Ive just bought a TAC5 off of the guy who runs our usual site, its pretty beaten up (ex field, but for £20 a bargain i thought!) and i really want to spray it up. The problem is i dont know what spray paint to use, i dont want to paint it all beautifull, then a paintball to hit it and take the paint off, i want something to last. I only need quite dull colours, greys and blacks mainly. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Rabbit

Krylon Fussion.

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Cheers mate ill look into that

The best stuff is duracoat. Commonly used for painting firearms.

Unfortunately I dont remember the name but, there is a paint brand (im sure many) that graphity artist use which is pretty durable...

Krylon / duracoat is good and usually pretty cheap

There are threads on painting your gun around this forum some where sorry for not being much of a help on that

Sand (very fine grit) sand paper or steel wool the "shell"

Prime
Depending on the color you are going to use the brighter / lighter the prime coat color the brighter your base coat color will be. This doesnt make a huge difference though.

Let dry and by dry I mean exactly that once its no longer wet you could bake it

some people use their home oven to do this. 10 - 15 minutes

If you are baking let the gun sit for about an hour
If not depending on the paint you may need to let it sit for a day

1st base color
bake 10-15 minutes


2nd base color
bake 10 -15 minutes

Clear coat
bake 10 - 15 minutes


Some people sand the gun to bare metal while other just sand the gun down so that the "chips" paint scuffs are no longer noticable and then paint.

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Ah thanks guys, having trouble finding Krylon in the UK but duracoat looks more promising.
Thanks everyone

If you can't find Krylon try looking for outdoor spray paint. If you can find something that hunters would use on their equipment that would be even better.

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i painted my tm7 used hobby shop paint flat black & a gloss ..was cheap and i regretted it ..just a heads up pay for the good stuff !!
good luck