OK, today KT will start the camo painting process on a Hatfield SGL 20 gauge shotgun.
First on the agenda is to post pictures of what the long gun actually looked like when KT purchased it. For those Forum members who might think this will be the ruination of a perfectly good shotgun, camo painting changes nothing about the action or use of any gun, just its appearance, allowing a "personalization" of the gun by the owner. It can be stripped and removed in short order if someone does not like it.
That being said, here are pictures of the original look of the gun. Today will see KT clean the gun thoroughly with brake cleaner to remove all traces of oil, grease, skin oil, etc. to allow the paint to adhere better, and masking off of everything that that will not be painted. After that the first step of painting is to lay down a couple of light coats of whatever KT choses for the base coat, with adequate drying time....30 minutes or so...between each coat. KT will take pictures of these steps and the gun during each stage of painting.
With all that being said, here are the first pictures!
First on the agenda is to post pictures of what the long gun actually looked like when KT purchased it. For those Forum members who might think this will be the ruination of a perfectly good shotgun, camo painting changes nothing about the action or use of any gun, just its appearance, allowing a "personalization" of the gun by the owner. It can be stripped and removed in short order if someone does not like it.
That being said, here are pictures of the original look of the gun. Today will see KT clean the gun thoroughly with brake cleaner to remove all traces of oil, grease, skin oil, etc. to allow the paint to adhere better, and masking off of everything that that will not be painted. After that the first step of painting is to lay down a couple of light coats of whatever KT choses for the base coat, with adequate drying time....30 minutes or so...between each coat. KT will take pictures of these steps and the gun during each stage of painting.
With all that being said, here are the first pictures!
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