How to Paint Your Firearm: Painting Optics
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- čas přidán 28. 11. 2023
- In today's video, we're continuing our series on how to paint your firearm by focusing on painting optics. We'll discuss the importance of protective equipment as well as how to prep the optic.
We're using Aluma-Hyde II for this project, an air-cure solution that's ideal for optics and has many other applications. We'll guide you through the process of taping the optic, protecting the glass and other areas where paint is not wanted. We'll also cover how to hang the optic for painting, using simple materials like painter's tape and wire.
Key points covered include:
-Preparing the optic for painting.
-Why we're using Aluma-Hyde II.
-Techniques for hanging the optic.
-Tips for painting optic mounts.
If you have any questions or need help, feel free to reach out to us on the tech line. We encourage viewers to share their tips and tricks in the comments to help spread knowledge among the community.
Thanks for joining us, and we'll see you in the next video! - Jak na to + styl
Cool guys paint the lens too 😎
Caleb, thanks for ALL your videos. Your informal style of presenting the information shows your true knowledge and experience as opposed not knowing what your talking about and hiding behind scripting. Keep up the great work!
You can add a fishing swivel between the wire on your part and what ever your hanging it on if you want to be able to rotate it with out having to hold it up. I did this in my paint booth for when I’m doing large lots of parts.
Learned a ton from these videos. Also, I want that apron!
Caleb.. these vids have been awesome.. clear, easy, and no stress.. this has been a wondeful series to learn and go with! many thanx! Cheers from the Maine Woods
Love this series
Your sacrifice to the Baint has been recognized.
Thanks for all the videos Caleb. I have painted several guns with Aluma Hyde and have had great success. I try to do my painting during the summer months and if it’s something I can’t bake. I hang them all in my attic. It’s a good spot, no light and gets pretty warm, perfect conditions for curing paint. That’s my only trick.
Don’t forget a few beers 🍻
Sad
@@timrobinson6573keep your greasy fingers off my comment
Couple cans of courage.
One of the things I do differently is wrapping the Screen tighter on the piece I'm painting, gives a better pattern.
Clean Out nozzles available YET ?
THANKS for the vid. Great Tips.
OH Forgot, I also use VARIOUS SIZES OF BINDER CLIPS ( METAL ONES ). They hold much tighter than the JUNK
CLOTHES PINS YOU CAN BUY TODAY.
Another Great Video 💯Thanks for Sharing 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥
Well done on the series in general. I learned some things I can take with me on my next build. Bravo!
you are very knowledge...... thanks for sharing..
This was good. Thanks
Excellent
Nice work
Awesome series of videos. Been thinking about getting some laser engraving done on a revolver cylinder.
Thanks for the great content. Man I’d kill for that hair!!
So cool, thanks for sharing your expertise!
Great series!!! Thank you. I’m not sure if you mentioned it or not but how long do you let it air dry for after it’s done?
If you are going to hang your optic like that, I would recommend putting cotton balls or cleaning patches between the glass and the wire to avoid scratches. Pinstriping painters tape is perfect for covering the magnification numbers or indicators.
As stated in the video, there are recommended measures to protect the lens from the wire.
@@brownells You can do a Demo. " VIDEO " as you did & people still don't PAY ATTENTION TO
IT.
Comprehension problems?
No coffee mugs were painted during filming of this video.
😂
I have seen people save lettering, numbers on scopes by carefully painting them with white out, spraying the item, then scraping off the white out with a paperclip. But that was with rattle can. Can you do that with aluma hyde?
My favorite questions are the ones that you go over in the video. Do people actually watch the videos or do they just comment to comment 🤷🏻♂️
I love Almuhide 2 I use it quite often but I have found Blue lock tight will remove it
What about a handgun version? And save your time just use the Aluma hide! I have tried standard paint from Home Depot and you will have to repaint and repeat after using that and then it will be super thick
How did you clean the optic? Acetone on the rubber moving bits can not be good
Where do you get Aluma Hyde paint?
I'm still scared to paint my gun :P
I put a tissue or a cotton ball under the tape on the glass of a scope so no tape touches it, unless you want to paint your caps then no need
How & at what point did you remove the tape without disturbing the paint?
30-45 min after application. It's explained a bit more earlier in the video series.
Art job! I would like to see it after you remove the masking tapes.
Check the end of the video.
@@brownells, got it! I wrote the comment almost at the end...I watched and enjoyed it. What an excellent result! Thanks!
I’m always too nervous to paint me optics.
My 🅱️aint designs are much wilder when I am in a poorly ventilated area.
iHAD NO IDEA........
Why didn't you strip the optic finish?
No need
Wait. When one paints over the 'HIGH END BRAND NAME" , does not that take away your bragging, look how special I am rights? Not to mention impressing the local tactical experts that haunt every public range.
Dumb down video ,lol.... Are people really this ignorant , "tape what you don't want to paint" 🤯wow...
Respectfully, please do not produce any more videos. You don’t seem to be organized and there’s a lot of hesitation; I’m not trying to be overly critical, but the length of the video could be cut in half if you were a little more organized. God bless you.
Stop it, Karen
Get back under your bridge jimclonan
I dunno, remembering to tell you to cover markings that weren't on the optic he was using, remembering mistakes that first time painters wouldn't think of, and remembering that thing about leaving the caps loose that he'd only know if he'd done this before all kinda point to a level of organization.
Also, you commented on a 13 minute video like 7 minutes after it was uploaded? That's kinda weird.
Please don't critique a 13 minute video a few minutes after it's posted. Your criticism is absolutely worthless if we know you didn't watch the video. "Respectfully, and God bless".
Leave our boy alone, he's doing God's work