Krylon Fusion paint?

sqoon

sqoon

Joined
Jan 1, 2010
Messages
1,157
So I'm having some crazy ideas for my BK7. I want to strip it and give it a little something different. I've been thinking about color and I want to give the grivory a paint job. Has anyone had any experience with the Krylon Fusion spraypaint? It's supposed to "bond" with plastics in a way unique to other paints, or so says Krylon. After giving it a good, long cure time, do you think it would make a difference to seal it? If so, with what? I don't want paint to rub off like crazy on my hands, and it is entirely possible that it will be impossible to find something to coat the slabs with that won't transfer to gloves, sheath or hands, but your ideas, feedback or experience are obviously appreciated.

I don't want to give away the color choice just yet either. I'm hoping it will be pretty unique as far as Beckers go.
 
In my experience, Fusion is hit and miss. Depends a lot on color, but even then, it's a toss up and 95% of the time it lands on tails. My guess is that it'll get ripped all to pieces the first time it's sheathed and will flake or rub off from there. If you do wanna try it, give it about a month or so to cure and don't get your hopes up.

This was done with fusion (in an airbrush, the sheath is Spooky's) and it did alright.

newcamera035.jpg


Most others test pieces got jacked up if you looked at 'em funny. Automotive vinyl paint works a bit better. I don't have any experience with duracoat and such, but it may do better. Not sure.
 
I've only done rifles in it, and even then only twice. It's supossed to bond to plastic on a molecular level after 1 week, at least thats what the guy at technical services told me. I don't really trust it.
 
cure time in a warm oven? not too warm, might melt kydex :)

just going to have to try out lots of paints :>
 
Don't do it. No matter how well it adheres, it will always rub off. Unless maybe if you paint it black.:D
 
I thought about tool dip, but I don't really want anything too rubbery.

I don't mind the idea of letting the krylon sit for a month.
 
I used it on a bk2 sheath that got some overspray from another project. Worked quite well for me.
 
Good luck with it if you do it. I have done four 10/22 stocks with the Krylon Fusion paint and let all of them to cure for close to three months. All but one show wear and have started to flake. The one that still looks good has been in the safe since assembly.
 
auto parts store 2-step plastic bumper paint is amazing on black plastic car bumper covers compared to the krylon plastic paint, but I think it only comes in black. I wonder if you could use the 1st step clear coating and use another type of color paint over it - like the krylon color? The stuff needs to be applied to an absolutely dirt, oil and residue-free surface, so scrub those scales well! I have use break cleaner or something like that followed by ivory soap and a thorough rinse and dry on car bumpers.
 
Snakedoc said:
Break cleaner may harm the handle scales.
Click to expand...

I think the non-chlorinated type on brake cleaner is mostly methanol, and should be safe to use for cleaning most any plastic. If you want to be sure of using a safe solvent, you can dip the scales in denatured alcohol or rubbing alcohol.
 
Grivory is glass reinforced nylon. You will need to do your own research to see if the fusion compound will adhere to nylon.
 
I was thinking of trying the same thing, but with Brownell's Alum-hyde II paint. I've used it on synthetic gun stocks in the past and it cures very nicely. Cure time for me is weeks to months, so YMMV.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top