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Krylon Webbing Paint

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I'm working on a Rem 788 with a plain hardwood stock. It never will look like much in a natural finish so I'm thinking of painting it.

I was looking around at paint and saw the Krylon Webbing rattle cans. Has anybody tried it?
 
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Finished a krylon camo job a while back with the webbing spray on an older rifle with a beat up wood stock. I think it turned out great and seems pretty darn durable so far. At least I cant get my fingernail to dent or chip it. Its not a forever thing and will eventually need to be refinished but its good for now.

Google Krylon camo and you will pull a ton of info from two forums that have lots of great info from people who have done this a lot in the past.

Practice a little with the webbing spray on a spare piece of cardboard as its a little tricky at first but easy to get the hang of. Had a heck of a time finding the webbing spray but finally picked up a can at Michaels craft store. Also Ace Hardware seemed to have the best selection of Krylon spray paint I could find.

Sand and degrease with some sort of cleaner to remove any oils in the stock. Several coats of base color going very lightly basically just dusting the color on. i did the webbing spray with one final coat of the base still tacky as i read on another forum its helps with the durability. let completely cure for a few days before the final clear coat. I used the krylon clear matte finish and did probably 8 coats 2-3 min appart as per the directions. After about a week in the hot garage it was tougher that i figured it ever could have been.

Here's the finished product... The camera flash washed out the base color a bit, its closer to a med dark khaki color than it looks in the pics.
 

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It adds a little texture because it's applied after the base coat(s). I then spray everything with a matte clear sealer. Those rifles have been used hard for several years and still look great. The nice thing about do it yourself Krylon camo jobs is, it's cheap, easy to touch up, and no two are the same.