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[gamefreak054]

Im a total noob at painting I cant spray paint any thing for crap. I tried spray painting my maverick and when the paint dried it had this weird sticky feeling to it was it because i applied too thick of layer or was it because I was using the wrong paint which it did say plastic paint on it though. Or is hand painting all right for nerf guns because im alright at hand painting. Does hand painting stay on very good? please give me some suggestions.

[b00m13]

Did you give it enough time to dry and harden? I've just finished painting a big project I've been working on, and I had to use different paint for the different surfaces on the gun. Some took much longer to completely settle in, like when I used a black epoxy aerosol paint, it dried in 12 hours but took another 36hours to lose the glare and become a nice non-sticky flat black surface.

If you've never used spray paint before like me, then don't freak out, just give these things some time to do it's thing. Also, to prevent getting too much of a watery effect (paint dripping everywhere), make sure you're spraying from at least a foot and a half away (too close and it will look more like a spill).

[gamefreak054]

Did you give it enough time to dry and harden? I've just finished painting a big project I've been working on, and I had to use different paint for the different surfaces on the gun. Some took much longer to completely settle in, like when I used a black epoxy aerosol paint, it dried in 12 hours but took another 36hours to lose the glare and become a nice non-sticky flat black surface.

If you've never used spray paint before like me, then don't freak out, just give these things some time to do it's thing. Also, to prevent getting too much of a watery effect (paint dripping everywhere), make sure you're spraying from at least a foot and a half away (too close and it will look more like a spill).

That is probably what i didnt do i took it off really early because on the can it does say dries in 15 min

[The Shadow]

When spray-painting a gun the way I do it is I never keep my hand in the same place for too long and you don't want to get too close to the gun itself. Things you DON'T want to see are drips of paint flowing down the gun, and racks along some parts of the gun. It's easier to do it fast and just go along the gun until your at the tip. and if you miss a spot LIGHTLY tap the nozzle of the can.

[gamefreak054]

Does hand painting work fine though because im alright at that and i can do finer details and also is a lot easier to fix if it goes wrong some where

[Retiate]

Yes. Hand painting works fine.
I would also suggest putting some kind of clear coat on your gun after you paint it so it doesn't get messed up.

[Flaming Hilt]

Hand painting is fine, but you'll get streaks unless you use a sponge brush.

15 minutes is ridiculous (to me) for spray paint. I'm guessing it says "dries in 15, handle after 1 hour" or something.

You'll still have to wait for the hand paint to dry, I would just spray paint and paint pen the details...

[gamefreak054]

I know that 15 min sounded wrong oh well my mav broke any ways im just thinking about painting my firefly and if i paint it i will probably hand paint it even though it takes a lot longer.

[Siebzehn]

You should think about taking your Firefly apart so that you can paint the shell by itself; when you spray over a gun without taking it apart first, you're likely to gum up the mechanics. I ruined my Gameboy that way when I was a young'un.

Also, you might want to spray primer on the shell before you paint it; it'll make the paint hold better and cover more evenly. You might even decide to leave the primer on there by itself, because it looks damn cool. Be careful where you mention that, though: some of these folk are fiercely loyal to their glossy pink and green paint schemes.

[Brass]

I know that 15 min sounded wrong oh well my mav broke any ways im just thinking about painting my firefly and if i paint it i will probably hand paint it even though it takes a lot longer.

To actually answer your question, which no one else has done, hand painting would work, If you used the right kind of paint (one made for plastic). Use better grammar.

Edited by Brass, 10 July 2007 - 06:29 PM.

[Spectre666]

It was probably sticky because you didn't apply a laquer to seal it. Every time I paint, the same thing happens to me. Also here are some painting tips:

1. If you want tiger stripes cut out masking tape in the shape of stripes, and, after applying a base coat, put them on your gun and paint over that. Take off the take strips. Everything that was covered by the tape will be the base color, and will be striped over the second color:



This is my NF: Tekir.

2. If you want woodland camo, or any came with leaves, what you want to do is first spray your gun with a base color, go into your back yard grab some nice, big leaves, get some other colors, lay the leaves out on your gun, and spray over it. you can do this in layers too. It takes real experience and experimentation to master the different camos, but practice makes perfect.

3. You can also do the smear camos like this:



It's really simple: step 1. spray a base color. step 2. spray streaks in some sort of pattern with different colors overlapping.

4. Battle-scars and grunge: http://nerfhaven.com...hl=battle-scars

Always remember to spray a laquer to finalize it.

Try some of these out and if you need help, feel free to ask.

Edited by Spectre666, 10 July 2007 - 09:29 PM.

[gamefreak054]

Cool paint jobs but i dont get how to do the small scratches like the black with the silver scratches do you just sand it down and use like a dry brush technique or something like that.

[Spectre666]

Well, you see, you do your cuts first, then sand them clean, like I directed, then you spray a base coat of silver, then stand about 2-3 ft. back and spray a light coat, and then sand away the black to get it shinier where the scar is. Reread the directions and test it out on some spare nerf gun shells or other pieces of plastic, and if it doesn't work, ask me again and we'll figure something out.

[hoshiadam]

It was probably sticky because you didn't apply a laquer to seal it. Every time I paint, the same thing happens to me. Also here are some painting tips:

1. If you want tiger stripes cut out masking tape in the shape of stripes, and, after applying a base coat, put them on your gun and paint over that. Take off the take strips. Everything that was covered by the tape will be the base color, and will be striped over the second color:

Just to add another tip to this - if you are applying masking tape to a rough surface, or really any surface where the edges of the mask aren't sticking well, put a light coat of the base coat on after taping. This helps seal the edges of the mask, so when you put on the top coat, the top coat doesn't bleed through under the mask. Makes for much cleaner lines.

Adam