red camo gun

i painted this gun to try something new. this gun is for my son jayson.(16 years old) it is a fully enclosed track, epoxy and graphite poured. overall end to end , gun is 48" 40" track. neptonics reef trigger.and handle frame. handle pieces are black ipe. i picked this black piece out of a truckload of material. it looks black like ebony when oiled.it is negatively buoyant. feels relly good. very slick. like ebony almost. shoots a 5/16 x52" riffe shaft,(its got a ray odor spear on it now) or any size riffe compatible shaft that is 5/16 or smaller. i put a small omer butt on the end to protect the gun. the finish was very complicated. : 1 coat of penetrating epoxy. then sanded and painted with about 3 coats of oil base acryllic paint. . then coated with about 8 coats of varnish over the next two weeks. sanding all along with 400 grit paper up to 600 grit

the finish doesnt look that great in the pics, it looks better in real life. it is a 5 piece teak laminate also it takes up to 3 bands, i just ran out of band materail. oh, and thats gomez. he is rude!

foxfish said:

Great but did I miss the bit about the red camo! What did you use for the colour?

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i'm sorry, i forgot. i used acryllic, oil based rust-oleum brand paint. i bought one can each, of: red ,black, white . i painted the whole gun red, first, then went over and over it with greys, black, dark and light red, until i sorta liked it. then i started with the varnish. even though i used clear varnish, it sorta dulled and mottled the colors together a little. i kinda like it