I had the brilliant idea to try and paint my M9A4 black using spray paint. Obviously not working out. What do I soak this in to remove the paint? I'm trying alcohol right now.
>>64823866Mean Green.
>>64823870Gotcha. Is there any way to make this thing black or am I stuck with FDE?
>>64823884you should have just bought an M9A1 or M9A3 instead of buying a gun in a color that you hate so much that you resort to spray painting it without disassembling it and masking it like a gorilla monkey nigger
>>64824040I bought the gun and loved it in FDE asshat, my taste just changed. Gun's been out for years.
>>64824089lmao anon you can't call me an asshat when you just took the slide off of your $1,000 handgun and begin hitting it with fucking spray paint with zero further disassembly or preparation. you're an actual fucking retard, dude. what did you think was going to happen?
>>64823866>paint my M9A4 black using spray paintYou're too retarded to own gunsKill yourself
>>64823866Acetone. Pull everything plastic out and soak that shit in it. Or toss it in a bucket of gas and let it soak for a couple days. Clean it with brake clean and oil it well afterwards.
Good fucking god, you’re a retard. Now with that shit out of your system take a bucket fill it with paint thinner and submerge for a couple hours. Then with a stiff bristle brush (not a wire brush) you’re going to scrub that shit off. Luckily its rattle can spray paint so it comes off relatively easily. Afterwards you dry it off and relube. Then never do that shit again. If you want to have it black, send it to a place that does cerakote or something
>>64824107No, I actually can. Do you think I bought the thing yesterday and just decided eh, I want it black? Do you think maybe after a couple years of owning it, I might wanna switch it up?
>>64824132Do you think this retard knows how to take it apart any further to remove the plastic parts? Clearly we are dealing with weapons grade stupidity here
>>64824137Thanks. I saw a video on youtube of a guy doing those gay ass "camo" paints on his gun and figured I could do the same, just in one color.
>>64824159Next time watch on video on how to spray paint. You put too much on too soon and probably too close to the can. Even better practice on a toy gun or something until you get the hang before attempting on the real deal
cant you just blue it? am i just as retarded as op for asking this question? op is bait anyway but now i am curious
>>64824175Blueing is something that can only be done to raw carbon steel, the M9A4 has an aluminum frame
>>64824155you changing your mind about wanting an FDE gun is not the issue herethe issue here is that you spray painted your gun without even fucking disassembling it (other than removing the slide, which actually made it worse because you got paint on the frame rails).you were somehow too stupid to foresee the spray paint gumming up all of the moving parts. you are a total idiot. you are a troglodyte. you can call me an asshat all you want but you might as well have shit yourself in public and then tried to call me a pants shitter.
>>64824178oh okay sorry, but i guess this means you can still anodize it? im firearm noob i actually just opened this board to ask another probably dumb question in a different thread lol. ty
>>64823866Bench grinder.
>>64824089>, my taste just changed>didn't buy a second gun to reflect his growth>reverted to adolescent behavior You are profiled.
>>64824180This.
>>64824180I didn't take the slide off when I did it. I made sure to tape off the sensitive bits like my sights and dot. The gun shoots just fine, it just looks like shit. Once again, asshat, if you're gonna talk shit, you could at least be a singular IQ point ahead of me.
>>64824221>tape off the sensitive bitsI did this with ur mu..
This has to be bait, nobody is this stupid
>>64824236kerb your expectations anonthis is /k/
>>64824236Where is baby poop SCAR anon when you need him?
>>64824191kek imagine this retard on here with a mangled frame asking what sort of welding tools he'd need to fix it>>64824180>you were somehow too stupid to foresee the spray paint gumming up all of the moving parts. you are a total idiot. you are a troglodyte. you can call me an asshat all you want but you might as well have shit yourself in public and then tried to call me a pants shitter.audible kek>>64824236calibrate your enthusiasm anon>>64824221>I didn't take the slide off when I did it. I made sure to tape off the sensitive bits like my sights and dot. The gun shoots just fine, it just looks like shit. Once again, asshat, if you're gonna talk shit, you could at least be a singular IQ point ahead of me.a dot, as in a red dot? you left your red dot sight on when you painted this abomination? what about your mag release and the wholes in the frame near the trigger? goddamn dude
>>64824293Covered with painter's tape as per the video's instructions. I probably should've come to /k/ for advice, but I figured it wouldn't really be a big deal. It's not, my gun is just fuck ugly now, but everything still works and it shoots with no hiccups.
