle in the oven for 15 minutes or so after it is already up to 150. Some ovens are quick to heat, some are slow.
9. Hang the rifle and the parts up (don't forget any of the parts! I forgot the gas tube the first time around, then I realized I forgot the selector after that!) somewhere and spray them with a light first coat. Plug the chamber with something, but spray everything else, inside the receiver and out. I moved the gas tube lever to the locked position for this coat, if you want you can move it to spray underneath on the second coat. Be sure to remember the front of the FSB, the front and underneath of the gas block, etc.
Hold the warm can of Rustoleum (don't spray out of a cold can) back at least 14" to get a good textured finish. You might feel like your wasting paint. Get good coverage on this coat, but don't worry about laying it down thick.
10. After allowing the paint to dry a couple minutes until it's at least a little tacky, put it in the oven and bake it at 300 degrees for an hour.
11. Repeat step 9. Be sure to let the rifle cool down to approximately 150 degrees before you spray again.
12. Repeat step 10.
Let the rifle cool enough to handle with latex gloves and check out the finish. If you're happy with it, stop here; if you don't like the consistency of the finish, repeat 9 and 10.
Enjoy your finish! After the rifle has cooled after curing at 300 degrees for an hour, the finish will be tough and ready to handle.
scromer from ARFCOM recommends AVOIDING Gunscrubber or Powderblast aerosol cleaners, as they will dissolve the paint.
I don't know what solvents are safe to use. This is something I have asked about on the board, I will update when I find something that works well.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/refinishedRomania2.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/refinishedRomanian.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/folded1.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/underfolder1.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/receiverfinish3.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/brsmith/AK/receiverfinish2.jpg