Bare aluminum 98

 

  My gun completley glass blasted down to the bare aluminum. Instead of sanding by hand like i always hear about, I took my gun to work with me and glass blasted it. It took about 5 minutes to blast all the old paint off the outside of the gun, and like 1 minute to blast all of the factory overspray on the inside of the gun. If it wouldn't get tarnished and stained I wouldn't paint it, I kind of like how it looks all bare aluminum.

Edited by Balls4U

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I just started dong this to my gun.... why did you ahve to come into my head and steal my idea?

Dude that looks sweet just like that, leave it as is, thats gotta be the ultimate un non-paint uh paintjob????

I half assed polished the internals at work, but i figured that I'd wait untill I was finished painting it. In case any overspray ended up getting past the tape. I know it looks cool how it is, but even though aluminum doesn't rust, It'll tarnish and as soon as it gets hit by a paintball it'll stain the metal

Yeah, I'd have to take it back to work and re glass-blast it. If I really wanted to keep it like this I could just clear coat the crap out if it. That would give it a layer of protection and keep it from staining, however it would make the bare metal look a little bit darker. ( As if it were wet ) I know it looks pretty cool, but the whole point of me blasting it in the first place was to paint it so it would blend in with my outfit that I wear.

thats quite slick

It was my idea first....  I just didnt post it soon enough...

Is there anyway not to scratch the hell out of the body if im sanding it with steal wool?


Edited by pballa j.r.

Kew just curiouse as i used to do a bit of sand blasting and wondered what the diferant was thanx.

Using steel wool will get your paint off that's for sure, but it will scratch the crap your gun. If you do it that way you'd have to repaint it, or it'd look really rough.If you paint it make sure you spray a couple coats of sandable primer on it untill all the scratches are filled in. When the primer is completely dry, take a fine grit sand paper and lightly sand it to a smooth finish and then you're all set for paint and clearcoat.

Nice, polish it to a mirror before you paint it, gloss camo or w/e rules.