>>64824404drop the thing in a few litres of lacquer thinner or acetone and czech back next week bud
Get a steel wire brush and brush it after soaking it in acetone. If it doesnt work youll have to use wet sandpaper, and start as low as 80 or 120 grit. Use a flat surface, or set it in a vice. If you dont have a vice use pliers to grab the frame and use the wet sand paper in circular motions. Plan b is using a heat gun and scrape the paint off. If you dont have a heat gun set it the stove or oven 30 minutes at medium/high heat or in boiling soapy water.Then use Wd40 as a lubricant everywhere and be done.Do you have more pictures? Inside the slide or whole gun?
>>64823866Any oil solvent. You mostly fucked up by using the wrong paint and applying it too thick.
Jesus fuck you retards. Sand blast the motherfucker with walnut shell media. Fuck.
>>64824128Fuck off, I've sprayed plenty of guns. For OP, duracoat is decent enough DIY if you get a toaster oven to bake it on. Prep is always the biggest part, blast cabinet and acetone for metal parts is ideal. I've had completely satisfactory results just using dawn as a degreaser and hitting parts with tractor paint though. The few guns I have get a lot of use so less than perfect finishes don't really matter to me because there will be plenty of wear in a few months.
>>64823866You didn't fucking take off the grip panels, or take out the mag release and trigger parts? Are you retarded? Even as a stupid teenager who wanted the grips olive green on my airshit CZ75, I had enough sense to take them the fuck off and spraypaint them separately.Goddamn, you must really be a dumb motherfucker.>>64824089>doesn't take out the parts and mask the relevant surfaces>just uses shitty spray paint over the existing finish (and attached parts)You are not equipped to do something like repainting this gun. If you want it black instead of FDE, then just sell this thing and buy another in the color you want. You'll take a loss on it even if you properly clean off this paint, but that's what you've incurred on yourself.>>64824137Don't tell him to use paint thinner, he's gonna kill himself with the fumes.
>>64824546THIS dude just nuke a shit flea market toaster oven.
>>64824546The difference is that you probably didn't just fuck it all up like OP did.
>>64823866Just like any other paint job, just put a new coat over it with a better color. Less gloss, look for a matte spray
Paint's off. Took about 30 minutes with some finger nail polish remover. Everything is fine with its function, just looks dirty. Gonna need to baby it a little to get it sliffy again, but any excuse to touch my gun is a good one.Thanks to everyone who gave advice. Everyone else, fuck your whore mother.
>>64824995your pistol looks like shit now anon, congrats
>>64825016Couple of months of carrying it and all this will have fallen right off. Still gonna give it some tlc, but that's gonna be more of a sitting in my rocking chair on the porn type deal. The finish was already getting pretty rough to begin with, so it's really not too much worse off.
remember to save your images for the next "do you customize your handgun" thread that pops up.Hell, I suggest you try it again, on more guns. You're among friends here :)
>>64825029>sitting in my rocking chair on the porn type dealyou beat off with your gun in a rocking chair? No wonder it looks like shit, from all the cum stains
>>64823866This shit is exactly why I started browsing /k/. OP if you ever have any ideas don't think twice and just do it, and post pics here.
>>64823866Smartest nu-beretta user
>>64823884Send it off to be cerakoted by a professional
>>64824958Your right I should have stated to do this outside and dont breath in the fumes. Also to wear gloves
>>64824107Lol he's got you there OP. I do hope you figure this debacle out.
>>64824419>few litres of lacquer thinner or acetone and czech back next weekMurietic or sulphuric acid could shorten that timeframe.
