Spray on Bed Liner

[blake.l]

Was thinking about doing my grips with the bed liner, What type texture do you get? is it just a hard texture or kind of a rubbery type texture?

[AgentWD40_FL]

I did both my grips (1377) about a week ago with bed liner spray. I havent been happy, as its still tacky and everything sticks to it. The other day I let them sit in the sun for awhile and made no difference.

If the stars were aligned, I'd say its better than the slippery plastic grips and gives it a better appearance than smooth/shiny  brown plastic. Alot of people use it here and I'm the exception with a bad batch, or something.

I noticed acetone takes it off easily, which I'll do soon, and then try something else. I just dont like the thought of pounding those roll pins out of the front stock again.

[Crosshairs]

I know BigE has done many grips and loves it with no problems maybe you should Pm him.
Mike

[quickster47 †]

Wasn't there an old thread here about applying bed liner and some sort of proper preparation techniques?

Carl

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Wasn't there an old thread here about applying bed liner and some sort of proper preparation techniques?

Carl

Yeah there is Carl and it's good info too. Key word preparation !!!
                                  Mike

[BigErn]

I did both my grips (1377) about a week ago with bed liner spray. I havent been happy, as its still tacky and everything sticks to it. The other day I let them sit in the sun for awhile and made no difference.

If the stars were aligned, I'd say its better than the slippery plastic grips and gives it a better appearance than smooth/shiny  brown plastic. Alot of people use it here and I'm the exception with a bad batch, or something.

I noticed acetone takes it off easily, which I'll do soon, and then try something else. I just dont like the thought of pounding those roll pins out of the front stock again.

Was it really cold when you did it WD? Outside temperature makes a HUGE difference when painting!

[Crosshairs]

Was it really cold when you did it WD? Outside temperature makes a HUGE difference when painting!

I think it says something on the can about the temperature.

[AgentWD40_FL]

Was it really cold when you did it WD? Outside temperature makes a HUGE difference when painting!

No, probably about 70' F.  Shook the can till my arm almost fell off and did light coats.  Painted the other pieces gold at the same time and no trouble with them. The liner spray just isnt fully curing for some reason.

[BigErn]

No, probably about 70' F.  Shook the can till my arm almost fell off and did light coats.  Painted the other pieces gold at the same time and no trouble with them. The liner spray just isnt fully curing for some reason.

That's weird, maybe a bad can WD    I sand the plastic with 220 grit, clean with dish soap, then spray 3 coats of the bedliner and that's it. I usually paint them outside and leave to dry in the sun. I've done it indoors too when it was raining outside but it takes a long time to dry.


This is the one I use for my projects with no problems so far. This one cleans up with just water.

[AgentWD40_FL]

Mine is a Dupli-Color as well, but its a blue can and says Truck Bed Coating ... apply between 68-92' F.  High temps last week were around 80 ... and when I painted it was late in the afternoon, so was guessing at 70'F.  I was thinking bad batch too ....  ... I'll try again with the grips first.

[Squallywally]

Realitive humidity also is a huge factor.


I have painted several things with bed liner and am very pleased with the results. Non airgun items as well.
I use the cheap krylon bed liner.  I had peices that took more than a week to fully dry and cure.
I had painted a  green/black backpacker shoulder stock black with bed liner and it was more than two weeks before the tackiness went away. It's frustrating but be patient and give the chemicals in the paint to fully cure.
It makes a very nice textured grip surface and it goes on very even and I have yet to wear any off, sweaty grubby hands and all.

[AgentWD40_FL]

In its defense, it 'has' gotten alittle better.  Not quite as sticky when I first pick up the gun out of the case.  But as I use the gun, it seems the more I handle it, the tackier it becomes.  Like the warmth from my hands is making it gooey.

Does anyone use just flat black spray paint?

[BigErn]

The one I used dries fast, like less than one hour. It takes a week to fully cure but I can touch it in about 30 minutes.

[chongman]

Does anyone use just flat black spray paint?

A tip for flat black if the part is to be handled...

Follow up with some matte clear of the same brand of paint. Flat Black will absorb the oils from your hands and leave "shiny" spots. They won't go away, rubbing them makes it worse.

[RC1947]

I've used the flat black paint designed for wood stoves which has stood up very well.
Like Chongman says, rubbing the flat black will leave those areas with a satin gloss.  I don't mind that because it looks good on the grips, but I'd be hesitant to use it on larger areas. RC