Rattle canning my AR and need some advice :finished product on p2:

Just did one of mine.

I used Krylon camouflage spray paint.

Gun was black. Sprayed it all khaki
Then a few stripes of brown
Then used an oak leaf and sprayed some olive.

Thought it turned out well.

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finchmeister08

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Nice! What barrel is that? 7.5”?

It’s not my rifle, but I’m currently accruing parts to build one.

14.5” government barrel
Allen Engineering M4 suppressor

Gary Gordon’s Carbine (Black Hawk Down)

I've painted a half dozen guns with spray paint. Tape up everywhere you don't want paint to get and start spraying. I like leaving large tan/light patches on them. It breaks them up good in the woods. I make stencils with paper plates and use those to add in whatever leaves or stick patterns.

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Tape up everywhere you don't want paint to get

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At a minimum:

- close dust cover
- fill in mag well
- cover optic glass if installed

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Did you paint the barrel?

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Paint is going to burn off of the barrel

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Did you sand the gun before painting? How about a clear coat of paint after?

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No, just painted and no clear coat.

Use matte paint, don't paint anything that actually has moving parts that matter or glass, stencils available on Etsy work well but dish soap works well too.



I'll upload the others later, something is going wrong with imgr

Don’t foam the dish soap.

Pour the dish soap all over your rifle in weird patterns.

Then spray paint the entire rifle.

Once it dries, rinse it off. The painted over dish soap will come off.

I’ve never heard of it done for rifles, but movie prop effects use a similar process with toothpaste. It creates an “aging” effect. Usually around edges and body lines where items would typically wear off due to heavy use.

“Battle worn” if you will.