>>64824958>Even as a stupid teenager who wanted the grips olive green on my airshit CZ75, I had enough sense to take them the fuck off and spraypaint them separately.Kids today do not assemble model planes, ships or tanks. The have no digital, muchless mechanical, finesse.
citistrip
>>64825334No he doesn't lol. I taped off the sights and dots, I taped off the trigger and sensitive bits, and, as you can see by the updated pic, I've gotten all the major paint off. The gun works fine, it's just dingy now, but that'll come off with some more polish.
>>64823866Jason you stupid fucking dickhead, why would you do this? Is it because we teased you about being an airsoft faggot?
>>64825360since its only spraypaint just buy citistrip let it sit for 20-30 mins then rinse it off maybe a toothbrush for the details.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hi9g5ZgrbjA
>>64824995It looks like you found it on the ground somewhere.
>>64823866find someone who does cerakote work and pay them however much extra they charge to fix this mess. you're clearly too fucking retarded to clean this up without breaking something else.
>>64825370I already got it earlier. >>64824995 Shit came right off.
>>64825465>Shit came right off.You probably say that about your ass, which is also what your pistol looks like.
>>64825625jej
>>64824995if you think thats clean you must be indian.spraying it with citistrip will get that off.
>>64825640I even say it looks dirty in the post. Why are so many of you pressed about my botched paint job? Mad it wasn't a colossal fuck up that killed my gun?
>>64824159lol filtered idiot
>>64825742>filteredI don't seldom get things right on the first try, and I seldom quit after the first failure. Nice job on the rifle. Shame the pattern is gay, but the painting itself is great.
>>64823866Does anyone remember the third world restoration video trend on youtube a few years ago?There was one particular youtube video on one of the fake indian restoration channels where some brown subhuman pulls a guitar conveniently placed in a street side mud puddle and "restores it" by wire brushing it and spray painting it.This is the gun version of that.
>>64825347maybe (you)r kids don't, boomer faggot.
>>64824995That paint is not off. Send it in you cheap fuck
>>64823866goo gone spray. I've used it to remove spray paint from optics and plastic
>>64825742Marling Baits' rifle? Nice scales.>Onto the next bait
>>64824995you are one retarded motherfucker. genuinely too stupid to be trusted with a firearm.
>>64824995It looks like a weathered movie prop now, congrats.
>>64824995SOILED IT
>>64824188Yes but good luck removing the factory paint and anodizing at home
>>64825742Is this fucking Jurassic Park camo? That pattern looks incredibly familiar.
>>64823866grips are probably fucked, replace themuse paint thinner and some small knife or something to remove as many parts as you cansoak it in paint thinner and enjoy scrubbing afterwards>>64823884brightside here, after the scrubbing and paint thinner you may have removed parts of the FDE and will likely have a silver, black, and FDE camo pattern retard!get it cerekoted after you clean it and just tell them it survived a car fire or electrical fire to spare yourself the humiliation, you will likely need to get it cerekoted afterwards because the finish is going to be fucked and its going to rustyou may need to polish the rails afterwards too but thankfully its all metal parts except for the grip panels so itll be fine
>>64824995props to beretta for that finish, surpised it was able to withstand this much autism without completely being fucked
>>64826843Looks like a fishing lure pattern. Kinda like it, ngl.
>>64824995You still didn't take it apart? I recently also removed some paint, my take is that you should disassemble it as much as possible to apply or remove finish. Plastic parts might be forfeit.
>>64824995
>>64823866>strip it to the frame>cover in citistrip>use brass brush on anything leftYour grips might look a little dull.
>>64826338Yes I am a marling baits fan how can you tell>>64826843It was supposed to be a muskellunge but I kinda fucked it up and spaced the stripes too far apart
>>64826843>>64827871Someone from /cangen/ tried their hand at painting a Ruger Precision rifle and it turned into picrel, it's always given me Jurassic Park vibes
>>64823866paint stripper, goof off, acetone
>>64828148>what are: things that OP should drink
>>64828103it looks like a Hawaiian shirt from the 80s
>>64828370yeah it kinda has a Max Payne 3/Miami Vice vibe to it as well
>>64824995Looks battle-tested. Overall not bad.
