Making an orange synthetic stock into a black one.

[ApacheCoTodd]

I have an 870 XCS Marine Magnum that I bought from a fella who put an orange Magpul stock on to denote his *non-lethal* loads for his bar.

Now, it's mine and I'm surprised at how much I like the magpul. Always thought they were a bit Hollywood in the past.

Anyhow, I'd like to address the finish - orange is NOT the new black!

What's the latest and greatest finish for polymers these days? I've been out of the loop for some time and there is probably something better than Krylon Bar-B-Que paint.... or IS there?


Todd.

 

[WestKentucky]

Best thing would be to sell that ugly beast of a stock and replace it with something less toy-esque.

Seems I read something about plastic taking Rit dye fairly well. Don’t do that based on my remembering though, I have had a case of CRS recently.

 

[#1buck]

Rit black dye will do it. Here's the first video that popped up on it. He's doing mags but that will work for your stock. Just clean and degrease it well before you dunk it.

 

[Dibbs]

Rustoleum sells paints specifically for plastic. DON'T use Krylon, to my regret, I found that, when I Camo'ed my shotgun, that peel-o-matic garbage is the WORST $2.79 I ever "saved". Spend the extra few pennies for the good Rustoleum, trust me.I would prime it gray, to blunt the orange, then paint it black. Take your time, many light coats, over a period of a few days.

 

[BBBBill]

Years ago, when I worked in a paint and body shop, we bought a special "paint" from the paint supplier just for recoloring the plastic pieces of auto interiors. That included dash pads, door panels, and such. heck, even vinyl seat upholstery got recolored with it. That stuff worked great as it bonded permanently to the vinyl/plastic. No peel ever if properly applied and you could not look at the part and tell that it had been recolored. That was many years ago (early 70s), so not sure what is out there now.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Rit black dye will do it. Here's the first video that popped up on it. He's doing mags but that will work for your stock. Just clean and degrease it well before you dunk it.

That was a very well spent 7 minutes on my part. I'd have never thought of Rit dye.... Though, I did coincidentally see Ray Donovan use it to dye a stalker green last night on that show.

Thanks for the link.

Todd.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Years ago, when I worked in a paint and body shop, we bought a special "paint" from the paint supplier just for recoloring the plastic pieces of auto interiors.

Hadn't thought of the auto industry. Space Age in Mesa sells that and the museum grade displays always make the trip worthwhile.

Todd.

 

[JeeperCreeper]

Roll on Monstaliner bed liner may be fun...

I have good luck with Rust-Oleum engine enamel though

 

[Kp321]

I have had good luck using Duracoat on plastic. A light grit blast and thorough degrease and you are good to go.

 

[shoobe01]

I have painted a lot, dyed a bit. It's... okay.

No need for you to do that though. The Magpul stocks are readily available in colors you'll like, and weird ones like hunter safety orange* should have value.

Sell it on eBay or GB or something. Buy a new one.


* Aside: I don't like orange for less lethal. Should be yellow if your agency runs yellow tasers, else bright green. Orange is hunter safety so doesn't mean safe to me at all.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

I have painted a lot, dyed a bit. It's... okay.

No need for you to do that though. The Magpul stocks are readily available in colors you'll like, and weird ones like hunter safety orange* should have value.

Sell it on eBay or GB or something. Buy a new one.


* Aside: I don't like orange for less lethal. Should be yellow if your agency runs yellow tasers, else bright green. Orange is hunter safety so doesn't mean safe to me at all.

It was just for the fella's bar and likely because he had several other shotguns. Orange is the only non-*tactical* tone that was available from Magpul. Funny he didn't buy the matching Magpul forearm. That however, I'm certain I would NOT have grown to like.

These weirdo stocks really grow on you once you start using them. I would NEVER have thought seriously of buying one had it not accompanied the shotgun.
I really hadn't entertained the notion of selling it as I assumed there'd be no market for an orange one. Hunters completely slipped my mind.


Todd.

 

[rdnktrkr]

Cleanliness will be your friend, when you think it is clean do it one more time, I like to heat up plastic before and after painting to a low temp, I use a heat gun and insulated panels, temperature around 120°, then leave it in the box to dry and cool. Paint came from commercial paint store, get a friend in the business to get it and save about 50 or 60%, I used HVLP paint gun

 

[Pat Riot]

Try Rit dye before you paint. Seriously.

I dyed an FDE stock medium blue. The dye works itself into the material so light scratches don’t show underlying color

There are a lot of videos out there do I will not bore you with someone else’s attempt at becoming a “star”. Watch a couple and move forward

Here is what I did:

Clean / degrease parts to be dyed.

Got big aluminum pot, don’t use wife’s pot for dying. I used my aluminum pot for this. Smart and Final Tamale Pot $20. You can also heat water and pour into another sacrificial container.

IMPORTANT! Make sure part can be fully submerged in the dye water!

Heat water to about 175-200 degrees. Not boiling.

Put water in your container or leave in pot.

PUT ON NITRILE GLOVES!!!

Dump 1/2 bottle of Rit Dye into water...or use it all. A lot of these videos the guys fool with capfuls at a time. Then keep adding more. Why fool around? You want it black, right?

Using tongs Submerge part(s) for 2 minutes. Pull it out and check. Soak at 30 second intervals until you have color / shade you’re looking for.

Rinse with clean water and dry.

Lame photos but...

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Try Rit dye before you paint. Seriously.

Thank you for taking the time to post.
Worthy of extra note in your post to me, are these points:
I can use aluminum as well as stainless.
There is some degree of depth to the dye.
Below boiling.
Can't hardly use too much dye.

Thanks again.


Todd.

 

[Indigo22]

I used Rit-dye on my Spyderco knife handles. I didn't care for the yellow sticking up from the top of my pocket. So for something unique I only dyed 1/2 of the scales. Using black dye I pulled it out around the 8 minute mark to see if it was taking, it was a coffee bean brown. Looking back I should have stopped there, but back in it went for another 7 minutes where it came out black. No-one sees it in my pocket anymore.