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Painted my Vangard Stock
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<blockquote data-quote="efw" data-source="post: 523888" data-attributes="member: 4841"><p>I traded into a Vangard chambered to 257 Roy recently. I mounted a Bushnell 3200 10x 40mm w/ mil dots & turrets in Talley LWs on it. I'm likely going to get a new scope for it at some point, but the 10x seems to be shooting fine and I'm broke so no hurry. </p><p></p><p>The thing shoots like a house afire, but I couldn't stand the factory tupperware. I'm going to put a new stock on it at some point, but to make it more bearable I painted it.</p><p></p><p>My "system" is to rub the stock down w/ acetone before scrubbing it w/ 100 grit sandpaper with which I erase the mold marks, then hit it w/ a light coat of primer. I like textured stocks, but the Plasti-Kote Stone Touch I've used in the past is in short supply around here for some reason. I found Rust-oleum's stone textured mineral brown at Home Depot, and followed the directions, spraying from far away to maximize texture. After letting it cure I hit it w/ 2 coats of matte-clear Aluma-Hyde II from Brownells which is epoxy for durability. I learned early on w/ the stonetouch that even w/ their own clearcoat it is NOT durable AT ALL, but the Brownell's product took care of that problem.</p><p></p><p>Here is how she looks now:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr166/efrrwake99/257%20ROY/IMG_9946.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>...and here you can see the texture of the paint, even after the overcoat:</p><p><img src="http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr166/efrrwake99/257%20ROY/IMG_9958.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>It was a shot in the dark but I'm happy with the way she turned out. I highly recommend the textured stone products if you're looking to give your stock a unique look, but don't forget the Aluma-Hyde II if you do...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="efw, post: 523888, member: 4841"] I traded into a Vangard chambered to 257 Roy recently. I mounted a Bushnell 3200 10x 40mm w/ mil dots & turrets in Talley LWs on it. I'm likely going to get a new scope for it at some point, but the 10x seems to be shooting fine and I'm broke so no hurry. The thing shoots like a house afire, but I couldn't stand the factory tupperware. I'm going to put a new stock on it at some point, but to make it more bearable I painted it. My "system" is to rub the stock down w/ acetone before scrubbing it w/ 100 grit sandpaper with which I erase the mold marks, then hit it w/ a light coat of primer. I like textured stocks, but the Plasti-Kote Stone Touch I've used in the past is in short supply around here for some reason. I found Rust-oleum's stone textured mineral brown at Home Depot, and followed the directions, spraying from far away to maximize texture. After letting it cure I hit it w/ 2 coats of matte-clear Aluma-Hyde II from Brownells which is epoxy for durability. I learned early on w/ the stonetouch that even w/ their own clearcoat it is NOT durable AT ALL, but the Brownell's product took care of that problem. Here is how she looks now: [IMG]http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr166/efrrwake99/257%20ROY/IMG_9946.jpg[/IMG] ...and here you can see the texture of the paint, even after the overcoat: [IMG]http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr166/efrrwake99/257%20ROY/IMG_9958.jpg[/IMG] It was a shot in the dark but I'm happy with the way she turned out. I highly recommend the textured stone products if you're looking to give your stock a unique look, but don't forget the Aluma-Hyde II if you do... [/QUOTE]
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