>>64823866>Acetone (Nail Polish)Watch GunBlue490 and do what he says.
Frame looks a lot better after so dedicated scrubbing.
>>64828797Looks much better. Proud of you anon. Now try harder next time.
>>64828803Already on it.
LIGHT coats of spray you fucking mooks. dont just spray it down like youre pissing (and missing) the urinal god damn idiots.
>>64828828why don't you take the red dot off while you paint
>>64828844It was my literal first time with spray paint. /k/ is reminding me of my mom. Angry bitch who's motto while raising me was "Get it right the first time.". How often have you done anything complex right the first time? I'm going off of youtube videos and decades old forum posts. My second attempt >>64828828 is going expertly smooth.>>64828853Don't wanna have to re-zero and Loctite it. Easier just to cover with tape.
>>64828828oh wow you already fucked it up again you fucking retard.you can see that you never actually cleaned the surface properly before spraying more shit on it.prep was the most important part
>>64828874I cleaned it multiple times, stfu.
>>64828892you can see the shit in the serrations, you didnt tape off the breechface and now have multiple layers of paint in the firing pin. theres shit in the extractor.you just keep fucking it.
>>64824995KYS!
>>64828867>Don't wanna have to re-zero and Loctite it. Easier just to cover with tape.you're taking dumb shortcuts and will have an inferior resultyour shit is not "expert smooth"
>>64828898That's just glare. The paint is glossy. Not worried about paint on the breach face, I was very light with the coating, and firing pins punch into primers. A little paint isn't going to stop it.>>64828907Disagree. The youtuber I watched just taped his optic off as well and his came out perfectly.
Nice matte clear coat.
>>64828926>That's just glare. The paint is glossy. Not worried about paint on the breach face, I was very light with the coating,you are aware we can see the pictures you post right?>>64829006light coats says the guy when the text isnt legible. maybe light compared to the original shitshow.didnt even let the shit dry properly before adding a clearcoat.
>>64829006I'm with you anon, it's just fucking spray paint. I don't know why this one autist is complaining so much. If you're unhappy with the final product you can just remove it again and try again again.
>>64829017That's just the angle of the shot. Quit losing your shit you bitch. You know how angles and light work, especially on colors like black? You fags want this to be a colossal failure so bad it's mind boggling.
>>64829084Thanks man. I don't see why so many people here wanna see me fail or act like painting is the easiest shit on the planet when dudes make hundreds and thousands of dollars doing it professionally. I'm just a dude who's doing a personal art project. Like you said, if I fail, just try again. With this attempt, the second mind you, it's coming out damn near perfect. The only thing I have to be careful of is me being impatient.
>>64829130I reblued and put some scrollwork wood grips on a CZ vzor 50 a while back. One guy in the thread i posted it flamed up the whole thread with his autistic rage over "ruining a cold war artifact"His name? "Mr crummy paws"He lives in a trailer and is a furry. You keep on keepin on, anon. Consider watching some backyard ballistics videos and do whatever you want with your firearms finish. Theyre your guns.
>>64829154Overall, came out pretty nice. A couple spots I wanna touch up, but I'm happy.
And here's the final product. To all 2 of you who weren't assholes, what'da'ya think?To the rest of you stinkg, hatin' ass bitches, suck my black fucking dick.
>>64829245you moslty redeemed yourself.>The Goodthe black paint is off the FDE and the black controls. It looks alright>the badThe gips look like a cheap toy, with the paint it looks slippery, and that shit will wear off with light usage and will get on your handsThe slide, it looks like its spray painted. It looks thick and cheap at the same time.If you really want to have the part a different color, send it into a place that does finishes and it will look better. As for the grips, buy a new set that is the color you like.
>>64829363>gun looks great>it looks alright, but you should REALLY send it to someone and pay them money!Jew.
