Painting Tupperware

[Carphunter]

I did some tests with the paints I'm gonna rattle can my rifle with.

Painted a five gallon bucket with some krylon fusion, and some other camo paint from brownells.

noticed both scratch off the smooth plastic pretty easily.

what prep would be good to get the paint to stick to my tupperware stock?  I intend to degrease with pure alcohol... but don't know what else to do to it.

Sanding surface a bit to give it a rough texture?   or is there another type of paint that works as a good "primer" for this (sticking with rattle-can theme... do not intend to go fancy paint route with dura, cerakote, or that stuff)

[pdog06]

I would wipe it down with some alcohol. Then I'd coat the stock with a couple coats of primer first, then the Krylon Fusion, then a couple coats of clear. I did mine that way and it worked great.

[Carphunter]

what primer did you use?

[Blue Avenger]

look around wally world and you can find plastic primer, that is what I used. I also let it dry the full 3-5 days that the can says between  color coats just because I tend to forget to watch close for the 5 min intervals. have only had one paint lift and it was due to second coating at the wrong time

[just some dude]

i used some alumahyde II from brownells and its the cats meow...for a rattle can finish that will hold up..still have to degrease first but i havent found a winning combo yet wit standard rattle can paint from say lowes or wally world.just my .02

[Slick]

I would wipe it down with some alcohol. Then I'd coat the stock with a couple coats of primer first, then the Krylon Fusion, then a couple coats of clear. I did mine that way and it worked great.

+1 on alcohol for cleaning and the Krylon "fusion" however, I didn't use any clear coat to finish.  Here's a pic of my 10 FP stock that I painted tan and brown.  Then I wrapped it in a fishnet and shot the whole thing in OD green to make the tan & brown shadow scales..



I've found that the fusion paints need about a full month to fully "cure" to a point where it's nearly impossible to remove.

[kelbro]

Preparation and a pair of nitrile gloves is important. Cure time is critical. A week is good. A month is even better. A coat of matte clearcoat also adds to the longevity of your paint job.

[bluealtered]

Alcohol is all i use on both the stocks as well as scopes i do. The wally camo paint works well and sticks like glue, and i do work my rifles hard somtimes. For this area i use a o.d. green base then use snipes of artist sponge to build the pattern, with desert tan next and just dab of brown to finish it.

If you are going camo, you can cut the artist sponge to make the pattern you want, just dab the top coats on , they will build up faster than you think. It takes about two weeks to cure good, but is useable in 24hrs. If you live in the desert, just reverse the base coat to tan, or whatever. blue

[Carphunter]

I've got the bulldog flectar stencils i want to try.  gonna give it a fall downed foliage color scheme i think.

I've also got pure alcohol to clean it with (rubbing has oil in it).

[firemachine69]

I've found that the fusion paints need about a full month to fully "cure" to a point where it's nearly impossible to remove.

It states on the Krylon can that the longer it gets to cure before handling (or applying more coats), the more durable the finish will be. Long gone are the days of "go super-thin, and keep building up after an hour".

[tinkerer]

If your using auto based urethane paints, they need recoats within the hour or after 2 days. But the prep is killer, with sanding, cleaning, primers, etc, etc. And a well equipped paint booth helps.

Larry
Tinkerer

[Southernfryedyankee]

Rough sand stock (320 grit SP)-acetone-air dry-Krylon fusion or regular spray primer-dry 24 hours- light sand and re prime-wait another 24 hours light sand and reprime-let dry 2 days then spray. I wish I lived in an area that snowed because that white and black on the left was soooooooo awesome, it was my favorite by far

[Haybaler]

Really like those patterns.   Can you share how you did them???  I like the one on the far right.....

[Southernfryedyankee]

For the pattern on the far right I went through the woods and picked up very slim and thin twigs along with DRY pine needles. For the straighter patterns I used FRESH right off the tree pine needles. I then lay a 2' strip of good sticky tape and lay the pine needles on the tape giving enough room that they will still cover the gun when you lay the stencil on top of the stock. After you have all your pine needles on the tape, run another 2 1/2' piece of tape to seal the stencil up. The added weight keeps the stencil from flying around. Spray paint over the stencil and let sit for 10 minutes remove the stencil and repeat the process till you get the desired pattern

[HRstretch]

Rough sand stock (320 grit SP)-acetone-air dry-Krylon fusion or regular spray primer-dry 24 hours- light sand and re prime-wait another 24 hours light sand and reprime-let dry 2 days then spray. I wish I lived in an area that snowed because that white and black on the left was soooooooo awesome, it was my favorite by far

Can you take a couple of close up shots of the patterens from a couple of your guns?  thank you.