Started a project... faking wood@

[Catscratch]

I don't like plastic stocks. Decided to try painting my shotgun plastic to look like wood. Will wait a week to finish it but here's the start...

Before pic;


A few minutes of sanding and taping;



Primer;


Attempted wood grain;


Will varnish, UV protect, and seal next weekend.

 

[Bill Loser]

That looks great! Got some Step by step pics?

 

[Catscratch]

That looks great! Got some Step by step pics?

Not really any good step by step pics. Youtube "alcohol ink tumbler" and ypu should come up with some videos that'll be way more helpful than I could describe. It's stupid easy and will probably look ok from 10ft once it's all said and done.

 

[Bill]

That does look good!

 

[swat1018]

Hilarious......

 

[Natty Bumppo]

Hey catscratch...I'm with you in disliking plastic stocks. Did you consider a Boyds stock?

 

[Catscratch]

Hey catscratch...I'm with you in disliking plastic stocks. Did you consider a Boyds stock?

Nope. Considered making one out of wood myself, hydroping, the original, or painting the original. Do Boyds make customs? I'm cheap so that is a consideration...

 

[West_Fork]

That looks nice. We all miss wood stocks. A friend's dad was a painter and would (wood) do that in homes.

Here is another good wood stock source. https://richardsmicrofitgunstocks.com

Especially if you are cheap.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

When I started reading this thread my first thought was “80% chance this looks awful” but it looks magnitudes better than I could have imagined. Looks real. Nice work.

 

[Catscratch]

That looks nice. We all miss wood stocks. A friend's dad was a painter and would (wood) do that in homes.

Here is another good wood stock source. https://richardsmicrofitgunstocks.com

Especially if you are cheap.

Great site! I'd never looked at it before but I'll save it for other projects. Thanks!

 

[Catscratch]

When I started reading this thread my first thought was “80% chance this looks awful” but it looks magnitudes better than I could have imagined. Looks real. Nice work.

98% it looks awful! But that might not be as bad as black plastic...

 

[Turkish]

I don't like plastic stocks. Decided to try painting my shotgun plastic to look like wood. Will wait a week to finish it but here's the start...

Before pic;
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A few minutes of sanding and taping;
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Primer;
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Attempted wood grain;
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Will varnish, UV protect, and seal next weekend.

That looks incredible. Light years better than I expected. Can you provide more detailed steps you took?

 

[Catscratch]

This is the video that got me started. I'd never heard of alcohol ink before watching it. I'm happy with it so far. Much cheaper than hydrodipping and pretty much foolproof.

 

[Natty Bumppo]

Nope. Considered making one out of wood myself, hydroping, the original, or painting the original. Do Boyds make customs? I'm cheap so that is a consideration...

Boyd's makes custom wood stocks for just about every rifle and/or shotgun out there.

What's the saying about putting lipstick on a pig? The thing I would have a hard time getting past is the fact that no matter how much like wood it looks, it's still plastic.

 

[Catscratch]

Boyd's makes custom wood stocks for just about every rifle and/or shotgun out there.

What's the saying about putting lipstick on a pig? The thing I would have a hard time getting past is the fact that no matter how much like wood it looks, it's still plastic.

I went to Boyds and West Fork's site that he posted above. I can't find a set for my gun at either place (which is the same problem I had before I decided to just paint the plastic myself). I know it will never feel like wood, but it may just have to be what it is.

Beretta 1301 Competition is the gun if anyone wants to look for wood furniture for me. I can't seem to find anything.

 

[Electrodigical]

My 14 seconds of research says the stock is easy, but the forend doesn't exist in wood.
Unless you want to pay more than the gun cost for custom.


When I didn't want one of my turkey guns to be black, I went to town with the sponge.
(which is all too small / dense to be the most effective camouflage, from a distance it looks like one solid color. To be good camo it should be bigger, larger blotches. But reality was it was more for "me" than the birds, so I went with what looked good up close. lol )

 

[Catscratch]

My 14 seconds of research says the stock is easy, but the forend doesn't exist in wood.
Unless you want to pay more than the gun cost for custom.


When I didn't want one of my turkey guns to be black, I went to town with the sponge.
(which is all too small / dense to be the most effective camouflage, from a distance it looks like one solid color. To be good camo it should be bigger, larger blotches. But reality was it was more for "me" than the birds, so I went with what looked good up close. lol )

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That looks good. Almost turned out like "digital" camo.

Adapters can be bought for the 1301 to put other stocks on it. But that's worthless if the forend doesn't match. It's forend is really thin walled. When I was thinking of making furniture for it that was my major hangup, I wasn't confident that I could build a durable forend out of wood that wouldn't crack and split.

 

[Catscratch]

I'm done goofing with it. It's still not wood, but I do like it better than black or camo.

 

[Bill Loser]

I'm done goofing with it. It's still not wood, but I do like it better than black or camo.

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Dude, that looks great! I've got 3 I can send you to do!

 

[Wind Gypsy]

98% it looks awful! But that might not be as bad as black plastic...

I was trying not to sound like the skeptical Dick I can be but you’re right, I gave it very lower odds than 20% of turning out as good as it did. Nice work!