>>64829380>gun looks great I never said that. looks like reading is not your strong suit. I said its an improvement over the weathered dusty movie prop from before >>64824995>it looks alright, but you should REALLY send it to someone and pay them money!yeah because their painting skills and materials are clearly not up to task to get their expensive handgun to look good and last.You can spend years and money learning how to do it yourself, sure. If thats something the OP wants to do go ahead but do it on cheap bargain bin guns rather than a M9A3. Or you can just pay a qualified person to do it for you if you don't plan on doing this again or for the long term.>calling me a jewIm sorry your paintjob looks like shit annon, deal with it. Don't know what to tell you next time practice on some airshit toys or something and learn how to spray paint, niggers in the street tagging up a wall have better skills than you
>>64829245it looks like cheap spray paint and will begin to flake very soon2/10
>>64829583It looks great for a diy project. You're just mad I salvaged it all and was actually successful. I could have sent it in, but where is the fun in doing that? You send your guns in fir cleaning too? This is my baby, and the more I can do to it myself the better.
>>64830354>it looks greatKeep telling that to yourself. At least you walked away with some practice. The good news when the paint inevitably flakes off you know how to remove and will hopefully have better results the second time around
>>64829245masterful bait
>He spray painted over the grips, grip screws and trigger. Hahahahaha thank you for the laughs this morning.
>>64824995>anon fucks his $1k gunAnon you could have just sent it in to a cerakoter
>>64830414I like it, I'm satisfied. Set out to do something myself with no experience and did it. Think that's what matters.
>>64830743>IT LOOKS GREATit objectively looks like shit, all the lettering is caked and looks like a bad car spray paint job>W-WELL I LIKE ITthank you for conceding
>>64830743>Set out to do something myself with no experience and did it.>Poorly>I'm happyJesus.
>>64830743you're a fucking idiot and did a terrible job. You could have just baked on a ceramic coat the fist time with one of the many real gun coating solutions and not rattle can shit. You take your deserved mockery very poorly and got stubborn about continuing to do things wrong and that's eventually going to fuck you royally and I'm not talking about your fucked up gun.
>spray paints slideGod the fucking paint flakes are going to jam up the gun, hopefully you give it an oil bath
>>64830742What don't you people understand about wanting to do things yourself? Do you pay people to change your own oil?
>>64825233Best part is that 92 slides are fucking everywhere, he could have just saved up money then got a black slide and then saved the original
>>64830761The lettering isn't caked. I had to post another picture >>64829130 because apparently all of you are blind. This guy >>64829017 swore some of them were filled in. Keep seething. >>64830794Bud, if paint flakes stop up your gun, you're rocking a piece of shit. It should be able to be dropped in the dirt and still function. An M9 isn't going to get jammed from a layer of paint.>>64830822I wanted to paint it, not just get another slide. Ship of Theseus. Wanna preserve as much of the original gun as I can when I make upgrades. Think maybe the barrel is about the biggest thing I'd remove.
>>64828867>It was my literal first time with spray paint. And you chose, by your own free will, the $1,000+ gun instead of the inside of a shoe box or a 30 dollor model kit?
>>64830843Paint comes off. It's not like I was trying to mill the slide for a dot by myself or something. Worst case scenario, I have to spend a bit of time taking it down and cleaning it up.
>>64830743>i like itSomeone has to. Literally it’s euonymus that you did a shit job, which is amazing since ppl on here argue about just about everything yet we all agree that your pistol paint job looks like shit. Your cope on how much you like it or it looks “good” only makes you look like a complete utter fucking retard. You for real look like a retard in a special ed class, who fucks up an art project and waves it around bragging to everyone on how talented you are
>>64830816You only do things yourself for two reasons, >you know what you are doing you clearly dont>you are learning how to do it and are practicing. Most people also preface this expecting constructive criticismYou didn’t do that. You went in dry on your first attempt with a 1k handgun. Then waving the shit results around on how awesome it looks
>>64829245why is there no coating on your red dot
>>64830768>>64830787>>64831103The level of seethe at this dui project is unbelievable. You niggers act like I took your gun and painted it.
>>64831178>dui projectlmao
>>64830836Paint is not like dirt. It will gum up the action when it fucking scorches from the heat.
