Best way to paint a 2 tone gun.

[Matty2Fatty]

Hello, I hope this is in the correct thread!

Now I bought a KWA M4 2-tone and I will be getting my UKARA in a few days and I would like to paint my M4 but a mate said that I will find it very hard to paint over the 2-tone as the paint would not cover well and would chip off quickly is this true?
can I paint straight over the 2-tone or would I have to remove the 2-tone paint first.

Thanks

[Hunter512]

Re: Best way to paint a 2 tone gun.

What you should have done is got your specific defence first.

How to repaint a 2tone isn't a great first post.

[TRH84]

Re: Best way to paint a 2 tone gun.

Manafacturing a RIF is illegal, isnt it? Defence or not.

[Hunter512]

Re: Best way to paint a 2 tone gun.

Legal with a defence but I personally feel 2tone doesn't have any benefits to the sport and has a lot of negatives.

I apologise to those this post offends but having seen market stalls selling 2tone springers and black paint as a package I have a lot of cynicism.

[TRH84]

Re: Best way to paint a 2 tone gun.

(1)A person is guilty of an offence if—
(a)he manufactures a realistic imitation firearm;
(b)he modifies an imitation firearm so that it becomes a realistic imitation firearm;

Straight from the VCRA........ I read that as manufacturing a RIF (ie, painting a two tone) as illegal, specifically the "he modifies an imitation firearm so that it becomes a realistic imitation firearm;" bit.

[Matty2Fatty]

Re: Best way to paint a 2 tone gun.

Thanks for your posts but not much help.

[TRH84]

Re: Best way to paint a 2 tone gun.

Just trying to protect the sport buddy.......

[blytm]

Re: Best way to paint a 2 tone gun.

(1)A person is guilty of an offence if—
(a)he manufactures a realistic imitation firearm;
(b)he modifies an imitation firearm so that it becomes a realistic imitation firearm;

Straight from the VCRA........ I read that as manufacturing a RIF (ie, painting a two tone) as illegal, specifically the "he modifies an imitation firearm so that it becomes a realistic imitation firearm;" bit.

Unless he has a defense.

To the OP. Two Tone paint isn't easy stuff to over come. Go to Halfords pick up some of their camo spray and a few coats if done right should seal the deal.

[TRH84]

Re: Best way to paint a 2 tone gun.

I just read it as i saw it.....

Personally, id buy a new receiver....... saves any paint chips in the future

[Hunter512]

Re: Best way to paint a 2 tone gun.

Do you have a specific defence? If so there are ways but seriously sell the 2tone as within 3 games I doubt you've dropped any worthwhile upgrades into it and instead get a decent base spec m4 and then tune it.

CA LWRC M6's are nice (and cheap)

[Mickydoos]

Re: Best way to paint a 2 tone gun.

Most of the time the brightly painted parts are things like fore grips and stocks. Replace them if you can. If not, follow Blytm's advice.

[meddy]

Re: Best way to paint a 2 tone gun.

(1)A person is guilty of an offence if—
(a)he manufactures a realistic imitation firearm;
(b)he modifies an imitation firearm so that it becomes a realistic imitation firearm;

Straight from the VCRA........ I read that as manufacturing a RIF (ie, painting a two tone) as illegal, specifically the "he modifies an imitation firearm so that it becomes a realistic imitation firearm;" bit.

order order this internet court is now in session. all internetlawyers please present their reasons in an orderly fashion........

[Retroanaconda]

Re: Best way to paint a 2 tone gun.

Ignoring the VCRA bullshit as it's irrelevant.

If the paint has been applied very well to the existing finish then you could just give it a light sand to key it and then paint over with your desired finish. However a two-tone job is unlikely to be the highest quality finish so you may have to take it back to a better surface (ie. original finish or even bare material) and then paint it properly. Plus you never know if different paints are going to be compatible, so unless you can find out what type of paint the two-tone was done with it will be a bit of a leap of faith.

But as above replacing the affected parts is probably the easiest way of getting a good finish.

[Sir Stephen]

Re: Best way to paint a 2 tone gun.

Do you have a specific defence? If so there are ways but seriously sell the 2tone as within 3 games I doubt you've dropped any worthwhile upgrades into it and instead get a decent base spec m4 and then tune it.

CA LWRC M6's are nice (and cheap)

one of the 1st things he said was that his UKARA registration would be going through within days.

to the OP, fairy power spray apparently works wonders at removing 2tone paint jobs, seen a vid on youtube of a guy doing it with great success. if that works as well as it did on the vid i saw, you may not even have to re-paint it.

personally i would use the power spray, then touch up any areas that need it with halfords spray paint . matt black, not satin/gloss

[Matty2Fatty]

Re: Best way to paint a 2 tone gun.

To all those that replied to my QUESTION A BIG THANK YOU
The reason for this is I did read somewhere on a blog that two tone is designed to not take paint on so people don't buy one spray it after buying it and do something slily.
True or False?!
This put a bit of doubt in my mind about painting over the 2-tone.