>>64831178We're not that mad you made a dumbass choice, we're mad you made a dumbass choice and are tripling down on that dumbass choice. People even brought up Duracoat after your first time and you still insist on spraypaint. Duracoat would have done literally everything you wanted, and all you had to do was follow simple YT videos and everything would have been alright. Lesson learned and all that. But you're in here painting a handgun like it's a fucking rifle stock
>>64831178>DUI projectWe can all see that this is definitely DUI
>>64831185Notice the bottles in my pic. This shit was done under the influence..... I did mean diy though.
>>64831203Oh, so you're mad I'm not doing it YOUR way. It's my gun, fag. Go have a cow when I'm working on your shit.
>>64831215Regular paint is for accent fills on handguns and that's it. Otherwise you need an actual firearms finish coating for high heat and friction performance. This isn't about our way or your way, this is about simple material facts.
>>64831178>DUI projectFull agreement there, /thread
>>64831233I'll consider this in the future. I'm sure with more experience, it could come out even better. Might try my hand with actual Cerakote.
>>64831178>DUI projectThats going in the memory bank for future use
>>64831233Not every rattlecan job is a pos. None of them will be longterm durable and will wear on the highspots but you can get acceptable results from a can. Unless you are op.
>>64831215The only one who's mad here is you, because people are mocking the shitty job you did.
>>64831375The rattlecan automotive paint can work, but I've seen the gumups from regular paint
Still looks like a cheap hack job even after "fixing" it
>>64831210That explains a lot, and excuses part of it, but not all of it.
>>64831385If that was true, this thread would've died yesterday. Instead, you're ass mad I'm happy with my work and not taking your shit. Keep crying, I've never gotten this many (You)'s. Snobby prick.
>>64831477Sir, you're a lolcow
>>64831481>I-I'm just baiting you for laughs!Mhm.
>>64823866Ultrasonic cleaner and maybe some chemical, works a treatU retard u
>>64831573I already got it cleaned up and repainted. Yeah, I was pretty dumb for not watching a couple more videos.
>>64831477Not only was this a quality lol thread in stupidity but I think it may end up getting archived, and will for years be posted with screen caps along side the guy who put the nugget bolt up his ass, and the human skin table thread. quite an achievement really, bravo
>>64832038Someone really should screencap this thread just to make sure nobody ever does this anywhere else. They will of course, but its useful as a cautionary tale to people who are not brown.
>>64823866>look at that gunJesus fuck
>>64832038This board is so dead you'll make a mountain out of anything as long as it breaks the monotony of Russia/Ukraine and "Why can't we have Mechs in real life" threads. You're welcome if an amateur paint job is really what makes your day.
>>64832205It’s you being a dense motherfucker with all the cope posts that makes it so refreshing and entertaining
>>64823866I haven't laughed this hard in a while. Thanks, OP. Reminds me of the time I tried to paint my bike with beige house paint when I was 12.
>>64832218>Cope postsThe only people coping are the you guys mad I like my rattle can job lol. No, it's no cerakote, but I wasn't trying to cerakote it, I wanted to use cans. Crazy how pissed you guys are about that. The first attempt? Absolute fuck up. Second? Bang on.
>>64832435>bang on Looks that that bar was set on the floor annon
>>64823866B L A C K E DLACKED
>>64829245hey retard what the fuck happened to your red dot why does it look like a chimpanzee sanded all the anodizing off
>>64832515The finish on the EFLX is kinda cheap. I actually own and carry my gun every time I go out, so it wore off over the years. You should try it some time.
>>64832435Bro, the more you post, the bigger lolcow you become
>>64832585what do you expect will happen to your krylon hackjob if you manage to rub the finish completely off your red dot?
>>64831178>dui project I'm stealing this.
>>64833304I hate you because you're a teenage girl with delicate wrists posing with your dad's gun.
>>64833387Man this new generation has to come up with better shit. Get more creative and at least photoshop your wrists to be within prepubescent boy range
>>64832726The same thing that happened to my factory cerakote your faggot. Finish wears off, WOAH! Try carrying a gun some time.
